James McMahon b1835/1841 from the Monaghan/Louth area

Terri I see 37 different James Mahon born in Louth Monaghan between 1830 and 1850 and 1835 to 1845 there is 27 so cannot really pick one out without a parent or sibling, there is no James Albert or Albert and I included Meath which also kicks in nearby. The two townlands you mention are almost adjoining but in different counties but not very far sort of across the road, there are two Tully in Louth but again very close and you can search this site for locations of various Irish locations by Townland. https://www.townlands.ie/ ;

There is a site here about Louth but will only show you loads of McMahon and where http://jbhall.clahs.ie/index.html ; If the link is not working Google Louth Genealogical Sources.

Now can you tell who travelled with him as the people often went together even if not family I imagine. Also he would have been young to travel alone etc especially if born in 1841. 

There was one recent querey about the same area but much later in 1870. It is a very narrow area so will look later at Tithes APplottments and Griffiths to see if McMahon there, McArdle is a linked name also found in Louth Monaghan area.

Regards

Pat

Terri, this part of Ireland was not as badly affected as other areas to my limited knowledge of the famine. I looked at the tithe Applottments and found a Rose McMahon mentioned twice in Shanragh slightly different spelling and no other McMahon in that area, http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp later Griffiths Valuation was done circ 1861 in the Monaghan area and earlier in Louth, there are two mentions of a Pat McMahon in Shanrah probably the same person with two pieces of land rented or owned. You can search this site under names or places and I looke under Shanrah and then clicked occupants and got a full list of people in the townland, I notice in my own DNA that often the neighbours surnames turn up but whether that is real or a chance I leave to you. Finding only Rose in the Tithes does not exclude other McMahons in the area as it is a list of taxpayers who had over an acre of land.http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=nameS… or try place search.

According to the church registers the parish is Killany and extends into both counties, parishs sometimes had townlands included or excluded from a parish if one parish was too rich or too poor to ensure the was enough support to run it. Also on registers NLI baptism records did not start until 1857 https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0314 However a subscription site Roots Ireland sometimes has parish records not found elsewhere I just looked at the James McMahon born from 1834 to 1842 in Louth and Monaghan about 27 of them, cannot see who was born in the parish with out a charge but you can look a little for free. I tried Find My Past and got a number of James, 1834 to 1843, by the way I noticed on Roots that 1835 was the one year of no James in Louth or Monaghan.

There were various charities who gave funds to assist leaving, the cheapest option was via Canada as it was part of the empire so travel was cheaper apparently. Some far thinking landlords also helped if they thought there were too many tenants on unsustainable plots as families often divided them up to sons etc 

Regards

Pat