i am interested in any information regarding John
Sherlock and Bridget Mc Donnell approx 1879 the lived in Gurteen Sroove Coolavin Sligo.
Ballaghaderreen Parish possibly living inMonasteraden & Shroofe
Some of their children
Catherine (my grandmother married Timothy Morrissey in New York 1904)
Patrick
Maimie. Thanks so much
Dear Barb:
Thank you for your post to the Ireland Reaching Out message board and welcome to the site!
We have several Sligo volunteers who may be able to assist you with your post. I will forward this to them and you should expect a reply within a week or two.
In the meantime, I have a reference to the 1901 Census that might be this family:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Sligo/Coolavin
The Civil Registration Records for Ireland are available online and images are being uploaded in batches. This site is free to search and you might find it helpful.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/civil-search.jsp
The Civil Birth record for Pat who is residing with John and Bridget in the above Census record is below:
If you need further assistance, please let me know.
Kind regards,
Jane.
Thank you
Hi Barb John Shirlock his fathers name was Patrick and Bridget mc Donnell was from Castlerea Co Roscommon her fathers name John. They married in Roman Catholic Chapel Ballaghaderren on 9th Feb 186I
Our family is Sherlock but I have come across lots of info while researching in the same area around Kilfree / Doon area.
let me know if I can help further
mary sherlock