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Looking for Farrells in Dalystown/Tyrrellspass

My great-grandmother, Katie Farrell, was born and raised in Clonfad (Dalystown/Tyrrellspass area). My grandmother, Marie Gregory Sheridan, and her sister, Leocadie Gregory O'Brien, lived there for five years: 1899-1904.

Katie was one of seven children. She seems to have been close with her brother, John Farrell.

I have been able to trace census records to the mid-1950s. It seems that John's son, Patrick, and his descendants, lived in the same place. Patrick and his wife, Katie Bradley, had four children: John, Bernard, Patrick Joseph, and Elizabeth.

 

I am wondering if any Farrells still live in Dalystown, Tyrrellspass, or anywhere nearby.

 

Susan Phillips

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Perhaps contact:

  • Farrell Butchers, Main st TYRRELLSPASS Co. Westmeath, (044)9223590
  • Jamie Farrell, proprietor, Jamie’s Costcutter shop and filing station, Tyrrellspass, +353 87 055 3334, jamiesfillingstationsocial@gmail.com
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Hi Patricia,

You are correct, Marie and Katie Farrell (18-year-old) were cousins. Marie's mother was Katie Farrell Gregory (1855-1917) -- I should have listed her married last name to avoid confusion over the two Katie Farrells.

The older Katie married a Frenchman named Gregoire in 1891 and changed her last name from Gregoire to Gregory when she brought the girls back from France to Ireland in 1899 after her husband/their father had died.

Leocadie and Marie Gregoire became Cadie and Mary Gregory.

Thank you for the suggestions about where to reach out. I will definitely do that. I appreciate your help.

Susan

Susan Phillips

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