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Grandparents from craggagh co mayo

Hi my name is ann grant born walsh, my dad mr.james patrick walsh was born in craggagh co mayo Feb 1917.

he settled in london, my grandparents thomas walsh died 1954, annie burke died 1953. 

My dad never told us much about he family, i know he had a step brother richard (dicky) was the name he called him,

he step sister was called mary ellen, ive been told he had 2 more sisters & brother edward but have no information to verify this.

My great grandparents were richard & mary walsh.

If anyone has any information about them or is related to them i would be glad to hear from them.

 

Ann Grant

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Hi Ann,

There is a James Patrick Walsh with parents - Thomas Walsh and Anne Burke on www.irishgenealogy.ie.

Date of birth - February 7th 1917. Address: Craggagh in the Registrars District of Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo.

I will check other records to see what  is available. Births are not online after 1920 and deaths after 1940. To get those records you will need to contact Registration Office in Castlebar.

Regards,

McCoy

Hi Ann,

Irish Genealogy have two "Richard Walsh" born in Cragagh in 1869. The father of (1) born in March is Richard and Mother Mary McNicholas and (2) Father is John and Mother Mary Joyce.

I checked for the marriage of Thomas Walsh and Ann Burke. Nothing found.

I recommend that you check the following free sites. Townland of Craggagh in the Civil parish of Killedan: Griffith's Valuation - 1850's  www.askaboutireland.ie ;  - Irish census for 1901 and 1911 - www.nationalarchives.ie - Townland: Craggagh - DED Ballinamore. See Form B1 for details of property owners. There are Michael Walsh, Thomas Walsh and John Walsh, Junior recorded.

Best Wishes, 

McCoy

You can see more info about Craggagh at this link:  https://www.townlands.ie/mayo/gallen/killedan/ballinamore/craggagh/

At that site, there are links to the 1901 and 1911 census and Griffith's Valuation records which were mentioned above.  There are a number of Walsh's listed in Griffith's Valuation in Craggagh.  I didn't see a Richard, but he may not have been old enough to hold a tenancy back then (mid-1850's).  In the 1901 census, there is a family headed by Richard and Mary Walsh, ages 68 & 62.  Here's a link directly to the page which shows them:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=19…

They are not shown with a son named Thomas, but he may have been elsewhere at the time of the cansus (people often went to Britain for seasonal work each year, as my grandfather did).  A Thomas Walsh is listed above them on the same page, but he seems to be with another family.

At the first link which I gave you above, there are also links to info about the neighboring townlands.  My Gallagher relatives come from one of those townlands, Comderrynabinnia, and the Gallagher's, Walsh's, and Burke's in that parish (among other families) were very much intermarried with one another.   I can't place your Walsh's specifically in the records I have for my family, but if you're interested you can look at the parish registers online, back to 1861 for baptisms and some marriage records going back to 1834.  If they were born in the 1830's, as the census indicates, then you presumably won't find baptismal records for Richard or Mary, but you should be able to find a marriage record for them, and baptismal records for Thomas and Anne (assuming she was from the same parish), as well as their marriage (unless she was from another parish - weddings usually took place in the bride's parish), as well as a baptismal record for Patrick.  The records are available for free at this link, and you can download any relevant pages for your records:

https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0135

In case you're interested, the name Craggagh comes from the Irish An Chreagach, meaning "the craggy/rocky place".  In Irish, the parish name, Killedan, is Cill Liadáin (“Liadán’s church”).

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Thank you so much this information is really good & really appreciate it.

Mrs Ann Grant

Ann Grant

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