Coming to visit 30 May- 1 June

Hi Judy

Just saw your message.    When you get to Athlone if you contact The Drum Heritage Centre.  I will attach details below.   Drum is another Parish close to Athlone, though not in the Kiltoom area,  but the Heritage Centre is a good base for contacts.   The name Moran is quite common around the Athlone area and the name Keogh is a name common in Taughmaconnell Parish which is close to Kiltoom.   There is a local shop in Kiltoom called Kiltoom Stores, so maybe calling in there might be a help too as they would know all the locals.     The name Kilduff is common enough around these parts too, though particularly in the Parish of Moore however yours appear to be Mullingar direction.    I will contact some Kilduffs I know and see if they have connections in that area.  If I think of anything else which might help, I will let you know.

I WILL SEND THE DETAILS FOR DRUM IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES.   I RANG THEM MYSELF JUST TO LET THEM KNOW YOU MIGHT CALL.   DRUM IS ONLY A FEW MILES OUTSIDE ATHLONE TOWN.   I WILL GIVE YOU THE FULL ADDRESS AND DETAILSL

MARY

DRUM HERITAGE CENTRE

CURRYROE

ATHLONE, CO ROSCOMMON

N37 A7Y8

TEL   00353852094555 OR 00353879918966

EMAIL   drumheritage@gmail.com

IF THE CENTRE IS UNATTENDED, PLEASE PHONE EITHER OF THESE NUMBERS.   THE FIRST ONE IS A GENTLEMAN CALLED ANTON.  

MARY

HI ME AGAIN

THERE IS A MAN CALLED EAMONN LEONARD FROM KILTOOM WHO IS BIG INTO FAMILY HISTORY AND LOCAL HISTORY.   HE IS ALSO A QUALIFIED HISTORIAN.    YOU COULD ASK FOR HIM OR A CONTACT NO FOR HIM LOCALLY.   DRUM HERITAGE MIGHT HAVE IT.   I DONT HAVE IT MYSELF.   HOPE ALL THIS HELPS

ENJOY YOUR TRIP TO ATHLONE.

MARY

Hi Mary!

Thanks for your assistance! I assume you are one of the volunteers from Moore? We are tracking all of our volunteers that are assisting visitors. 

Roger McDonnell

Hi Roger,

My son and I are members of the Moore History Group, though we live in Ballinasloe and I was born in Ballinasloe.  Michael my son is the research expert and is fantastic at it but studying at the moment for his Leaving Cert next week.   We have a particular interest in the Ballinasloe, Taughmaconnell, Moore, Drum and Co Offaly areas having the majority of our ancestors from there so we are pretty good with where and how to research any family in these areas.   Michael helped with the recording of the headstones in the Parish of Moore (Kilbegley, Moore South and Clonburren) so he is familiar with many of these even without looking them up on historicgraves.ie.   Of course with Kellys, Naughtons, Ward,  Dolans and Tumultys in our Tree we have come across many connections which might help others.  Many of our relatives emigrated to Australia and led interesting lives over there, so Michael is a whizz at research in Australia having done it all   We both have also done a DNA test with Ancestry.  So Roger that's us!!    I know what it is like looking for information and not being able to find it or not  knowing where to look, so when I see somebody looking for information I like to help if I can.   

All the best to you and kind regards from Ballinasloe.

Mary Warde Dolan

Thank you Mary! We will definitely stop by the Drum Heritage Centre! I also have Kelly,  Flynn, Fleury, Laughlin or  Loughlin surnames. While my 2nd great grandmother was Mary Moran, after her death at age 34 in 1872, her husband, Peter Blow (or Blois) married a Catherine Naughton and had two more children. 

John Kilduff had a son, James, who I believe was named for a brother of John. John's father was also named John Kilduff. Several of my family and I have done the Ancestry DNA as well as some of my 2nd and 3rd cousins.  I live in California. Very interesting to see how widespread the Irish people have become! 

Judy Barry Franks

Michael and I have done the Ancestry DNA test.     There are Kilduffs on my husband's side of the family so Michael is matching with some.   My email address is mary_pat_dolan@yahoo.ie if you would like to share any info, and I can check, just in case we might be a match!!!!    Have you any idea where the other names you mention Kelly etc come from?     Have you seen the new addition to Ancestry called "genetic communities"?    Have a look and see does it narrow down your Irish Ancestry to a particular region.

All the best

Mary

I have Sullivan from Kilworth Parish, Co. Cork and Byrne from Monarebbin (now Moneyribbon), Wexford, which is in Arklow Parish, Wicklow. I don't know where the others are from.

HOW DID YOU GET ON TODAY?    You brought the nice weather with ye!!! 

Drum Heritage sent me a message as you hadnt called and was wondering if you had a phone number or email to contact you themselves.    Hopefully by the time you get this you made contact with somebody.    The man Eamonn Leonard I spoke about who is a historian's number is 00353851054365

All the best

Mary

Mary:

You and your son are doing great work! We have a Marie Monaghan on our list as the parish liaison for Moore parish. I assume you work with Marie? We get a lot of messages for Ballinasloe and the southern Roscommon area. Can I refer these messages to you? Do you have an Ireland Reaching Out e-mail address? We try to keep our messages within the system so to speak.

I live in Maryland and just returned from Dublin on Monday. We had an Ireland Reaching Out volunteer meeting in Dublin last Friday.

Roger

The Eamonn Leonard we met today in Kiltoom must not have been the right guy. We stopped at Kiltoom Stores and the man there said he was not a local but that he knew where Eamonn lived and directed us on. Eamonn looked puzzled when we showed up on his doorstep but he gallantly did his best! He called a man named Willie who was a deacon at the local church. Willie was able to look up the baptismal records for the two Moran girls born in 1835 & 1838 and give me the name of the townland the Morans were from: Coolagarry. Also, that the sponsors for Mary were John Fihily and Mary Craven. Bridget also had a Fihily as one of her sponsors. Eamonn and his son also took us to a local Kiltoom cemetery that was very old, overgrown and in bad shape. We tromped about trying to read the inscriptions without much success. After that we drove over to Coolagarry, not much there to see other than some farms and houses.

By that time it was after lunch and we didn't make it to the Drum Heritage Centre. We went to Clonmacnoise and my hubby, good sport that he is, wanted to check out the Tullamore DEW place! Tomorrow he would like to visit Derryglad Folk & Heritage Museum. We have to head back to Dublin in the afternoon.

We have really enjoyed our visit to Ireland!  I am already looking forward to a return trip! My email is judyf43@hotmail.com

Hi Roger

I click in pretty regularly to Ireland Reaching Out - I really love it and always check the Moore, Roscommon and Ballinasloe areas so sometimes if I see somebody looking for info I like to point them in the right direction.   I usually take an interest in names that are familiar to me or perhaps connected to us in some way.   However Marie Costello Monaghan is the expert on the area and the person with the most knowledge of the area and the people, and the person with the most contacts.  She is fantastic at research and the Moore History Group is a credit to her and many others.    I do not live in the area, I live in the Town of Ballinasloe and do not know too many people locally.   However please feel free to email me anytime if you think Michael and I might be able to help, if we can, we certainly will.   My email is mary_pat_dolan@yahoo.ie

All the best and well done to you and everybody here.

Mary

Mary:

Thanks for getting back to me. Jane Halloran Ryan may be in  touch with you. Jane is our coordinator and the link to the parish liaisons and volunteers.

FYI. I live in Maryland but have roots around Ballaghaderreen. I'm the parish liaison for Castlemore parish.

Roger