There were no Mannions at all in the parish of Elphin in 1749 (and only 3 Mannions showing up nearby in the Elphin Census).
However, by the early 19th Century, they were prolific and many Mannion siblings were living in Cloonybrennan:
Mary Mannion (c. 1787 – ? ) married Mark BEIRNE of Lugboy in 18O7. Witnessed by: Patrick Manion and Mary Casserly. Their baptismal records albeit scant, confirm the couple lived in Cloonybrennan. Mary invited Margaret Mannion to godparent in 1811. Michael McDermott of Cloonybrennan married her husband’s sister Anne Beirne (lived in Cloncullane).
Anne 02-May-1811 Michael McDermott & Margaret Manion
Mary 28-Feb-1823 John Burke16 & Brigid Burke
Thomas 23-Nov-1830 John Beirne & Margaret Casserly
The Beirnes, Cassserlys and Mannions were all related and living in the same clachán by the looks of it. Like the McDermotts, they were too poor to have land to their name. This sad fact is also evident in parish records (where the normal stipend of 2/6, paid to the baptising priest, was recorded as 0/0 for “paupers”).
While Casserly and McDermott endured, the Mannion and Beirne surname did not survive the famine in Cloonybrennan.
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| Date of Birth | 1st Jan 1787 (circa) | |
Cloonybrennan. I came across this Townland while searching for the hometown of Ann Casserly, baptized 16 December 1823. I will be creating her profile soon, but basically she is the daughter of Michael Casserly and Winifred Bierne. My search began in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, where Ann Casserly's children were born, first to Thomas Hunt. Ann Casserly is entered on the Family Search website as ID G8HX-JS3. My main focus is the Hunt family.
