Hi Wodalla,
Drung is a parish and a townland, there is no town, but at a crossroad there is a school, church and a pub. The parish is situated along the Cootehill to Cavan Road. You need to find your townland, which is a collection of parcels of land owned by different people. In order to find your townland, I have looked at the records on RootsIreland (Subscription site) for other children born to Thomas & Mary Bradburn, I have most likely found her brother Thomas Bradburn due mainly to the proximity of the birth dates
Date of Baptism: 18-Sep-1829
Address: Corovay Parish/District: DRUNG & LARAH
Gender: Male County Co. Cavan
Denomination: Church Of Ireland
Father: Thomas Bradburn Mother: Mary Bradburn
Occupation: Farmer
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Edward and Mary were also born to this family. There are 2 other families close by born to Edward & Richard Bradburn, their children are born 20 and 30 years before Margaret. This family are most likely connected due to their location and repetition of the name Edward.
Using https://www.townlands.ie it looks like this is the townland of Corravohy. Did she call any of her children Edward/Thomas/Richard?
I searched the Tithe Applotments dated around 1832 and in the townland of Corovoy we can find Thomas & Edward living there, they were farmers.
I came across this blog have you been in contact with this family? https://jillettfamilyancestors.blogspot.com/2018/09/m12-margaret-bradbu… and this site https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Livingston-2453, it would indicate that Bradburns had emigrated to Australia in 1845, if they were related to Margaret was she trying to get out to them
Also look at previous posts on this site and see can you make any connections with them https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/message-board/bradburn-family-drung
I have searched irishgenealogy.ie for deaths for her parents but they may have died before civil registration 1864, I wonder had they died before she was transported, was this the reason she was in very poor circumstances, some images are not available yet but you can purchase them meanwhile. I also looked for wills etc but could not find anything on https://genealogy.nationalarchives.ie I also searched for headstones without success, but if there is one, they are all not transcribed.
Look at all incidences of the surname on these records, they are not too plentiful, you might be able to plot up the other family trees and make connections. I have found that by widening my online family tree, even without connecting them I have made connections.
You might also like to contact Genealogy Centre Contact Details
Cavan Genealogy
1st Floor, Johnston Central Library, Farnham St., Cavan
Tel: +353 (0) 49 4361094
Email: cavangenealogy@eircom.net
They will do research for a fee and have more records available to them than are online.
Best wishes in your research and if you wish to check anything with me please do.
Regards Carmel O'Callaghan
