Patrick married Margaret Curran in 1810 at Drumshambo RC Church. At the time of his transportation for stealing a cow from his neighbour, he was 52, & the father of 10 children, 5 of whom came to Australia, Dominic being the last to arrive into NSW via Melbourne having served in Crimean & Indian wars with the Irish Grenadiers.
County Sligo, or Sligeach in Irish, is located in the border region of Ireland. We are home to Benbulben Mountain, which is said to be Ireland’s most distinctive and shady valleys dominate the landscape here. Our county town is Sligo and we have a population of approximately 65,393. We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.
Dunneill aka Dooneal TOWNLAND
Location: Sligo
Dunneill, Kilmacshalgan, Co Sligo
Collloney Church of the Assumption
Location: Sligo
St. Michael's Church
Location: Sligo
462F+G9 Cloonacool, County Sligo, Ireland
Kilcullen seaweed Baths
Location: Sligo
6W94+42 Enniscrone, County Sligo, Ireland
Parish of Ardcarne
2000-01-01 12:00:00
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland 1846
1846-01-01 12:00:00
Henry Garrett
1832-08-21 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
Our aim is to connect all people with a link to Kilmactranny (Sligo). 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.
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Boyle Poor Law Union formally declared
<p>The Irish Poor Law Act of 1838 divided Ireland into poor law unions (in which paupers would receive poor relief). A union was named after the town on which it was centred (where its workhouse was located) and the "union" boundaries were unrelated to those of the civil parishes ( and crossed county boundaries in many cases). Prior to this date, poor relief was administered by parish and these records were kept in the Church of Ireland Vestry Books (held locally).</p>
1839-08-20 12:00:00
St. Patrick at Doogary and Kilmore
<p>On his missionary tour through Connaught, St. Patrick entered by crossing the Shannon at Drum-boilan (near Battlebridge, in the parish of Ardcarne) in 434 or 435.</p>
0435-01-01 12:00:00
Cholera hysteria from Croghan to Boyle
<p>In February 1832, a devastating outbreak of Asiatic Cholera (which had left millions dead across the trade route to England) finally reached Ireland. This was a disease that had fatal consequences in a matter of a few hours. There were reports of people driven mad with fear of the disease. Thus began the mass hysteria that lead to the "Day of the Straws"...</p>
1832-06-16 12:00:00