Farmer at family home in Gubbs, Cloone and later in north Co Kildare (post 1959). Played on parish football team in Cloone and was known as 'Red Pat'. Met and married Margaret Teresa Ellis of Newtown Forbes, Co Longford, in June 1952. His father was Hugh Heeran (1871 -1951) and mother was Katie Gilleece (1877 - 1951). His Grandfather was also Patrick, born circa 1841 and died 1901.
County Leitrim, or Liatroim in Irish, is located in the north-western region of Ireland. It is famous for its many beautiful lakes. Carrick-on-Shannon is our county town and we have a population of approximately 31,972. We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.
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Location: Leitrim
Drumlea, Drumreilly Old School House
Location: Leitrim
Drumlea, Drumreilly, Co. Leitrim
Carrickslavan TOWNLAND
Location: Leitrim
Carrickslavan, Leitrim, Co Leitrim
Laheen House
Location: Leitrim
Leitrim, Ireland
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>
1938-01-01 12:00:00
John McGahern's Book 'The Dark' is banned
1965-01-01 12:00:00
Sligo Death Notices From Cholera, Ireland
<p>DEATH NOTICES (from the Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet) during the height of the cholera pandemic in Ireland.</p>
1832-09-13 12:00:00
County Leitrim 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
Our aim is to connect all people with a link to Cloone (Leitrim). You may live here, have visited here or maybe are tracing ancestors who left long ago. In any case, we’re sure to have lots to share and are delighted to welcome you.
Location: Cloone (Leitrim)
Location: Cloone (Leitrim)
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Location: Cloone (Leitrim)
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Location: Cloone (Leitrim)
Cloone
Fr. Peter Conefrey P.P. & Patriot
Location: Cloone (Leitrim)
Fr. Peter Conefrey P.P.
Location: Cloone (Leitrim)
Cloone
Foundation of Gortletteragh GAA Club
1889-01-01 12:00:00
Guy Lloyd makes a liberal reduction in his rents
<p>Guy Lloyd, Esq., of Croghan, has, with his usual generosity, made the liberal reduction of three shilling in the pound in his rents. He is a most kind and indulgent landlord.—Roscommon Gazette</p>
1863-10-21 12:00:00
Guy Lloyd introduces 21 year leases for all his tenantry
<p>The Nation – Saturday, August 28, 1858; Page: 15</p>
1858-08-28 12:00:00
The Croghan Labourers Fund
<p>Celebrated on 15 August, the feast of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven was marked as a Holy Day of Obligation in the Roman Catholic Church and as a festival (under various names) in the Anglican Communion.<br /> On this occasion in 1856, Guy Lloyd Esq. of Croghan House, dismissed 22 Catholic employees for refusing to work on their "holy day of obligation". For months following this incident, the NATION newspaper published outraged letters from around Ireland and England, branding Lloyd a 'bigot' and a 'Souper supporter'.</p>
1856-08-15 12:00:00