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Martin Beirne

Martin Beirne

Born
1823-01-01 12:00:00
Died
1861-03-21 12:00:00
Gender
Male

Martin Beirne was born in County Roscommon circa 1823.  He was married to Anne Hawkes on November 14, 1843, in the Catholic church in Lissonuffy.  Martin was a schoolteacher at the National School in Cloonfree, which may have been where he was born.  He was teaching and living in Cloonfree in 1847, evidenced in the Loan Society records, and at the time of Griffith's Survey in 1857.  Martin and Anne had children as follows: Bridget (1845), Margaret (1852), Ellen (1853), Annie (1855), Catherine (1857) and James Martin (1860).  Bridget and Margaret were baptized in Lissonuffy Church, and the rest of the children in the Cathoic Church in Kiltrustan.

Family lore says Martin died in 1860 or 61 of a heart attack, at age 37, in a competitive rope jumping contest.  The family emigrated to America in stages, with Bridget landing in Annapolis, Maryland in 1866, and the rest, including the widow Anne by 1870.

Associated communities

Cloonfinlough (Roscommon)

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Buildings in this community

  • Clonfree House STROKESTOWN

    Location: Cloonfinlough (Roscommon)

    Cloonfree, Strokestown, Co Roscommon

  • Cloonfree Cottage

    Location: Cloonfinlough (Roscommon)

    Cloonfree, Tulsk Road, Strokestown, Co Roscommon

  • Cloonfree TOWNLAND

    Location: Cloonfinlough (Roscommon)

    Cloonfree, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon

  • Farnmore Cottage STROKESTOWN

    Location: Cloonfinlough (Roscommon)

    Farnmore, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon

Timeline events in this community

  • 1830s

    Strokestown 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

  • 1830s

    Clonfinlough aka Cloonfinlough 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

  • 1850s

    Griffith's Valuation of Strokestown 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>

    1857-04-28 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Eviction of the 1490 from the Mahon estate at Strokestown

    <p>In May 1847 or ‘Black 47’, one of the worst years of suffering of the Great Irish Famine, 1490 tenants from the Mahon estate at Strokestown Park, Co. Roscommon were escorted on foot by Bailiff Robinson to Dublin to ensure they boarded their ship and did not return home.</p>

    1847-05-01 12:00:00