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Patrick Mahon

Patrick Mahon

Born
6 Sept 1900
Died
11 Apr 1953
Gender
Male
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in USA

My grandfather Patrick Mahon was born in Leggah, County Longford in 1900. His parents were Thomas Mahon (1859) and Margaret McGovern (1879). His siblings were Edward (1898), my grandfather Patrick (1900),  Thomas (1902), Daniel (1905), John (1908) & Mary Ellen (1910).

My grandfather immigrated to New York City in 1928 and married Nora McAuliffe from Co Cork in 1932. Unfortunately he passed when my father was a teenager, so I never met my grandfather.  He worked his way up to working as a conductor on the RR, an esteemed and respected position. I have been told he was a very nice man.  :)

I am trying to learn of my family history, and also to hopefully meet cousins from my ancestral townlands! And of course to visit one day!

Thanks,

Debbie 

Associated communities

Longford

Co. Longford, or Longfort in Irish, is part of the midlands region of Ireland.  We have a gorgeous countryside with farmlands, lakes and bogs.  We have a population of approximately 40,810.  We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

Other ancestors in this community

Buildings in this community

  • Cavalry Barracks Longford (Lower Barracks)

    Location: Longford

  • Knights & Conquests Heritage Centre

    Location: Longford

    Granard Longford

  • Maria Edgeworth Center - Edgeworthstown

    Location: Longford

    Ballymahon Rd, Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford, N39 E3C8

  • Greville Arms Hotel, Granard - Gen Michael Collins - Kitty Kiernan

    Location: Longford

    Greville Hotel, Granard, Co Longford

Timeline events in this community

  • 1880s

    Four drowned in the Shannon

    2 Dec 1882

  • 1930s

    Travelling Folk in the 1930s

    <p>Between 1937 and 1939, primary school pupils across the Republic of Ireland interviewed the elderly in their neighborhood to collect and record local stories and folklore from the 19th century. "The Schools Collection" as it became known is held by the Dúchas Folklore Collection in UCD and is and has been digitized online at duchas.ie. One of the topics schoolchildren were asked to write about were "Travelling Folk" or An Lucht Siúil. </p> <p>Here is a selection of what "settled" children wrote about travelers in the late 1930s.</p>

    1 Jan 1938

  • 1830s

    Cholera rages in Longford

    <p>FROM THE WESTMEATH JOURNAL</p>

    23 Jul 1832

  • 1830s

    County Longford in the 1830s

    <p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837. (Much of the information collected here was submitted by members of the local gentry and clergy of the time).</p>

    1 Jan 1837