Seeking Barrett Family Death Records & Additional Info

Luke,

You should search Irishgenealogy (free site) for the death and marriage records your seeking.

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Regards- Mary

Per tree on Ancestry, Patrick married Maria Kelly in 1901 at RC Chapel Ardagh, Mayo. He died in 1918 in Ballina . Luke you should be able to find these records on Irishgenealogy. Currently this message board doesn't allow you to open links nor copy.

1911 Census

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Possibly Edward (farmer). He was a bachelor. Nephew Michael present at death.

Record from Irishgenealogy,

Closest I found for a Margaret living in Ballina. Assumes she did not get married.

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The following info won't address your immediate question, but might be of interest and potential use in your genealogical research:

The Barrett (in Irish, Baréid, at least in Connacht) family was an Anglo-Norman family which became fully Hibernicized. One branch of the Barrett family in Mayo adopted the surname McAndrew (in Irish, Mac Aindriu), which was sometimes re-Anglicized as FitzAndrew later on. The McAndrew’s became like a native Irish sept (or “sub-tribe”), having a well-defined territory on the eastern side of Lough Conn in northeastern Mayo, in the area of the current parishes of Backs and Attymass, not far from Ballina. They intermarried heavily with the other families in the area, including with relatives who were still using the Barrett surname. As a result, you may find McAndrew dna matches in your genealogical research (I have some known McAndrew ancestors, but have turned up Barrett dna matches as well).

My grandfather was a Gallagher who grew up in NE Mayo, and you may be interested to know that, although the surname Gallagher is often associated with County Donegal (where there are still many Gallagher’s), scholars now believe that a separate Gallagher “clan” originated in the Mayo/Galway area. In Irish, Gallagher is Ó Gallchobhair (modern Irish spelling Ó Gallchúir), and it means “descendant of the foreign help”, referring to (real or legendary) mercenary warrior ancestors who were brought in from Scotland or elsewhere in Ireland to fight in local wars (each one being known as a gallóglach, or “gallowglass”). It may also refer to Norse ancestors, since the term “gall” was used for them as well. and Mayo has a larger share of Norse dna than many parts of Ireland.