>X-Message: #3 > >In 1991, I wrote to the parish priest of Drumlish, Co. Longford for info on >the birth of my gf, Thomas Gorman ca. 1861-1864. I rec'd the following >info, taken from the parish register of St. Mary's Church there: > >Baptised 11 Aug 1855: Bernard, of Bernard Gorman & Margaret Conlon >Baptised 22 Dec. 1855: Bernard, of Patrick Gorman & Eleanor Lee >Bap. 08 June 1856: Anna, of John Gorman and Brigid Vernon (or Vernan) >Bap. 08 Jan. 1857: Peter, of Peter Gorman and Rose Grimes >Bap. 17 March 1857: Patrick, of Patrick Gorman & Alice Lee >Bap. 12 April 1857: Patrick, of Michael Gorman & Brigid McKeon >Bap. 22 May 1859: Michael, of Bernard Gorman & Rose Grimes >Bap. 21 June 1859: Catherine, of Bernard Gorman & Margaret Conlon >Bap. 29 June 1860: Peter, of Michael Gorman & Brigid Dorris >Bap. 03 Sept. 1860, Patrick of Patrick Gorman & Alice Lee >Bap. *15 May 1861: Thomas Gorman, son of Thomas Bernard and Margaret >Conlon >" 18 March 1866: Patrick Gorman, son of Thomas Bernard and >Margaret Conlon > >"Unfortunately, our records of the time add no further details, such as >townlands." >(signed) PP > >* This appears to be my gf, but his death cert. listed his birthplace as >NYC. I think that is an error, however. >If anyone makes a connection, pls let me know. >Agnes Agnes, David Leahy's Survivors of the Great Famine (Index to Griffiths Valuation, about 1854) lists a Thomas Bernard Gorman at Lisnageeragh which is in Mostrim Parish. But most of the other Gormans he listed were in Killoe Ph. townlands. The village of Drumlish is near the northwest corner of County Longford, near the boundary of county Leitrim. I think this was formerly part of Killoe Parish, and that there is now a Drumlish Ph. Regarding locations around 1860, there were dislocations and evictions due to the famine. It might be this family was based in Killoe (now Drumlish?) and members who had to seek their fortune elsewhere, at least for a time, came back to the their ancestral church for such special occasions as christenings. It is really a problem that there were both Catholic and Protestant parish names for the same places, which furthermore have been reorganized as civil parishes and often renamed. How lovely if somebody knows a website which has maps showing locations of these historic parishes in relation to each other and to a modern map of the county. Fellow searchers, if you know of such a site, please let us know about it! Rachel Smith