Patrick Boland
- Born
- 1 Jan 1820
- Died
- 12 Apr 1908
- Gender
- Male
- Place of migration
- Stayed in Ireland
Patrick Boland Sr. (c1816-1908) & Margaret Morley (c1825-1909) of Cloongownagh (Cosgrove)
On 19 February 1849, Patrick Boland & Margaret Morley (c1825-1909) married in Bekan Roman Catholic parish (witnesses Edmond Duddy and Mary Bourke). View Register
Patrick and Margaret would have baptised children from 1849 to 1875, but no baptism records survive here before 1864. Their first documented child was Catherine Boland born 1864.
However, an 1851 Census Extract allows us to reconstruct two earlier children:
- Michael Boland c1849-?
- Maria Boland Healy born c1852-1934 (married Thomas Heally of Crossard in 1877
- GAP in records
- Catherine Boland born 12 August 1864
- Martin Boland born 16 Feb 1867 (inherited the family farm)
- Henry Boland born 28 Nov 1869
- Richard Boland born 18 Jan 1872 (was a national school teacher at Woodfield)
- Hubert aka Hugh Boland 19 Oct 1875
In the Census of 1851 (extract) Patrick & Margaret Boland were recorded at Cloongownagh (Cosgrave) aka Cloongoonagh, with one child, Michael, age 2. With no other family members dead or absent on census night, this tells us it was a new marital home and not an ancestral Boland home farm. See Census Extract 1851
- Their daughter Maria Boland aka Maria Healy raised a family in Drimbane, Ballyhaunis. Her daugher Mary Jane Heally emigrated to Philadelphia and married Owen Sweeney from Donegal. Mary Jane later moved to NYC and returned home for a visit in 1919.
In 1856 (Griffith’s Valuation) Patrick Bowland was at farm #2 Cloongownagh (Cosgrave) near the boundary with Crossbeg (renumbered #7 in 1860 and #30 in 1903). He held 21 acres (part bog) and his tiny house was rated at 3 shillings. It is located on the east side of what is now Tooreen Village (established in the 1920s).
In the Census of 1901, Pat and family were recorded in Cloongownagh. They spoke Irish and English. Their daughter Maria Healy was recorded in Drimbane.
Pat Boland Sr. died in 1908, followed by Margaret in 1909. Their son Martin Boland took over the family farm, and married in 1910.
Pat's son Martin Boland (1867-1957) inherited the family farm in Cloongawnagh Cosgrove. He married Mary Jordan (1886-1966) on 18 March 1911. They appear in the 1926 Census with 8 children.
The Cloongawnagh farm passed to Martin's son Patrick Boland Jr in 1955.
Seeking to connect with decendants of Pat & Margaret Boland in Ireland or overseas.
