Hello List, Researching GILMORE/GILMOUR & BRADY in Monaghan (Inniskeen/Inishkeen) & Louth (Dundalk). If anyone is researching similar families in the area please drop me a line. In particular: My great grandfather, Thomas Gilmore was born approximately 1846 (87 on death on 11/6/1933 per certificate) in Inniskeen / Inishkeen, C.Monaghan (family recollection). He emigrated to C.Durham, England pre 1881, as the 1881 Census of Brandon, Durham shows: Thomas Gilmore Age 36 Occupation: Colliery Labourer. Born Ireland 1891 Census of Langley Moor, Durham shows: Thomas Gilmour. Age: 45. Occupation: Coke Drawer. Born: Ireland The family were Roman Catholic. He is originally supposed to have come from poor agricultural labourer background & married before leaving Ireland (family recollection). His wife was Catherine Brady (surname from family recollection), born app 1849-55 (76 on death on 11/1/1931 per certificate but 42 on one census below) in Dundalk, C. Louth (family recollection. The 1881 Census of Brandon, Durham shows: Catherine Gilmore Age 26 Born Ireland 1891 Census of Langley Moor, Durham shows: Catherine Gilmour Age 42 Born Ireland Children (all born in C. Durham in England - may be useful if naming patterns followed): 1. Owen Gilmore b 1885 Great Grandfather 2. Thomas Gilmore b 1888-9 3. Catherine Gilmore b 1890 4. Patrick Gilmore b 1896 I'm currently awaiting mail back from Monaghan Ancestry regarding finding out more - in particular if anything shows on the local Griffiths Valuation/Tithe Applotment List & the Parish Records. Best regards, Owen Gilmore-Noble Middlewich, Cheshire