I found this marriage record in Glasgow, Scotland where the family did seasonal work. Peter stated he was born in Sligo in 1816 but that is all I know about his birth. He later may have moved to Westmeath but no records there yet except his daughter’s marriage.
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
Co. Westmeath, or An Iarmhí in Irish, is located in the midlands region of Ireland. It is home to Athlone Castle which, after a multi-million euro renovation, reopened in 2012 as a state-of-the-art, multi-sensory visitor experience. Our county town is Mullingar and we have a population of approximately 88,396. We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.
Quaker Island
Location: Westmeath
Inchcleraun, Longford
Fore Abbey
Location: Westmeath
Fore, Westmeath
St Marys Parish Church, Streete, Co Westmeath.
Location: Westmeath
St Marys, Streete, Co Westmeath
Bellaugh Parochial House
Location: Westmeath
Foundation of Ballymore GAA Club
1884-01-01 12:00:00
County Westmeath 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>
1837-01-01 12:00:00
May Day traditions across Ireland
<p>Lá Bealtaine (May Day) officially heralds the beginning of the summer in Ireland. The name is said to derive from Old Irish, meaning "bright fire" (Belenus was the Celtic sun and 'healer god'). Old traditions involved lighting bonfires at sunset on Oíche Bealtaine (or May Eve - April 30) on prominent local landmarks. The Hill of Uisneach in Co. Westmeath is the most famous example. These and other rituals (such as creating a May altar) still survive, particularly in the west of Ireland. Our 19th-century ancestral piseóga (superstitions) were recorded diligently by Irish schoolchildren in the 1930s ...</p>
1830-05-01 12:00:00