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Michael Donegan

AntrimAntrim (Antrim)

My greatgrandfather is Michael Donegan born about 1843 in Antrim.  He married Alice Bradley from the Barnesmore Gap area in Donegal.  They had 3 or maybe 4 children - Kate, Patrick, Hugh(died as an infant) and Michael.  When Alice died, Kate emigrated to the US - New York area.  He is said to have returned to Antrim to find work.  He is in the census with his son Michael in Londonderry.  On Alice's gravestone there is a notation - "Michael Donegan died in 1920"  It does not say thatt Michael is buried there - or which Michael - father or son.

I have no idea where in county Antrim Michael and his family came from.

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Hi,

A couple of sites might be able tp help you track down this family.

www.irishtimes.com

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=

Shows between 1847-64 6 households in Donegal and 15 in Antrim by that spelling of Donegan. They show quite a few variants on the spelling as well.

There is much data to be gleaned that is free from the above site, (for instance under placenames search), a positional map is shown with a listing of Townlands or streets that might aid your search.

 

Another resource is:

www.askaboutireland.ie

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=nameSearch

This might also help to locate the family.

 

Another help is found at the explanations of what records are kept where found at:

ww.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com

http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/index.html

Hope this helps, Jeanette

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