I am looking for a lead on possible place of birth and/or family connections for my great-grandfather, William James Lyons. For the 1901 and 1911 Ireland censuses, his place of birth is given as Co. Donegal. William married a Mary Frances Synnott from Co. Westmeath and they had their first child in 1880. They lived the bulk of their married life in the area of Clones, Clinoony, Drummully, and Clonfad in Co. Monaghan as National school teachers. William is buried in Co. Monaghan, died 19 Dec 1929 at age 73, which makes it likely he was born in 1856 or so. Thank you for any assistance you might be in this effort. I have done some successful research in other counties, but Donegal is new to me, and I appreciate any help you can offer. Cathy Hatcher --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.

Dear Cathy RC National School Teachers were educated at St. Patrick`s College, Drumcondra, Dublin; History of the College St Patrick`s College was established in 1875 to meet the teacher training needs of a denominational primary school system. The College was initially based at numbers 1 & 2 Drumcondra Road, moving to its present site at Belvedere House in 1883. During the Presidency of Fr. Peter Byrne CM, in the 1880s and 1890s, an extensive building programme was undertaken which, along with a second major phase of development completed in 1966 during the Presidency of Dr Donal Cregan C.M. and a third completed in 1982, still forms the core of the campus. The administration of the College was placed in the care of the Vincentian fathers where it remained until 1 September 1999. In 1999, the Vincentians withdrew from the management of the College. On 1 September, Dr Pauric Travers was appointed first lay President of the College The College quickly became and remains the alma mater for a large proportion of Irish primary teachers. Its graduates have made a distinguished contribution to the educational, social and cultural life of the country. Originally an all-male College, female students were admitted for the first time in 1971; they now constitute a large majority of the student population. If you correspond with the college you might get information about William James Lyons's birthplace. (William b 1856, would have been 19 years old when the college was established in 1875) I enquired by email to Theresa O`Farrell about my Uncle and made the request "I am interested in any details of my uncle James Martin who won a King's Scholarship to attended the College around 1917 for two years". the reply from the college was :- James Martin (Ref - 2(6)) Entered September 1915 Address: Bishopgate, Londonderry Age on 1 January 1916 - 18 and 8/12 (eight twelveths) Diocese - Derry Parish - Templemore He was a "Monitor" in St Columbas Boys School, and the P.P. was Rev Wm Doherty, St Columbas Presbetery, Derry. Contact address Theresa O`Farrell President`s Office St Patrick`s College Telephone - 01-8842006 Fax - 01-8367613 email - [email protected]@spd.dcu.ie You didn't mention William's religion - there would have been a corresponding "Protestant" TT college. Also, the RC ladies could have been educated at Dowanhill Training College, Glasgow ( My RC cousin, Anne Reid b 1889 was educated there) Liam "A bird in the bush is worth two in the cat" ----- Original Message ----- From: "cathy hatcher" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:22 AM Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] William James Lyons, b. 1856, Co. Donegal >I am looking for a lead on possible place of birth and/or family >connections for my great-grandfather, William James Lyons. For the 1901 and >1911 Ireland censuses, his place of birth is given as Co. Donegal. > > William married a Mary Frances Synnott from Co. Westmeath and they had > their first child in 1880. They lived the bulk of their married life in > the area of Clones, Clinoony, Drummully, and Clonfad in Co. Monaghan as > National school teachers. > > William is buried in Co. Monaghan, died 19 Dec 1929 at age 73, which makes > it likely he was born in 1856 or so. > > Thank you for any assistance you might be in this effort. I have done some > successful research in other counties, but Donegal is new to me, and I > appreciate any help you can offer. > > Cathy Hatcher > >

Hello Cathy, Lyons is not a Donegal name and it is more common in counties Galway, Mayo and Sligo. Therefore, you should probably be looking at the south of the county, around the Bundoran / Ballyshannon area. The first person of the name that I met, more than thirty years ago came from near Beleek, just over the border, in County Fermannagh. Try Griffiths Valuation, circa 1857 which is now available online (with some snags still to be sorted out, I think). That will give you a list of tenants with the Lyons name and where they were living. P.J. ----- Original Message ----- From: "cathy hatcher" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:22 AM Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] William James Lyons, b. 1856, Co. Donegal >I am looking for a lead on possible place of birth and/or family >connections for my great-grandfather, William James Lyons. For the 1901 and >1911 Ireland censuses, his place of birth is given as Co. Donegal. > > William married a Mary Frances Synnott from Co. Westmeath and they had > their first child in 1880. They lived the bulk of their married life in > the area of Clones, Clinoony, Drummully, and Clonfad in Co. Monaghan as > National school teachers. > > William is buried in Co. Monaghan, died 19 Dec 1929 at age 73, which makes > it likely he was born in 1856 or so. > > Thank you for any assistance you might be in this effort. I have done some > successful research in other counties, but Donegal is new to me, and I > appreciate any help you can offer. > > Cathy Hatcher > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now. > When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which you > are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, > remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the > message subject to which you are replying. > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY SUBJECT, GO TO THE THREADED ARCHIVES AT > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/DONEGALEIRE/ > > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY DATES AND SUBJECT GO TO THE SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES > AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=DONEGALEIRE > > SOME HELPFUL WEBSITES: > Donegal Genealogy Resource (Lindel's Site) > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/ > Donegaleire Genealogy Links & Data > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/ > Bob's Donegal Ireland Genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.8/1413 - Release Date: > 03/05/2008 11:22 > >

The 2001 Electoral Roll provides the population distribution of Lyons currently living in County Donegal. As P.J. mentions they were concentrated in the South although a few have filtered North to places like Movill. LYONS,BRIDGET,,,CREGGAN,,,,BALLYBOFEY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,KATHLEEN,,,CREGGAN,,,,BALLYBOFEY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,MICHAEL,,,CREGGAN,,,,BALLYBOFEY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,BRIDGET,,,DUNWILEY,07431069,,,BALLYBOFEY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,JOHN,,,DUNWILEY,07431069,,,BALLYBOFEY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,JOSEPHINE,,,GLENCOVITT,,,,BALLYBOFEY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,MICHAEL,,,GLENCOVITT,,,,BALLYBOFEY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,BELLA,,,CURRAGHAMONGAN,,,,BALLYBOFEY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,MICHAEL,,,CURRAGHAMONGAN,,,,BALLYBOFEY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,MARTINA,,,CURRAGHAMONGAN,,,,BALLYBOFEY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,MICHAEL,,,CURRAGHAMONE,,,,BALLYBOFEY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,MICHAEL,,,DOOISH,,,,BALLYBOFEY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,MAUREEN,,,DOOISH,,,,BALLYBOFEY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,NOELLE,,,DOOISH,,,,BALLYBOFEY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,NOREEN,,,DOOISH,,,,BALLYBOFEY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,PHILIP,,,DOOISH,,,,BALLYBOFEY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,TONY,,,DOOISH,,,,BALLYBOFEY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,ANN,,,CLEENAGH,07763278,,,BALLYMAGAN,CO DONEGAL LYONS,KATHLEEN,,,CLEENAGH,07763278,,,BALLYMAGAN,CO DONEGAL LYONS,LIAM,,,CLEENAGH,07763278,,,BALLYMAGAN,CO DONEGAL LYONS,SARAH,,,CLEENAGH,07763278,,,BALLYMAGAN,CO DONEGAL LYONS,ELIZABETH,,,TOWNPARKS,,,,BALLYSHANNON,CO DONEGAL LYONS,ANNE,3,,TOWNPARKS,,,,BALLYSHANNON,CO DONEGAL LYONS,EDWARD,3,,TOWNPARKS,,,,BALLYSHANNON,CO DONEGAL LYONS,ELIZABETH,3,,TOWNPARKS,,,,BALLYSHANNON,CO DONEGAL LYONS,JOHN,,,CARRICK UPPER,07841033,,,CARRICK,CO DONEGAL LYONS,MARY,,,CARRICK UPPER,07841033,,,CARRICK,CO DONEGAL LYONS,CATHERINE,,,CASTLEVIEW COTTAGES,,,,DUNKINEELY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,MARTIN,,,CASTLEVIEW COTTAGES,,,,DUNKINEELY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,EDDY,,,MALLINMORE,,,,GLENCOLUMBKILLE,CO DONEGAL LYONS,MAGGIE,,,MALLINMORE,,,,GLENCOLUMBKILLE,CO DONEGAL LYONS,MARGARET,,,MALLINMORE,,,,GLENCOLUMBKILLE,CO DONEGAL LYONS,PATRICK,,,MALLINMORE,,,,GLENCOLUMBKILLE,CO DONEGAL LYONS,DEIRDRE,,,KEENAGHAN,,,,KILCAR,CO DONEGAL LYONS,KEVIN,,,KEENAGHAN,,,,KILCAR,CO DONEGAL LYONS,ALICE,,,KILBEG,07338207,,,KILCAR,CO DONEGAL LYONS,ANNIE,,,KILBEG,07338207,,,KILCAR,CO DONEGAL LYONS,COLETTE,,,KILBEG,07338207,,,KILCAR,CO DONEGAL LYONS,CONAL,,,KILBEG,07338207,,,KILCAR,CO DONEGAL LYONS,CARMEL,,,KILBEG,07338207,,,KILCAR,CO DONEGAL LYONS,DENIS,,,KILBEG,07338207,,,KILCAR,CO DONEGAL LYONS,GERARD,,,KILBEG,07338207,,,KILCAR,CO DONEGAL LYONS,JOHN,,,KILBEG,07338207,,,KILCAR,CO DONEGAL LYONS,MICHAEL,,,KILBEG,07338207,,,KILCAR,CO DONEGAL LYONS,MARY,,,KILBEG,07338207,,,KILCAR,CO DONEGAL LYONS,PATRICK,,,KILBEG,07338207,,,KILCAR,CO DONEGAL LYONS,PAUL,,,KILBEG,07338207,,,KILCAR,CO DONEGAL LYONS,STEPHEN,,,KILBEG,07338207,,,KILCAR,CO DONEGAL LYONS,BRIDGET,9,NEW LINE COURT,NEW LINE ROAD,07426984,,,LETTERKENNY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,MARY,21,,SPRACKBURN DRIVE,07428471,,,LETTERKENNY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,PAT,21,,SPRACKBURN DRIVE,07428471,,,LETTERKENNY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,ADRIAN,39,,SYLVAN PARK,,,,LETTERKENNY,CO DONEGAL LYONS,JOHN,49,,CROAGHAN HEIGHTS,07441626,,,LIFFORD,CO DONEGAL LYONS,KATHLEEN,49,,CROAGHAN HEIGHTS,07441626,,,LIFFORD,CO DONEGAL LYONS,MICHELLE,49,,CROAGHAN HEIGHTS,07441626,,,LIFFORD,CO DONEGAL LYONS,MARION,49,,CROAGHAN HEIGHTS,07441626,,,LIFFORD,CO DONEGAL LYONS,PAUL,,,PORTINURE,,,,LIFFORD,CO DONEGAL LYONS,MICHELLE,,,PORTINURE,,,,LIFFORD,CO DONEGAL LYONS,MARION,,,PORTINURE,,,,LIFFORD,CO DONEGAL LYONS,KATHLEEN,,,PORTINURE,,,,LIFFORD,CO DONEGAL LYONS,JOHN,,,PORTINURE,,,,LIFFORD,CO DONEGAL LYONS,SEAMUS,,,BALLYNALLY,,,,MOVILLE,CO DONEGAL LYONS,CAROLINE,,,MOYLE,,,,NEWTOWN CUNNINGHAM,CO DONEGAL LYONS,LIAM,,,MOYLE,,,,NEWTOWN CUNNINGHAM,CO DONEGAL LYONS,REDA,,,ARDAGH,,,,SAINT JOHNSTOWN,CO DONEGAL LYONS,REIDA,,,ARDAGH,,,,ST JOHNSTON,CO DONEGAL "A bird in the bush is worth two in the cat" ----- Original Message ----- From: "P.J." <[email protected]> To: "cathy hatcher" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 11:26 PM Subject: Re: [DONEGALEIRE] William James Lyons, b. 1856, Co. Donegal > Hello Cathy, > > Lyons is not a Donegal name and it is more common in counties Galway, Mayo > and Sligo. Therefore, you should probably be looking at the south of the > county, around the Bundoran / Ballyshannon area. The first person of the > name that I met, more than thirty years ago came from near Beleek, just > over > the border, in County Fermannagh. > > Try Griffiths Valuation, circa 1857 which is now available online (with > some > snags still to be sorted out, I think). That will give you a list of > tenants > with the Lyons name and where they were living. > > P.J. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "cathy hatcher" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:22 AM > Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] William James Lyons, b. 1856, Co. Donegal > > >>I am looking for a lead on possible place of birth and/or family >>connections for my great-grandfather, William James Lyons. For the 1901 >>and >>1911 Ireland censuses, his place of birth is given as Co. Donegal. >> >> William married a Mary Frances Synnott from Co. Westmeath and they had >> their first child in 1880. They lived the bulk of their married life in >> the area of Clones, Clinoony, Drummully, and Clonfad in Co. Monaghan as >> National school teachers. >> >> William is buried in Co. Monaghan, died 19 Dec 1929 at age 73, which >> makes >> it likely he was born in 1856 or so. >> >> Thank you for any assistance you might be in this effort. I have done >> some >> successful research in other counties, but Donegal is new to me, and I >> appreciate any help you can offer. >> >> Cathy Hatcher

Hi there Anyone out there researching the family of JOHN MITCHEL (1815 - 1875), the Irish Patriot who spent time imprisoned in Tasmania? His grandson was John Purroy MITCHEL (1879 - 1918), one time Mayor of New York. This family includes: - George H. MITCHELL, of Buncrana, co. Donegal - Rev. David Russell MITCHELL of Belfast - Dr Isabella MITCHELL, Presbyterian missionary to Manchuria Any leads or snippets of info would be most appreciated. Trying also to find descendants of this family. Kind regards David Mitchell Cape Town South Africa