Edward Igoe
- Born
- 1911-01-01 12:00:00
- Died
- 1985-09-07 12:00:00
- Gender
- Male
County Sligo, or Sligeach in Irish, is located in the border region of Ireland. We are home to Benbulben Mountain, which is said to be Ireland’s most distinctive and shady valleys dominate the landscape here. Our county town is Sligo and we have a population of approximately 65,393. We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

Dunneill aka Dooneal TOWNLAND
Location: Sligo
Dunneill, Kilmacshalgan, Co Sligo

Collloney Church of the Assumption
Location: Sligo
St. Michael's Church
Location: Sligo
462F+G9 Cloonacool, County Sligo, Ireland

Kilcullen seaweed Baths
Location: Sligo
6W94+42 Enniscrone, County Sligo, Ireland
Parish of Ardcarne
2000-01-01 12:00:00
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland 1846
1846-01-01 12:00:00
Henry Garrett
1832-08-21 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
Our aim is to connect all people with a link to Kilfree (Sligo). 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.


Gorteen Farm
Location: Kilfree (Sligo)
Gorteen Farm, Kilfree, Sligo
Boyle Poor Law Union formally declared
<p>The Irish Poor Law Act of 1838 divided Ireland into poor law unions (in which paupers would receive poor relief). A union was named after the town on which it was centred (where its workhouse was located) and the "union" boundaries were unrelated to those of the civil parishes ( and crossed county boundaries in many cases). Prior to this date, poor relief was administered by parish and these records were kept in the Church of Ireland Vestry Books (held locally).</p>
1839-08-20 12:00:00
The Carricks shipwrecked en route to Canada
<p>On May 18, 1847, the brig "Carricks of Whitehaven" a famine coffin ship (carrying tenants from Lord Palmerston’s estates in the northwest of Ireland) sunk after striking a reef near Cap-des-Rosiers, Canada. Of the 173 passengers on board - all fleeing the Great Irish Famine - only 48 reached the shore alive.</p>
1847-05-18 12:00:00
Anti Conscription Rally in Ballaghderreen, Co. Roscommon.
<p>A crowd of approximately 15,000 turned out at a monster rally that was addressed by, among others, John Dillon and Éamon de Valera who were met at the train station by a band and body of Volunteers. Were your ancestors there? If they lived in North Roscommon, Mayo East, Sligo, or East Galway, it's quite possible. If so, post your connection at the bottom of this page.</p>
1919-05-05 12:00:00
Cattle driven in lieu of rent at Frenchpark
<p>During the winter months of the Great Irish Famine, Lord De Freyne sanctioned "driving for rent" for the many tenants on his estate who had fallen into arrears. This harsh practice involved a bailiff driving a debtor's livestock off the land and selling it in lieu of rent. He had, the year previous, ordered his tenants not to dispose of their oats until they could see the exact extent of their losses and that he would not call upon them for rent until the calamity had been averted. This change of tack may somewhat explain why Frenchpark tenants burned an effigy of Lord de Freyne, outside his gate during the famine.</p>
1846-12-16 12:00:00