The townland that appears on Bernard’s marriage as his residence is Tullyframe. His father is shown as John. Griffiths Valuation of 1863 lists 2 John Sloans in the townland living beside each other (hinting they may be related). There was a John Sloan and a Bernard Sloan farming plot 67, a 10 acres holding. Both have the agnomen or nickname “Owen” after their names to distinguish them from the other John Sloane on plot 68 which was an 8 acre farm. He farmed it jointly with Edward Sloane. The name “Brien” is noted in brackets afterwards. That could be a name he went by or it could be his mother’s maiden name. Both were used by the Griffiths clerks.
Perhaps your ancestor came from one of these 2 farms.
The farms today are either side of the modern Glenloughan Rd, about a quarter of a mile west of where it meets the Tullyframe Rd. Plot 67 looks to still be a working farm. Plot 68 is still farmland but the house and any buildings are long gone. It’s presumably been amalgamated into a bigger farm nearby. You can see where they are using the maps on the Griffiths site:
https://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=nameSearch
Here’s the death of 1 John Sloan from Tullyframe in 1871. He was a bachelor which is quite helpful as it presumably eliminates him.
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1871/020788/7292077.pdf
Here’s another in 1898, married to Peggy (Margaret):
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1898/05843/4655270.pdf
Here’s another bachelor in 1875:
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1875/020617/7233577.pdf
And another bachelor in 1882:
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1882/06406/4839747.pdf
And a married one in 1887:
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1887/06217/4779013.pdf
Another married one in 1893:
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1893/06005/4708925.pdf
Another married one in 1893:
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1893/05989/4703508.pdf
Another married one in 1894:
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1894/05980/4700536.pdf
In the 1901 census, there were 53 houses in Tullyframe. 17 of them were occupied by Sloan(e) families. Good luck trying to sort them all out.
I can’t offer any firm explanation about why there is a discrepancy between the 2 father’s names, assuming you have the right couple, but where lots of people had the same name in a small area it was common for some to either use nicknames or second names. Possibly John was also known as Bryan?
Sally is a diminutive of Sarah. Not all the deaths for that area are viewable on-line free. Those for 1864 (when death registration began) to 1870 are not available without paying, and there are some after that that should be viewable but are currently not showing. There are a number of Sarah/Sally deaths in the area but you would need to pay to view them on the GRONI site at £2.50 (sterling) a time.
Attical is close to Tullyframe being about a quarter of a mile east of it. The modern Tullyframe Rd leads to Attical. 2 Sloane households there in 1863. John & Ann. No Sally in either Attical or Tullyframe, so either she was dead or not head of household.
