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searching for Fagans in the Lough Gowna area

I am trying to locate people who are related to a Fagan family that lived around the Lough Gowna area, on the border of Cavan and Longford counties. I have a strong DNA match on MyHeritage to Mary Carmel Smith, who was born in 1937 in Loughduff, Cavan to Peter Paul Smith (1900-1988) and Mary Elizabeth Fagan (1913-1997). Mary Elizabeth Fagan was born in drumlumman parish, Cavan, to Terence Fagan (1870-1937) and Maria Kiernan (1879-1927). Both Marys were only children, but Terence had 3 brothers (Patrick, James & Bernard) and one sister Mary (Mary and Patrick emigrated to Philadelphia). Mary Carmel Smith emigrated when she was 19 to San Antonio, where she joined a missionary congregation.

I am attaching a screen shot of a tree I have built for this portion of the family. My 2xggrandmother was Catherine Fagan (born abt 1822 in County Cavan, emigrated to New York City abt 1840). My best estimate was that she was a 1st cousin of Charles Fagan, Terence's father, but the records have run dry. Mary told me "In the home place of Carton Free, Aughnagarron, Co Longford where my mother was born, the Terence Fagan Family: there are two Fagan houses at the end of a long lane, one was my mother’s birth place now just ruins, and the other was Fagan cousins." I hope to visit this fall, to continue my research, and would love to connect with a descendant of the family. Thanks! Joe Pierce

Joe Pierce

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Joe,

I am not related. However, I am a native of County Longford and have an interest in the genealogies of County Longford families. Below, please find links to some documents in relation to Mary Kiernan who married Terence Fagan in 1913 which may be of interest to you.

1913 Marriage Certificate of Terence Fagan and Mary Kiernan (Kilmore, Cloonagh, Granard, County Longford, daughter of James Kiernan, deceased)

https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1913/09874/5586745.pdf

1911 Census, Kilmore Townland, Maria Kiernan, aged 33, daughter of Anne Kiernan

https://nationalarchives.ie/collections/search-the-census/census-record/?census_year=1911&surname__icontains=kiernan&firstname__icontains=M*&county=Longford&townland__icontains=kilmore&id=3530197

1901 Census, Kilmore Townland, Maria Kiernan, aged 22, daughter of Anne Kiernan

https://nationalarchives.ie/collections/s

earch-the-census/census-record/?census_year=1901&surname__icontains=kiernan&firstname__icontains=M*&county=Longford&townland__icontains=kilmore&id=8358650

1877 Birth Certificate of Mary Kiernan, daughter of James Kiernan and Anne Faulkner, Kilmore

https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1877/02986/2094114.pdf

Hoping this helps,

davidleahy@eir…IrelandXO Volunteer

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