Portumna visit

Dear Kathy and John

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

I have forwarded your query to our Portumna volunteer. I hope she will be in touch shortly

Best wishes

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support 

Hello,

there is a Thomas, Patrick and a William Dimond (Diamond) mentioned in a town map of 1848 - perhaps the one of these is John's father.

In Griffith's Valuation Land Survey from 1856, William, Patrick and John are mentioned.

There are a number of Dimond/Diamond families in the locality in the 1901 and 1911 census.

In St. Bridgid's graveyard, there is a headstone:

Pray for the soul of Joh Dimond who died December 24th 1923 and his daugher Anne Dimond died March 28th 1923

John J Dimond died October 8th 1960

His wife Mary died 28th February 1989

RIP

Erected by Mary Dimond and children

I remember Mary Diamond who died in 1989 very well. She was already a widow in my childhood and was a neighbour of ours.

Hope this is helpful.

regards

Dolores O'Shea

Portumna

Thanks Dolores. Hope you enjoy your trip Kathy and John

Best wishes

Clare

Genealogy Support 

As an add-on: there are still some Dimond/Diamond families in the area.

It's a fairly unusual name for this part of the world so if you have some additional information, there might be a possibility to join up the dots.

I will try to get a look at the church records but these are not publically available so it sometimes hit and miss to be able to search them in the parish office.

regards

Dolores