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Hugh Allen

Hugh Allen

Born
1834-03-01 12:00:00
Died
1891-04-02 12:00:00
Gender
Male

Hugh was the son of Richard Allen and Margaret Sweeney. All siblings (Mary Allen Byrne, Francis, Patrick, Richard, Thomas, and Edward)  emigrated to America except John Allen and Catharine Allen, who married Owen Byrne in 1872. Catharine's children Maggie Byrne Carmichael (who later emigrated to America) and Thomas Byrne cared for John in his old age. Another son, Edward Byrne, lived in Clonmahon. The Allen farm was in Great Umberstown on the edge of the Dangan estate and they attended church at Dangan in Summerhill Parish. Other Allen and Sweeny families lived nearby as well as Reilly's, Murrin's, Doran's, Connolly's and Mulary's.

Photo: Hugh Allen and Margaret Durney

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Laracor (Meath)

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  • 1920s

    The blitz on the Big Houses

    <p>In early 1923, during the period of civil war in Ireland, Anti-Treatyites embarked on a concentrated campaign against the Big Houses of the he landed gentry. Between June 1922-April 1923, a staggering 199 Big Houses went up in flames. In the civil war, the only county in Leinster with no burnings was Queens County (now Laois).</p>

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