Visiting Ireland in May, Looking for Robbins Families of Counties Offaly and Westmeath
I am looking to connect with any descendants of the Robbins families of the Counties ofWestmeath and Offaly. I can trace my Robbins ancestors back to County Galway, but DNA tests appear to indicate that theRobbins Familyoriginated near Clara, County Offaly and branched outfrom there. I have completed quite a bit of research for all three counties and hope to be able to link my family with those of Offaly and Westmeath. The following is a link to a map I created to show the Robbins families I have identified so far. The mapis color-coordinated with blue markers representing Robbins families in Westmeath and Offaly, orange for those in County Galway, and green for autosomal matches in County Galway that I am trying to link with the Robbins families of that county.
I have a Y-DNA match with a descendant of Owen Robbins (born before 1783)of Cloonymurrikin, County Westmeath and several autosomal matches with a descendant of Garrett Robbins (born 1755) of Kilmanaghan, County Offaly. I will be visiting Ireland in May andam very interested to pursue the leads that I have found.I have been putting together a list of burial grounds and graveyardsto visit and have been able to find a list forCounty Offaly, including the burial site of Garrett Robbins in Kilmanaghan(https://www.offaly.ie/occ_mini_websites/temp/BurialGrounddatabaseJuly2015.pdf), but havent been able to find a listing for those in County Westmeath. Does anyone know of a listing of graveyards for County Westmeath, particularlyany graveyards near Clooneymurrikin, County Westmeath?I know a Michael Robbins ofCloonymurrikin died in 1887 and I am trying to find where he was buried, I believe his brother was William Robbins who married Margaret Tracy in the parish of Clara/Horseleap in 1832.Any help or further recommendations with regards to any aspect of family research would be greatly appreciated.
Ilook forward to hearing from anyone connected to any of these families, and am more than willing to help with any of their research needs.