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Michael Gargan/Garigan/Garrigan

I am searching for my Irish Ancestors Michael Gargan/Garigan/Garrigan and Bridget McCann. I believe they would have been married around 1820. There lived in the Meath/Cavan area. They are the parents of my great grandfather Simon who was born in Ireland in 1836. There is no record of his baptism/birth anywhere that I can find. There is also no records that I can find of his parents. We obtained their names from Simon'smarriage certificate.I have been DNA matched to decendants of Simon'sbrother Peter Garrigan who was born around 1821 and married Bridget Clarke. Peter went to America before Simon came to Australiain 1860. Information from other family trees of decendants of Peter Garrigan say healso has a sister Catherine born in 1826 and she married a Mr. Rodgers, she also went to America. I have also been matched to someone who currenlty lives in the Meath/Cavan area whose grandmother was a Gargan.

Simon Gargan came to Australia with three cousins in 1860. Peter (b1835), Matthew (b 1841) and Bridget (b1842). Peter and Matthew were brothers and their fathers name was Matthew who was married to Mary McMahon. Peter and Matthew's brother John (b1839) came to Australia two years later.Bridget's father was another John Gargan. We believe that Michael, Matthew and John were brothers but we don't know how many children were in the family. If someone knows anything about this family can they please reply as I cannot find out anything else about the family. Thank you.

gargan242@gmail.com

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Sue:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

I think we are looking for a RC parish on the Cavan/Meath border that does not have records until later in the 19th century. I also looked at the Griffiths Valuation data and my conclusion is that the Garigan/Gargans came from Moybolgue civil parish and the RC parish is also Moybologue.  See this link for the Griffiths  https://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/cavan/moybolgue.htm ;  Here is a link for the RC parish records from 1867-1881 https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0842

Below are two Gargan families in the 1901 census for Carnans Lower. The name Matthew continues.

Let me know if you have any questions. I hope I'm on the right track regarding your family.

Roger McDonnell

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cavan/Carnagarve/Carna…

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cavan/Carnagarve/Carna…

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Thank you Roger for your response.  From research an older cousin has done Matthew Gargan/Garigan lived at Carnans Lower and my family Michael and Bridget lived in Bailieborough in Cavan in around 1851.  Yes they were all Catholic.  Does this mean that they would still be in the Moybolgue  parish?  The Griffiths page came up as an error.

Regards  Sue Gargan

 

 

gargan242@gmail.com

Sue:

Bailieborough parish is just to the north of Moybolgue parish but the RC parish would be Killann. I sent an e-mail to the web site owner about the broken link for Moybolgue.

Roger

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Thank you Roger.

 

 

gargan242@gmail.com

I am Peter Alexander Gargan   and Simon Gargans great Grandson, descended from his firstborn son, Peter, and my fatherv was John Gargan born in Wangaratta Victoria in 1895. My Father Jack Gargan has written a book detailing the family history as he knew it, and it is available digitised at James Cook University, with some hard copies stil available  if we can find them. Simon settled at Bendigo and eventually at Orbost in Victoria where he grew maize and pigs. my email is petergargan@hotmail.com and I am presently living in Sydney Australia 

 

Peter Alexande…

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