Glacken, Glackan, Glackin, Glachan — Donegal
Raymoghy (Donegal)
Hi,
Wondering if anyone can help:
My branch traces back to Neil Glachan (born c. 1816 in Co. Donegal) who married Agnes Brogan (or Brogoyne/Burgoyne) in Donegal on April 3, 1846. They moved to Scotland, settling in Erskine, Renfrewshire, and later Old Kilpatrick / Duntocher in Dunbartonshire.
I have managed to track the area they are from back to the Laggan Valley in Donegal—specifically the Civil Parish of Raymoghy (near Manorcunningham).
- Agnes Brogan's family lived in the townland of Monclink, where her father Charles Brogan leased a cottage right next door to the Docherty family.
- Neil Glachan’s father (also named Neil Glachan) was a laborer in the area, and the broader Glackan clan was clustered right next door in the neighboring townland of Lisclamerty, as well as a Hugh Glackan in Magherabeg in the 1830s.
If anyone else is researching the Glachans/Glackins from the Raymoghy, Manorcunningham, or Duntocher areas, I’d love to know! I have our family tree details and would be happy to compare notes.
Ronnie