I am in the same boat with my families Janet. When so many people died in Cavan during the Famine, how did my family make it through? The Gilleeces in Fermanagh had a larger farm and so probably eked it out. But the Reillys in Drumrush. How did they do it? I only know information going back to my ggps' marriage, as with yours. It's interesting that my direct ancestors (grandmother and great uncles) didn't emigrate until well after the Famine--the early 1900s. By this time the family was off the farm and in the town of Belturbet. I have been there and have asked folks for information/stories but no one wanted to talk about times back then. They say no one remembers. Val Sent from my iPad > On Jun 17, 2015, at 7:33 AM, Janet Morgan via <fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Since my great great grandparents were dirt poor farmers I wonder how they survived their childhoods. Cannot find any family info prior to their marriage in 1857 but I am so grateful for that much! Will probably never go back another generation but with a name like Maguire it is not easy. > Janet > > Sent from my iPhone >>

Our family were itinerant farmers well into 1890's when they settled in Lehinch in Galloon parish. They finally purchased the property and one bachelor uncle lived there until 1920-30. 3 emigrated in 1880 to USA and 2 emigrated to Scotland while one married the boy next door and another sister married a man from Cavan.family still owns and resides in Lehinch while farm and original house have deteriorated . Janet Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 17, 2015, at 11:09 AM, Valerie Ackroyd <johal521@me.com> wrote: > > I am in the same boat with my families Janet. When so many people died in Cavan during the Famine, how did my family make it through? The Gilleeces in Fermanagh had a larger farm and so probably eked it out. But the Reillys in Drumrush. How did they do it? I only know information going back to my ggps' marriage, as with yours. It's interesting that my direct ancestors (grandmother and great uncles) didn't emigrate until well after the Famine--the early 1900s. By this time the family was off the farm and in the town of Belturbet. I have been there and have asked folks for information/stories but no one wanted to talk about times back then. They say no one remembers. > > Val > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Jun 17, 2015, at 7:33 AM, Janet Morgan via <fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> >> Since my great great grandparents were dirt poor farmers I wonder how they survived their childhoods. Cannot find any family info prior to their marriage in 1857 but I am so grateful for that much! Will probably never go back another generation but with a name like Maguire it is not easy. >> Janet >> >> Sent from my iPhone >>>