Gallagh in Duneane

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Gallagh townland is a mile or so south of the village of Toome. It?s agricultural farmland (270 acres). In 1862 there were 65 households listed there in Griffiths Valuation.  That included 8 McLarnon households and one Devlin.

You can see where Gallagh is by using the on-line Griffiths maps. There?s a contemporaneous map and if you use the slider bar in the top right hand corner of the screen, you?ll be able to overlay a modern map. The modern Gallagh Rd goes through the middle of the townland.

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=nameS…

At the time your ancestors married there were two RC churches in the parish (at Moneyglass and Cargin). Your family probably attended Cargin as that was the closest. There are plenty of Devlin graves there (I checked a couple of years ago for someone else researching that surname in the Duneane area). Can?t recall if any were from Gallagh.  McLarnon/McLernon (note spellings) is also a common surname locally, so they may also be buried there.

The 1901 census has 27 households in the townland. Again plenty with your surnames:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Cargin/Gallagh/

I would order a copy of the 1867 civil marriage certificate to get the couples fathers names and occupations. That may enable you to work to which is the family you are looking for. (Marriage was registered in Ballymena in 1867 Volume 16, page 230). You can order a photocopy of the civil cert from GRO Roscommon for 4 euros. http://www.groireland.ie/

Elwyn

Hello, Cyn,

Thanks very much for your help in sending my request on to a volunteer.

Elwyn responded and sent me very helpful guidance.

Best wishes,

Sorcha

Hi I am inquiring about several sisters of the McLarnon surname. Isabella McLarnon (or McClernon in the US, was born in 1874, she emigrated to Philadelphia, Pennnsylvania USA appx 1892 and married Timothy Denihan (from Listowel Ireland) in Phila. Her sisters Mary and Sarah, the latter born 1879 and emigrated to Philadelphia in 1904. There may have been another sister or cousin named Rachel. Sarah and Rachel may have worked as domestic servants together in the 1901 Ireland census. Milltown in Antrim is often mentioned as a place of origin. They are apparently Roman Catholic and probably related to the McIlroys of Ballymena. Any assistance would be appreciated.   Bob Brett.

Here?s a Sarah & Mary (domestic servants) in 1901 in Tullyrusk:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Tullyrusk/Tullyrusk/998767/

Unfortunately they are both still in Ireland in the 1911 census, so I presume this cannot be the right family.

The name Milltown is quite common. There used to be lots of water powered mills in the county and consequently it?s difficult to know which Milltown is the right one.

I searched for the birth of Sarah McLarnon 1876 ? 1883 and the only one that came up anywhere in Ireland was registered Antrim town Oct ? Dec 1878 (Vol 1, page 23). You might want to investigate that. (You can buy a photocopy from GRO Roscommon for ?4 or you can view it on-line on the GRONI site for ?2.)

I looked for Isabella?s birth 1872 ? 1976 but did not find one. There was a Rachel M?Larnon birth Apr ? Jun 1881, registered Antrim town (Vol 1, page 22).

There?s only 2 RC Rachels in the 1901 census and the younger of the two is 58, so no joy there.