Charles John Lavan (25.12.1883-25.10.1947) and his wife Mary Anne McDermott (21.1.1883-19.10.1962} farmed at Ardgallagher, Kilmore.
So did his father before him, Patrick Lavin (13.3.1843-3.8.1911) and his wife Jane O'Hara (16.6.1848-2.6.1922).
As did his father Luke Lavin (?-24.9.1864) and his second wife Bridget Stapleton (?-10.6.1893).
Our aim is to connect all people with a link to Kilmore (Roscommon). 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.
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Griffith's Valuation of Carrick on Shannon Union
<p>The primary valuation of Ireland or Griffith's Valuation is a useful Census substitute for 19th-century Ireland. To confirm whether an ancestor could possibly be the individual listed, it is helpful to know the survey completion date for a parish (or the part of it that fell within the Poor Law Union surveyed).</p>
1858-02-20 12:00:00
Deaths in Carrick Workhouse increase by 300%
<p>The famine toll in Carrick-on-Shannon Workhouse: in April 1847, 295 died in that month alone (compared to 98 in April 1846).</p>
1847-05-05 12:00:00
The Murder of Major Dennis Mahon 1847
<p>The events leading up to Mahon’s death epitomized much of what was wrong with pre-famine Ireland: the largely parasitical landlord class, the deep sectarianism that further divided rulers and ruled, and an underclass largely dependent on the potato and living on the margin of subsistence.</p>
1847-11-02 12:00:00
St. Patrick at Doogary and Kilmore
<p>On his missionary tour through Connaught, St. Patrick entered by crossing the Shannon at Drum-boilan (near Battlebridge, in the parish of Ardcarne) in 434 or 435.</p>
0435-01-01 12:00:00