My great grandfather Mark Degnan b.march 15 1855/56 Milltown Galway. He emigrated 1883 to Lawrence Mass USA, His father Patrick Degnan mother Ellen.Halliday. He married Bridget Murray b.July 6 1854/55 They married abt1882/83 Bridgets Father John Murray Mother Margaret Devine. Not sure if Bridget was also from Galway she emigrated abt 1873 to the Northeast part of US..Any bits of info appreciated. Merdith Biel
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I have all the info on Mark & Bridget Murray Degan from 1882 in Lawrence Mass, Marriage , death, Births children 1880,1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 Census. All from Ancestry . Marks Natulization from shows he was born Milltown Galway. I have recently seen someone post there are two Milltown , Galway. I have seared so many other sites for 3 years with no hits.Could Marks name be Martin ?
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Do you know if Mark had any siblings? There is a baptism on the NLI site for an Andrew Duignan born to a father Patrick and a mother Ellen Halliday. I couldn't find a marriage for the couple. Andrew was baptised in Milltown on 30 March 1861. Sponsors were John Melvin and Catherine Duignan. This was the only baptism I could fnd for children to this couple.
An Andrew is also mentioned HERE on the 1911 Census in the townland of Dalgin, Milltown, Co. Galway, he is unmarried. It may be the case though that this is not the correct family as in 1901 Andrew is living with a mother Bridget HERE who is a widowand the birth dates are a bit off.
There doesn't seem to be an Duignan graves that fit your criteria in Kilclooney graveyard or in Kilgeverin Graveyard the two most local. The family might be buried in either place but the grave may not be marked or perhaps the headstone is too hard to read and hasn't been transcribed. There is also a Patrick Duignan HERE on the Griffith's Valuation but I can't be sure if it's your Patrick
Let me know what you think
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Clare Doyle
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Just found out that Bridget T Degnan (15 JAN 1870 • Dalgin, Milltown, Galway, Ireland Death 0CT 7 1911 • Boston, Massachusetts, USA) was my great grandmother. Her daughter Mary M Aylward was my grandmother. Thank you for posting your research, its very helpful for my sister and I to piece together our family's transition from Ireland to the US.