I have written a couple of stories set in Co. Louth - one that happened in the 18th mid-century and the other stetching over the late 1600s to the early 1900s. I would be grateful if readers could let me know if they spot any errors. I promise to fix them ASAP. Although these two stories are focused on Co. Louth, they also involve people and places in Co. Armagh and Co. Monaghan. The story of the murder of Robert Lindsay MAULEVERER has a significant connection to the story of the JACKSON family of Urker, Co. Armagh. There is also a direct connection with a family story about the young boy, son of tenant farmers, who became the Sir Thomas JACKSON who ran HSBC in Hong Kong during the mid to late 1800s. SEE: http://www.thesilverbowl.com/history/Mauleverer.html Then there is the story of various legal challenges over Cavananore that stretched over more than a hundred years. The family names of the main players are:COULTER, BRADFORD, McCULLAGH and JACKSON. SEE: http://www.thesilverbowl.com/history/Battle-for-Cavananore.html Enjoy, Sharon Oddie Brown Roberts Creek, BC, Canada History Project: http://www.thesilverbowl.com/ Some Become Flowers: http://www.harbourpublishing.com/title/SomeBecomeFlowers Family Tree: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=silverbowl

Has anyone descended from the Wrights in the area of Monaghan ever joined the Wright DNA project?

Searching for the ancestors of my 3rd great grandfather, James MCCRORY, born about 1813 in County Monaghan per his naturalization record in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. He lived in Lancashire, England and married Sarah Lee before he immigrated through New York in 1837 and settled in Mercer County Pennsylvania. He and Sarah lived in Mercer County Pennsylvania until 1851 until moving to Jo Daviess County, Illinois. I find many other Monaghan people there in Jo Daviess. He died in Page County, Iowa and is buried in Haddan Cemetery in Fremont Township. Please contact me if you have any interest in MCCRORY and any variant spellings including MacCrory, McRory, M'Crory, M'Rory, McGrory, etc. RODGERS is also reported to be a variant. Also please contact me if you have any connection with my MCCRORY localities including County Monaghan; Lancashire, England; Mercer County, Pennsylvania; Jo Daviess County, Illinois; and Page County, Iowa.

And Clonavogy is a townland in Clontibret civil parish, Castleblayney registration district. Diane

Nora, Have a look at James Kellett living in # 4 Lisnakelly in Monaghan in 1911. He is living with daughter Kate Finn, her husband and family of six. James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nora Barr" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 6:24 PM Subject: [IRL-MONAGHAN] A New-bee To The List Needs Some Help I have just received birth certificates from Ireland. I can make out most of the handwriting, but am unable to decipher the names of the residences of the fathers. The first is for Joseph Thomas Kellet, son of James Kellet and Catherine Kellet (nee Finegan) born 18 November 1874 in Registrar's District of Carrickmacross, district of Dionaghmoyne, County Monaghan. The place of residence for James Kellet appears to be "Lisnakelly". The Registrar was Charles Garland. The second is for Mary Bridget Kellett, daughter of Joseph Kellett and Catherine Kellett (nee Dooley) born 3 August 1905 in Registrar's District of Castleblayney, district of Castleblayney, County Monaghan. The place of residence for Joseph Kellett appears to be "Clonavogy". The Registrar ws John P. Clarke. If anyone can better determine the residence names, or knows of this Kellet/Kellett family, I would appreciate any and all help I can get. Thank you. Nora Barr Reno, NV ------------------------------- 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

Nora Barr <[email protected]> wrote: >I have just received birth certificates from Ireland. I can make out >most of the handwriting, but am unable to decipher the names of the >residences of the fathers. > >The first is for Joseph Thomas Kellet, son of James Kellet and >Catherine Kellet (nee Finegan) born 18 November 1874 in Registrar's >District of Carrickmacross, district of Dionaghmoyne, County >Monaghan. The place of residence for James Kellet appears to be >"Lisnakelly". The Registrar was Charles Garland. > >The second is for Mary Bridget Kellett, daughter of Joseph Kellett >and Catherine Kellett (nee Dooley) born 3 August 1905 in Registrar's >District of Castleblayney, district of Castleblayney, County >Monaghan. The place of residence for Joseph Kellett appears to be >"Clonavogy". The Registrar ws John P. Clarke. > >If anyone can better determine the residence names, or knows of this >Kellet/Kellett family, I would appreciate any and all help I can get. > >Thank you. Nora Barr Reno, NV > You spelled them correctly. Both are in FARNEY barony. LISNAKELLY is a 158 acre townland in Killanny parish which is south of, and adjoins Donaghmoyne parish. CLONAVOGY is a 128 acre townland in Donaghmoyne parish. Both have common borders with Magheross (Maghaire Rois) parish wherein Carrickmacross lies.

Researching John Forsyth, Monaghan, Linen Draper 1840. A John Forsyth was named by his son on a bounty emigrant's shipping record in 1839 as a Linen Draper. An internet search shows up three very different versions of this occupation 1) A linen draper was a labourer, involved with draping the linen to be prepared for the process of beetling (applying the desirable sheen finish.) 2) A Linen Draper (from the extract below) was a middleman linking the linen producer to the linen merchant. 3) A Linen Draper was a shop keeper who sold linen fabric, garments and haberdashery. The Linen Industry 1700 to 1800 - Nth-East. Ireland. The linen industry was still a cottage industry and not factory based. Linen was fully integrated into the agricultural system as a method of supplementing agricultural earnings. All members of the family were involved, with the land providing the subsistence. After the linen had been woven and spun on the farm, the unbleached linen was brought to the Brown Linen Markets where DRAPERS bought it. These DRAPERS were the middlemen linking the producer to the merchant. The DRAPER bought the linen, bleached and finished it, then he had to carry it to be sold in Dublin, the only major commercial centre in Ireland. Is there any way I can find out which one of the three versions above , was John Forsyth's 1840 occupation of LINEN DRAPER ?? Are there any lists available? Thanks, Rob.

I have just received birth certificates from Ireland. I can make out most of the handwriting, but am unable to decipher the names of the residences of the fathers.   The first is for Joseph Thomas Kellet, son of James Kellet and Catherine Kellet (nee Finegan) born 18 November 1874 in Registrar's District of Carrickmacross, district of Dionaghmoyne, County Monaghan. The place of residence for James Kellet appears to be "Lisnakelly". The Registrar was Charles Garland.   The second is for Mary Bridget Kellett, daughter of Joseph Kellett and Catherine Kellett (nee Dooley) born 3 August 1905 in Registrar's District of Castleblayney, district of Castleblayney, County Monaghan. The place of residence for Joseph Kellett appears to be "Clonavogy". The Registrar ws John P. Clarke.   If anyone can better determine the residence names, or knows of this Kellet/Kellett family, I would appreciate any and all help I can get.   Thank you.   Nora Barr Reno, NV            

4 nice maps of electoral areas in Monaghan someone might find useful http://www.monaghan.ie/websitev2/Elections2009/CountyMap.html

While I am not connected (to my knowledge) to the following Farrelly family, I noted your interest in the name Dympna. I copied the following inscription, during a visit in 1978. I have source listed as " Tombstone, Tyholland Chapel, Killyneil Cross Roads, Co. Monaghan". The plot was south of the Chapel in an enclosure which also contained McMahons (although I did not transcribe any of those). "In loving memory of Thomas Farrelly, Growey, died 22nd March 1946; his daughter Dympna died 13th Nov. 1939; son James died 18th May 1968; also his wife Annie died 5th Jan 1976".

I have Mary Marron married to John Holland mid-1800s in Lisnafedally, Carrickmacross. Children were Alice, Catherine, Peter, Bridget, Francis Patrick Finnegan married Bridget Holland 1882, son named James. John Holland was the brother of my gg-grandfather, Martin Holland, born 1832. Another brother was James, born 1822. Diane

Dear Lisa, This is really all I know: Rose Marron born c. 1828 Pat Finnegan born c. 1828 Corduff, near Carrickmacross, Monaghan Ireland Married c. 1850 Son Patrick Finnegan born 1869 in Carrickmacross, Corduff married Margaret McGinn on February 3, 1887 in St Michael's Church Donaghmoyne (?) immigrated to US (Leadville, CO and Anaconda, MT) shortly thereafter. I think the son Patrick was the first and only one of the family to have immigrated to the US, but I don't really know... Thank you, Mary Sue On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Lisa Swovick <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Mary Sue, > > I have Finnegan roots in Monaghan, their origin was Thornford, > Donaghmoyne, but, many appear to have lived near Castleblayney. The 13 > children of my 3grgrandfather, Patrick Finnegan (b. @1790-I don't have my > record in front of me), made their way to the states during the famine, but, > his wife and son, Patrick, went back to Ireland. I wonder if there is any > relation here? > > Do you have any more information on your Patrick Finnegan you mention > here? > > Thanks, > > Lisa Swovick > Rochester, NY > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Mary Sue Daniels < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Margaret, >> >> Your mention of the name Marron pricked my ears. >> >> In very preliminary research I have found that my great-great grandmother >> was born Rose Marron in 1828 and married Patrick Finnegan in 1850 - >> Corduff, >> near Carrickmacross in Monaghan. >> >> I don't know of Dympna or Agnes but will keep you in mind as I try to find >> more info about this branch of my family. If you happen to find anything >> about the Marrons please pass along. >> >> Thank you, >> Mary Sue >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 3:00 AM, <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > >> > Today's Topics: >> > >> > 1. Re: Castleblaney Connections (Margaret Malloy) >> > 2. Farrell Mystery (Margaret Malloy) >> > 3. Re: Castleblaney Connections (Margaret Malloy) >> > >> > >> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> > From: Margaret Malloy <[email protected]> >> > To: [email protected] >> > Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:50:54 -0400 >> > Subject: Re: [IRL-MONAGHAN] Castleblaney Connections >> > >> > Mike and James, >> > >> > This is indeed interesting. >> > >> > Mike, if your father was first cousins with my John Farrell, then his >> > father must have been Patrick. Is that right? I might have pictures of >> > Patrick also. >> > >> > I have a 1965 legal document establishing John Farrell's title to the >> farm >> > at Cloghan which writes Patrick off as >> dead-and-we-don't-know-anything=else. >> > They did this to my great grandmother too, even though they knew darn >> well >> > where all her descendants were. >> > >> > James, I have a double Farrell connection because we have very strong >> > circumstantial evidence that one set of my great grandparents were >> cousins >> > of some degree through their Farrell lines. The one line we have direct >> > memory of and contact with goes back to Cloghan, next to Annyalla in Co. >> > Monaghan. The other is a dead end at a wedding in Liverpool in 1863. >> > >> > Here is what I know: >> > >> > Matthew Gannon (originally Guinane, b. 1834-8 Killaloe, Co. Clare) >> married >> > Mary Farrell (b. 1838 Ireland) at St' Patrick's Liverpool in 1863. In >> 1865 >> > they had a son. John Matthew in Williamsburg Brooklyn. Mary's parents >> were >> > Ann and John Farrell. John is listed as deceased and as a clothier on >> the >> > civil registration of the marriage. I have documentary evidence for all >> of >> > the preceding. >> > >> > The family story is that Matthew beat some guy up for "insulting" Mary >> and >> > it looked like the guy was going to die so his cousins who were in >> Brooklyn >> > bundled Him, Mary and the baby on the next ship out of port—they were a >> > seafaring bunch. The Gannon family did not show up back in Liverpool >> until >> > the 1881 census. In a box we have of things my great grandfather kept >> and >> > passed on to my great aunts. There are two primary school textbooks that >> > have "John Matthew Gannon Annyalla NS" written on the inside cover. So >> > evidently my on the lam ancestors went to Mary's family for shelter. >> > >> > Oh, but the guy didn't die so no murder here. >> > >> > Here is my big leap. Since Mary's father, John, was a Clothier, it seems >> > likely that he would have lived in a town or city, right? Castleblaney >> would >> > seem like the most likely place, no? I don't know exactly when John died >> but >> > I haven't been able to find him in any of the directories on ancestry. >> > >> > So, in short, I am looking for John Farrell married to Ann who would >> have >> > had a daughter in 1838 possibly in Castleblaney. And I want to know the >> > connection back to the Cloghan Farrells. >> > >> > One more thing, I'm also interested in any Farrells or Marrons from >> > Monaghan that have the names Agnes or Dympna in their lines. >> > >> > Margaret >> > >> > >> > >> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> > From: Margaret Malloy <[email protected]> >> > To: [email protected] >> > Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:21:31 -0400 >> > Subject: [IRL-MONAGHAN] Farrell Mystery >> > Now that I'm thinking along my FARRELL lines . . . >> > >> > Does anyone have a family story about a seafaring relation who was >> robbed >> > of his pay and thrown unconscious into "the river" to drown? >> > >> > I have a John Farrell (b. 1850 ish, Cloghan, Castleblaney, Co, Mo.) who >> > allegedly suffered this fate around 1901 but I have yet to find any >> > documentary evidence of it. I am intentionally leaving out mention of >> the >> > place since we have a couple of versions and some of them may be based >> on >> > assumptions of generations past and I don't want to prejudice the jury. >> > >> > The interesting part is that on a list of family deaths written by this >> > man's daughter that goes up to 1912, there is no mention of him! >> Sisters, >> > Aunts. brothers are all there but no father. >> > >> > Something smells fishy. >> > >> > Margaret >> > >> > >> > >> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> > From: Margaret Malloy <[email protected]> >> > To: [email protected] >> > Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:39:45 -0400 >> > Subject: Re: [IRL-MONAGHAN] Castleblaney Connections >> > Ok, I'm an idiot. >> > >> > Mike, your father was first cousins with my John Farrell on his mother's >> > side. >> > >> > I'm so self-centered it took me this long to realize that my side of the >> > family isn't the only one! >> > >> > My apologies. >> > >> > Margaret >> > >> > >> > To contact the IRL-MONAGHAN list administrator, send an email to >> > [email protected] >> > >> > To post a message to the IRL-MONAGHAN mailing list, send an email to >> > [email protected] >> > >> > __________________________________________________________ >> > 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 >> > email with no additional text. >> > >> > >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Lisa Luchsinger Swovick > English to Speakers of Other Languages Teacher > Eastridge High School > East Irondequoit Central School District > Rochester, New York > 339-1450 x 4011 >

At 10:45 AM 4/21/2010, you wrote: >Dear Lisa, > >This is really all I know: > >Rose Marron born c. 1828 >Pat Finnegan born c. 1828 Corduff, near Carrickmacross, Monaghan Ireland >Married c. 1850 > >Son Patrick Finnegan born 1869 in Carrickmacross, Corduff >married Margaret McGinn on February 3, 1887 in St Michael's Church >Donaghmoyne (?) immigrated to US (Leadville, CO and Anaconda, MT) shortly >thereafter. > >I think the son Patrick was the first and only one of the family to have >immigrated to the US, but I don't really know... > >Thank you, >Mary Sue > >On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Lisa Swovick <[email protected]> wrote: There was a Patrick Finnegan born 1848, died age 92 in 1940 who played Gaelic football in Donaghmoyne parish. Nickname was "Stack" because of the neat manner in which he folded his clothes when preparing to play. There were 22 Finnegans among the sponsors of the Donaghmoyne football history book, published locally in 1986 and presented to me in 1987 upon my visit there. Mary Sue Daniels <[email protected]> wrote............. > > Dear Mary Sue, > > > > I have Finnegan roots in Monaghan, their origin was Thornford, > > Donaghmoyne, but, many appear to have lived near Castleblayney. The 13 > > children of my 3grgrandfather, Patrick Finnegan (b. @1790-I don't have my > > record in front of me), made their way to the states during the > famine, but, > > his wife and son, Patrick, went back to Ireland. I wonder if there is any > > relation here? > > > > Do you have any more information on your Patrick Finnegan you mention > > here? > > > > Thanks,> > > Lisa Swovick

I have a Marron in my tree. Ellen Marron married Francis McAree about 1881. Their children were born in Counties Cavan and Monaghan. Ellen dies somewhere around 1891. Francis and children are in NYC by 1893. Some of the children were born in Carrickmacross. On Apr 21, 2010, at 9:52 AM, Mary Sue Daniels wrote: > Dear Margaret, > > Your mention of the name Marron pricked my ears. > > In very preliminary research I have found that my great-great grandmother > was born Rose Marron in 1828 and married Patrick Finnegan in 1850 - Corduff, > near Carrickmacross in Monaghan. > > I don't know of Dympna or Agnes but will keep you in mind as I try to find > more info about this branch of my family. If you happen to find anything > about the Marrons please pass along. > > Thank you, > Mary Sue

No big woop :) Thanks again for the photos. Mike Carragher Flushing, NY The Carragher World Family Tree [email protected] A Carragher-Carraher-Caraher One-Name Study [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Margaret Malloy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 2:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IRL-MONAGHAN] Castleblaney Connections Ok, I'm an idiot. Mike, your father was first cousins with my John Farrell on his mother's side. I'm so self-centered it took me this long to realize that my side of the family isn't the only one! My apologies. Margaret

Dear Margaret, Your mention of the name Marron pricked my ears. In very preliminary research I have found that my great-great grandmother was born Rose Marron in 1828 and married Patrick Finnegan in 1850 - Corduff, near Carrickmacross in Monaghan. I don't know of Dympna or Agnes but will keep you in mind as I try to find more info about this branch of my family. If you happen to find anything about the Marrons please pass along. Thank you, Mary Sue On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 3:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Castleblaney Connections (Margaret Malloy) > 2. Farrell Mystery (Margaret Malloy) > 3. Re: Castleblaney Connections (Margaret Malloy) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Margaret Malloy <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:50:54 -0400 > Subject: Re: [IRL-MONAGHAN] Castleblaney Connections > > Mike and James, > > This is indeed interesting. > > Mike, if your father was first cousins with my John Farrell, then his > father must have been Patrick. Is that right? I might have pictures of > Patrick also. > > I have a 1965 legal document establishing John Farrell's title to the farm > at Cloghan which writes Patrick off as dead-and-we-don't-know-anything=else. > They did this to my great grandmother too, even though they knew darn well > where all her descendants were. > > James, I have a double Farrell connection because we have very strong > circumstantial evidence that one set of my great grandparents were cousins > of some degree through their Farrell lines. The one line we have direct > memory of and contact with goes back to Cloghan, next to Annyalla in Co. > Monaghan. The other is a dead end at a wedding in Liverpool in 1863. > > Here is what I know: > > Matthew Gannon (originally Guinane, b. 1834-8 Killaloe, Co. Clare) married > Mary Farrell (b. 1838 Ireland) at St' Patrick's Liverpool in 1863. In 1865 > they had a son. John Matthew in Williamsburg Brooklyn. Mary's parents were > Ann and John Farrell. John is listed as deceased and as a clothier on the > civil registration of the marriage. I have documentary evidence for all of > the preceding. > > The family story is that Matthew beat some guy up for "insulting" Mary and > it looked like the guy was going to die so his cousins who were in Brooklyn > bundled Him, Mary and the baby on the next ship out of port—they were a > seafaring bunch. The Gannon family did not show up back in Liverpool until > the 1881 census. In a box we have of things my great grandfather kept and > passed on to my great aunts. There are two primary school textbooks that > have "John Matthew Gannon Annyalla NS" written on the inside cover. So > evidently my on the lam ancestors went to Mary's family for shelter. > > Oh, but the guy didn't die so no murder here. > > Here is my big leap. Since Mary's father, John, was a Clothier, it seems > likely that he would have lived in a town or city, right? Castleblaney would > seem like the most likely place, no? I don't know exactly when John died but > I haven't been able to find him in any of the directories on ancestry. > > So, in short, I am looking for John Farrell married to Ann who would have > had a daughter in 1838 possibly in Castleblaney. And I want to know the > connection back to the Cloghan Farrells. > > One more thing, I'm also interested in any Farrells or Marrons from > Monaghan that have the names Agnes or Dympna in their lines. > > Margaret > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Margaret Malloy <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:21:31 -0400 > Subject: [IRL-MONAGHAN] Farrell Mystery > Now that I'm thinking along my FARRELL lines . . . > > Does anyone have a family story about a seafaring relation who was robbed > of his pay and thrown unconscious into "the river" to drown? > > I have a John Farrell (b. 1850 ish, Cloghan, Castleblaney, Co, Mo.) who > allegedly suffered this fate around 1901 but I have yet to find any > documentary evidence of it. I am intentionally leaving out mention of the > place since we have a couple of versions and some of them may be based on > assumptions of generations past and I don't want to prejudice the jury. > > The interesting part is that on a list of family deaths written by this > man's daughter that goes up to 1912, there is no mention of him! Sisters, > Aunts. brothers are all there but no father. > > Something smells fishy. > > Margaret > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Margaret Malloy <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:39:45 -0400 > Subject: Re: [IRL-MONAGHAN] Castleblaney Connections > Ok, I'm an idiot. > > Mike, your father was first cousins with my John Farrell on his mother's > side. > > I'm so self-centered it took me this long to realize that my side of the > family isn't the only one! > > My apologies. > > Margaret > > > To contact the IRL-MONAGHAN list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the IRL-MONAGHAN mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > >

Ok, I'm an idiot. Mike, your father was first cousins with my John Farrell on his mother's side. I'm so self-centered it took me this long to realize that my side of the family isn't the only one! My apologies. Margaret

Now that I'm thinking along my FARRELL lines . . . Does anyone have a family story about a seafaring relation who was robbed of his pay and thrown unconscious into "the river" to drown? I have a John Farrell (b. 1850 ish, Cloghan, Castleblaney, Co, Mo.) who allegedly suffered this fate around 1901 but I have yet to find any documentary evidence of it. I am intentionally leaving out mention of the place since we have a couple of versions and some of them may be based on assumptions of generations past and I don't want to prejudice the jury. The interesting part is that on a list of family deaths written by this man's daughter that goes up to 1912, there is no mention of him! Sisters, Aunts. brothers are all there but no father. Something smells fishy. Margaret

Mike and James, This is indeed interesting. Mike, if your father was first cousins with my John Farrell, then his father must have been Patrick. Is that right? I might have pictures of Patrick also. I have a 1965 legal document establishing John Farrell's title to the farm at Cloghan which writes Patrick off as dead-and-we-don't-know-anything=else. They did this to my great grandmother too, even though they knew darn well where all her descendants were. James, I have a double Farrell connection because we have very strong circumstantial evidence that one set of my great grandparents were cousins of some degree through their Farrell lines. The one line we have direct memory of and contact with goes back to Cloghan, next to Annyalla in Co. Monaghan. The other is a dead end at a wedding in Liverpool in 1863. Here is what I know: Matthew Gannon (originally Guinane, b. 1834-8 Killaloe, Co. Clare) married Mary Farrell (b. 1838 Ireland) at St' Patrick's Liverpool in 1863. In 1865 they had a son. John Matthew in Williamsburg Brooklyn. Mary's parents were Ann and John Farrell. John is listed as deceased and as a clothier on the civil registration of the marriage. I have documentary evidence for all of the preceding. The family story is that Matthew beat some guy up for "insulting" Mary and it looked like the guy was going to die so his cousins who were in Brooklyn bundled Him, Mary and the baby on the next ship out of port—they were a seafaring bunch. The Gannon family did not show up back in Liverpool until the 1881 census. In a box we have of things my great grandfather kept and passed on to my great aunts. There are two primary school textbooks that have "John Matthew Gannon Annyalla NS" written on the inside cover. So evidently my on the lam ancestors went to Mary's family for shelter. Oh, but the guy didn't die so no murder here. Here is my big leap. Since Mary's father, John, was a Clothier, it seems likely that he would have lived in a town or city, right? Castleblaney would seem like the most likely place, no? I don't know exactly when John died but I haven't been able to find him in any of the directories on ancestry. So, in short, I am looking for John Farrell married to Ann who would have had a daughter in 1838 possibly in Castleblaney. And I want to know the connection back to the Cloghan Farrells. One more thing, I'm also interested in any Farrells or Marrons from Monaghan that have the names Agnes or Dympna in their lines. Margaret

I am currently working on townland maps to get online on the County Monaghan section of my website. While I have been doing Ireland genealogical research for many years, I am new to County Monaghan specifically. I have the Mitchell townland maps for the civil parishes and find in the Tullycorbet map, he includes the Monantin townland. Checking the tithes, the Griffith's Valuation and the 1851 Townland index, I find the townland in Ballyboy Civil Parish. Is this a mistake with the townland maps, or has the townland moved back and forth over the years? Thanks in advance for any help. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com