Sarah Clancy/Glancy born about 1826

Matt:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching out!

I searched the subscription site Roots Ireland and did not find any baptismal records for Clancy/Glancy children with parents James Glancy/Clancy and Ellen Higgins. Likely they were baptized in an RC parish which has records starting later than what you need. There are fourteen Leitrim RC parishes with records starting 1840 or later.

We do not know if James Glancy/Clancy was still alive in 1857 and shown in the Griffiths Valuation head of household listings. There were 25 James Glancy/Clancy in the Griffiths mostly Clancy. The main parishes were Rossinver and Cloonclare in the the north of the county but there were records in Killasnet, Drumlease, Cloone and Killanummery parishes.

Please consider adding Sarah's story to our XO Chronicles site and maybe someone will see a connection  https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/history-and-genealogy/ancestor-database

Roger McDonnell

Hello Matt and Roger, as Roger is aware I am interested in Leitrim as my maternal side is from there. The name is a variant of Clancy, who are former Chieftains in north  Leitrim until about the late 1500s, my ancestors are from South Leitrim around the town of Mohill. I have had a local genealogist do some work for me on the Murray family (my great grandmother is a Murray) and it appears here mother was most likely a Glancy, this is borne out by my DNA matches which turns up both names as Glancy and Clancy, my Margaret would have been born probably the early 1830s but the only record I can find is a birth of my Murray person in Bornacoola which does not realy fit, location wise as they lived in a place near Mohill called Gortlettragh. There is a marriage of a Michael Murray to a Glancy lady in about 1846 I think (have record somewhere). 

On FTDNA there is a Clancy project on surnames, one of many but as luck would have it I ran across the genetleman doiing it at a lecture he was giving, he tells me there are 3 distinct branches of the Clancy and variants in Ireland, Leitrim; Clare and I think Mayo. I intend joining at some point.

I volunteer on this site in Louth on the east coast and my site email is stpeters@irelandxo.com if you want to get in touch.

There is a private Leitirm History and Genealogy Facebook page but as Roger says the records are the records that exist currently and there is no magic wand.

Good Luck,

Pat