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Mary Anne Donohue nee Farrell

Mary Anne Donohue nee Farrell

Born
1855-03-01 12:00:00
Died
1947-04-01 12:00:00
Gender
Female
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in USA

Mary Anne Farrell was born in Loughrea in 1855. When my grandfather, Gerald Brandon Donahue, passed away in 1998, my step-grandmother sent me this photo. She said it was GB's grandmother, and his father's "dear" mother. She couldn't remember her name, or any other details. All my father ever knew about his grandfather Thomas, Mary Anne's eldest son and first child, was that he wrote lyrics for sheet music, and said that he "had to" leave Ireland for teaching Protestants to read. When I took the Ancestry DNA test, I received messages from Donahue third cousins, and they were able to tell me about our great-great-grandparents - where they were buried (in Philadelphia - I've since visited their gravesite) and where they were from. Ancestry helped me fill in all the rest. In 2019 my sons and I stayed in Loughrea for 3 days. It was wonderful.

Associated communities

Galway

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Other ancestors in this community

Buildings in this community

  • Kilcooly Church Ruins & Cemetery

    Location: Galway

    Kilcooly, Co. Galway, Ireland

  • Portumna Irish Workhouse Centre

    Location: Galway

    St Brigid's Road, Portumna, Galway, H53 EK74, Ireland

  • Portumna Friary

    Location: Galway

    Portumna Demesne, Co. Galway, Ireland

  • Portumna Castle & Gardens

    Location: Galway

    Portumna Demesne, Portumna, Co. Galway, Ireland

Timeline events in this community

  • 1830s

    Kilcroan in 1837

    <p>As described in Samuel Lewis' <em>Topographical Dictionary of Ireland</em> 1837.</p>

    1837-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1820s

    First Census of Inisheer

    <p>The 1821 Census of Inisheer survived the Public Records Office fire. </p>

    1821-04-01 12:00:00

  • 1820s

    First Census of Inishmaan

    <p>The 1821 Census of Inishmaan survived the Public Records Office fire. </p> <p>Family names featured: </p> <p>Beaty</p> <p>O'Brien</p> <p>Callaghan, Callaughan, Collaughan</p> <p>Carey, Keaghry </p> <p>Clancy</p> <p>Concannon</p> <p>Connor</p> <p>Conneely (Connolly)</p> <p>Cook</p> <p>Costelloe</p> <p>Curreen</p> <p>Collins</p> <p>Dignum</p> <p>Dirrane (Derrane)</p> <p>O'Donnell</p> <p>Faherty</p> <p>Flaherty</p> <p>Fitzgerald</p> <p>Flemon (Fleming)</p> <p>Folan</p> <p>Ginnane</p> <p>Glinn (Glynn)</p> <p>Grealish, Grelish</p> <p>Griffy</p> <p>Higgins</p> <p>Joyce</p> <p>Kane, Kean, Kine</p> <p>Keating</p> <p>King</p> <p>Linnane</p> <p>Maher</p> <p>McDonough</p> <p>Mulkern (Mulkerrin)</p> <p>Murry (Murray)</p> <p>Prendergast</p> <p>Scahill</p> <p>Sullivan</p> <p>Welch</p> <p> </p>

    1821-04-01 12:00:00

  • 1830s

    Arranmore, Ennismain and Innishere in 1837

    <p>As described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837</p>

    1837-01-01 12:00:00