County Roscommon, Ireland, genealogy and family history notes.

County Roscommon, Ireland, genealogy and family history notes. PDF

Author: Michael C. O'Laughlin

Publisher: Irish Roots Cafe

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9780940134515

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Help Finding Your Family in County Roscommon This illustrated, well indexed book, was created exclusively to help you find your family in County Roscommon, Ireland. Focusing specifically on families within the county, it includes an introduction to research and sources in Roscommon. The most numerous families from birth records are given, as well as rather rare Roscommon families found in heraldic records. Included you will find a full page county map from the Atlas of Ireland, along with a listing of modern parishes and old townlands, along with the address and location of records for more research. Published by the Irish Genealogical Foundation, this book was originally made for members researching in Roscommon. What this book does This work includes copies of actual records (some worn, torn and faded), from the IGF Library. It also includes rough sketches of family coats of arms and notes from centuries past - seldom found elsewhere. The resources provided here will help research any family in the county, including old Irish families, and settler families from England, Scotland, Wales and the continent. This book is a hands on guide for finding your family in Roscommon- some family history is included - but it is not a gigantic collection of family histories . (For that see 'The Book of Irish Families, great & small', the first book in the Irish Families series by O'Laughlin.) The Irish Families Project for Roscommon The Master book to the 29 volume Irish Families series is 'The Book of Irish Families, great & small'. That book gives hundreds of family histories from County Roscommon, and the surrounding areas. " County Roscommon Genealogy and Family History Notes", volume 23 in the series, expands upon that coverage with added families and new resources just for Roscommon. (In this way both books can work together as a set if desired, or they may be used independently for research.) The Most Numerous Families Among the most numerous families here in the 19th century were: MacDermott, Kelly, O'Connor (Conner), Beirne, Regan (Reagan), Flannigan (Flanigan), Connor, McDonagh (MacDonough), Quinn (Quin), Murray, Brennan, Higgins, Towey (Tuohey), Kenny and Flynn (Flinn).. Among the many other noted families of Roscommon were Hayes, (Hays) McAneeny (MacAniny), Mc Dockery, Gormley (Gormly) and Duignan. The major towns of Roscommon included Strokestown, Boyle, and Castlerea......

The Roscommon Claim of Peerage; Explained by the Speeches, Delivered ... Before the Lords' Committee of Privileges; Containing the Speech to Evidence of Sydney Taylor, Counsel to the Earl of Roscommon; the Reply of Sir C. Wetherell; the Speeches of the Lord Chancellor, ... the Earl of Limerick, Etc. Touching the Cases of the Original Claimant (M. J. R. Dillon, Now ... Earl of Roscommon) and the Two Counter-claimants. With the Decision of the House of Lords Thereon. Taken from the Notes of Mr. Gurney. ... Edited by J. S. Taylor

The Roscommon Claim of Peerage; Explained by the Speeches, Delivered ... Before the Lords' Committee of Privileges; Containing the Speech to Evidence of Sydney Taylor, Counsel to the Earl of Roscommon; the Reply of Sir C. Wetherell; the Speeches of the Lord Chancellor, ... the Earl of Limerick, Etc. Touching the Cases of the Original Claimant (M. J. R. Dillon, Now ... Earl of Roscommon) and the Two Counter-claimants. With the Decision of the House of Lords Thereon. Taken from the Notes of Mr. Gurney. ... Edited by J. S. Taylor PDF

Author: John Sydney TAYLOR

Publisher:

Published: 1829

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13:

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For Ireland and Freedom: Roscommon and the fight for Independence 1917-1921

For Ireland and Freedom: Roscommon and the fight for Independence 1917-1921 PDF

Author: Micheal O'Callaghan

Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd

Published: 2012-08-03

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1781171440

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This classic text, first published in 1964, opens with an account of the victory of Count Plunkett, father of the executed 1916 leader, Joseph Plunkett, in the February 1917 bye-election in North Roscommon. This was the first opportunity the Irish people had to show their support for the ideals of the 1916 leaders electorally. The book concludes with an account of the asassination of Seargent King of the "Castlerea Murder Gang" of the Black and Tans on the morning of the truce in July 1921. In between it details raids, ambushes, reprisals and escapes at Rockingham, Ballymote, Knockcroghery, Ballaghadrreen, Teevnacreeva, Ballinlough, Frenchpark, Fouremilehouse, Carrick-on-Shannon, Elphin, Keadue, Scramogue, Loughglynn, Athlone and Boyle. It tells the story of key figures in the area such as Fr. Michael O'Flanagan, Paddy Moran, Fr. Malachy Brennan, Joe Tormey and the many brigades and companies of the North and South Roscommon Volunteer battalions and the neighbouring counties with which they worked. It also looks back to the county's Fenian heritage in the figure of Ned Duffy.