Hello!
We have learned a great deal more about my great grandmother and her family in the past two years. The Registration District is actually Roadford (not Broadford as previously thought). Spellings of last names are also different than what is listed in records in the USA; my great-great grandparents Thomas McGuire and and Bridget Neagle/Nagle were married 14- Feb-1864 and had 8 children. Three children emigrated to Somerville, MA, USA, married and had several children, my great grandmother Mary K. McGuire among them). Annie McGuire married Patrick Kelly (who was from Ballyvorda) and had 10 children, and Patrick McGuire married Nora Rynne and had 6 children, including two sets of twins. Sadly these siblings died at young ages-30-40s; Mary and Annie from heart issues, and Patrick from cancer.
The siblings who did not emigrate also did not marry. Daughter Bridget died at the age of 2. Sons James and Thomas both died rather young, at ages between 20-30 years old. Two lived to old age - John and Delia - and remained in the same location as their parents in Laghloon, Clare.
Parents Thomas and Bridget lived to old age, dying in 1916 and 1926, respectively.
I am unable to determine whether there might be burial sites or records of burial for any of the ancestors who died in Ireland. Considering they were poor, it’s probably unlikely any sort of markers would be found for them, but I’d like to exhaust all research options before I close that door. Is there any resource available I could contact directly to help with this? I believe John McGuire may have been a laborer through the Ennistymon Workhouse in a cemetery affiliated with the workhouse.
Thank you!
Lauren
