Bernard is my great grand father who emigrated to Buffalo, NY, US. He married Johanna Courtney in 1887. Interested to confirm this and determine if I still have any Lavin relatives in Ireland.
County Leitrim, or Liatroim in Irish, is located in the north-western region of Ireland. It is famous for its many beautiful lakes. Carrick-on-Shannon is our county town and we have a population of approximately 31,972. We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.
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Location: Leitrim
Drumlea, Drumreilly Old School House
Location: Leitrim
Drumlea, Drumreilly, Co. Leitrim
Carrickslavan TOWNLAND
Location: Leitrim
Carrickslavan, Leitrim, Co Leitrim
Laheen House
Location: Leitrim
Leitrim, Ireland
Travelling Folk in the 1930s
<p>Between 1937 and 1939, primary school pupils across the Republic of Ireland interviewed the elderly in their neighborhood to collect and record local stories and folklore from the 19th century. "The Schools Collection" as it became known is held by the Dúchas Folklore Collection in UCD and is and has been digitized online at duchas.ie. One of the topics schoolchildren were asked to write about were "Travelling Folk" or An Lucht Siúil. </p> <p>Here is a selection of what "settled" children wrote about travelers in the late 1930s.</p>
1938-01-01 12:00:00
John McGahern's Book 'The Dark' is banned
1965-01-01 12:00:00
Sligo Death Notices From Cholera, Ireland
<p>DEATH NOTICES (from the Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet) during the height of the cholera pandemic in Ireland.</p>
1832-09-13 12:00:00
County Leitrim in the 1830s
<p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837. (The information collected here was submitted by members of the local gentry and clergy of the time).</p>
1837-01-01 12:00:00
Our aim is to connect all people with a link to Kiltoghert (Leitrim). You may live here, have visited here or maybe are tracing ancestors who left long ago. In any case, we’re sure to have lots to share and are delighted to welcome you.
Carrickslavan TOWNLAND
Location: Kiltoghert (Leitrim)
Carrickslavan, Leitrim, Co Leitrim
Cronogue Cottage Drumnadober
Location: Kiltoghert (Leitrim)
Drumnadober
Drumshambo Railway Station
Location: Kiltoghert (Leitrim)
Drumshanbo Railway Station, Drumshanbo, County Leitrim
Drumshanbo Post Office
Location: Kiltoghert (Leitrim)
The Square, Drumshanbo, County Leitrim, N41 DF22
Foundation of St Mary's Kiltoghert GAA Club
1944-01-01 12:00:00
Foundation of Allen Gaels GAA Club
1969-01-01 12:00:00
Irish Women finally win the Right to Vote
<p>After decades of campaigning by the suffragettes, The Representation of the People Act 1918, gave a limited cohort of women the right to vote in parliamentary elections...</p>
1918-01-01 12:00:00
Ancient Golden Balls discovered at Tumna
<p>In 1834 the Dublin Penny Journal reported the discovery of a collection of curious gold balls by a group of men ‘landing potatoes’, near the ruins of the ancient church of Tumna, Co. Roscommon.</p>
1834-01-01 12:00:00