John & Mary Moran nee McGrath of Quinaltagh, Garrafrauns

Hi Carmel

I live about 25mins from Garrafrauns and would be happy to go look for you. It may be later in the week before I get a chance but I will get back to you as soon as I can

All the best

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support 

Thanksa million Clare for your kind offer, I really appreciate it. There is no rush of course when ever you have time.

Kindest regards,

Carmel

Hi Carmel

Myself and my a helper called out to the graveyard on Monday evening. Unfortunately I don't have much to report. There are a lot of stone markers in the old graveyard alongside actual headstones (some of the latter are legible, some not).

I could only find one headstone for a Thomas Clarke and one for a Moran. It may be the case that the headstone is no longer legible. Some of the writing on many of them has been eroded almost flat to the stone. We also checked the new graveyard across the road but they were quite recent (1930s onwards)

I attach all the photos we took and can call back any time if you need me to, it's between my house and my mum's so near a cup of tea afterwards!

Best wishes

Clare 

Genealogy Support

Ireland XO

Hi Clare,

This is a fablous find thank you ver much and has opened the door to break down some brick walls on this side of my family tree. They are all mine I believe, Thomas Clarke was Mary Moran's husband, Laughil is correct as that is the townland on my GG Grandparents marriage record (even though their homestead is actually in the townland of Quinaltagh) and the Morans from Cloonbrisk were my GG grandmother's sister's family and they had 3 children Andrew, Peter & Tom. (there were more on census, perhaps they died or emigrated). so now I can go on to find death & probate records with this new information & perhaps eventually piece them all together!

A hundred thousand thanks to you & your friend, I really do appreciate this so much.

God bless you both,

Carmel

A pleasure Carmel, we got back before the rain so happy all round!

Best wishes

Clare

Genealogy Support 

Hi Clare or anyone else around,

On Michael Joseph Ruane's death record in USA and who married Margaret Mary Clarke from Quinaltagh, it states that he was from Milltown and his parents were Michael Ruane & Bridget Varley. I could only find one Ruane couple of a Michael and a Bridget in that area on the probate records from a townland "Belmont" which it appears is near Milltown, Co. Galway, am I right? Would this family be near enough to  Milltown to be buried in Addergoole grave yard?  (I'm not asking you to go there again).There appear to have been many Ruane families in the Milltown area at the time of the census however I can't find Michael nor his mother Bridget on the 1901 nor 1911 census. I wonder if you would know if there are still Ruane families in this townland of "Belmont"?

Thank you in advance and any help greatly appreciated,

Kindest regards,

Carmel Clarke

 

Hi Maria

This link will take you to a map that shows Belmont (National School) alongside the neighbouring townlands - it is close to Milltown so likely there were buried in Addergoole graveyard.

http://www.schooldays.ie/school/st-brendans-n-s-rollnumber-20040A

I will take a spin up there later this week and see what I can find for you and pass along any photos.

All the best

Clare

Genealogy Support 

Thanks a million Clare, that is really very kind of you, I was just thinking that if there were no Ruanes there in that townland back then it is more than likely that there are none now, more than a 100 years on so perhaps a waste of time going there? and perhaps Bridget Ruane nee Varley returned to her home village after her husband died, just a thought.

Thank for the link to the Belmont school, I found it very interesting. I can't understand why I didn't get these results when I was searching for this townland, obviously I have a lot to learn!

Greatly appreciated your kindness clare,

 

Kindest regards,

Carmel

 

No problem, will get back to you ASAP

Clare

Genealogy Support 

Hi 

Haven't forgotten about you - have the wellies out so hoping to get out there on Friday evening if I can! 

Clare

Genealogy Support 

Hi again

I have located some Ruanes and Varleys in Kilgevrin graveyard - will add the photos when I download and sort through them. I have another graveyard to check near Milltown next week just to cover all bases and will send all in one go

All the best

Clare

Genealogy Support 

Hi Clare,

 

Thanks is extreemely kind of you, I really do appreciated it.

Kindest regards,

Carmel

Hi 

The graveyard at Kilclooney is actually digitised so you can search here. I include below the photos I took the other day - you will know better than I if they are relevant.

Best wishes

Clare

Genealogy Support 

Hi Pat.

As you can see from my inital post my John & Mary Moran nee McGrath are from the village of Quinaltagh, Garrafrauns, Dunmore, Co. Galway. Mary McGrath had a sister Margaret who married Martin Moran & lived in the next village called Cloonbrisk. It is possible that Martin Moran was a brother to my great grandfather John Moran and that he may have married into the McGrath

home- stead in Cloonbrisk, however no family have been able to confirm this to date. Martin Moran & Margaret McGrath had at least three children Andrew, Peter and Tom.

If you think we both share the same Moran family, I would be delighted to hear from you and share all I have on this family, perhaps you could give me an email address to contact you.

Many thanks in advance & kindest regards,

Carmel Clarke

 

 

 

Hello I will answwer by email, all the best

HI Clare Doyle,

I owe you a big apology as I never acknowledged all your hard work and second batch of photos back in August 2016, I don't remember having received a message to let me know of a new post from you back then, I only got back on here recently thank to a post by another lady. so please forgive me, you must have felt really terrible when I didn't even say a thank you after all your precious time spent on my behalf.

A big thank you Clare for all your help & kindness, greatly appreciated and these new grave pictures, I must look into them and see if I can square them all up!

The good news is that this new lady who has posted on here is belong to my family line which of course is marvelous & it is all thanks to your first batch of grave pictures that she made the contact.

Kindest regards,

Carmel Clarke

Ps. I hope this reaches you Clare as I can't see on option to answer your post???