Looking for a mother and daughter in oughterard workhouse

GalwayOughterard (Galway)

Hello!

I have found a Barbara ( birthdate/parents unknown) Folan who gave birth to Mary Folan ( No father entered in the document) on 18th October 1920. I'm curious to know what happened to them.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/412d7f1788270?b=https%3A%2F%2Fcivilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie%2Fchurchrecords%2Fcivil-perform-search.jsp%3Fnamefm%3DMary%26namel%3DFolan%2B%26location%3D%26yyfrom%3D1890%26yyto%3D1920%26type%3DB%26submit%3DSearch

The Folans are my family and I'm wondering if and how these two are related to me, if they left the workhouse together or got separated.

Any help tracing their records would be amazing. I can't find admissions and discharges from the workhouse, do they exist?

clairethevetnurse

3 years ago

3 replies

Be careful there are five Mary Folan's born that year in the same area.
Margot

Margot Secrette

3 years ago

Claire,

Barbara may have later married the father of Mary. Over 100 years have elapsed since the event.

Better left there!

Regards,

McCoy

3 years ago

There’s information about Oughterard Workhouse in this link, together with an address to contact re records.

https://www.workhouses.org.uk/Oughterard/

Elwyn, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘IrelandXO Volunteer

3 years ago

Looking for a mother and daughter in oughterard workhouse

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