Slatterys of Drangan

David:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

We do not have a parish liaison for Drangan.  I did find this site and I would suggest you contact the site owner and see what he or she could suggest about a trip to Drangan parish. http://www.drangancloneen.com/  

Roger McDonnell

Dear David,

The Slattery family name continued on in Drangan at least up to 20 century.  A relative of mine married a John Slattery (1914 - 1999) in 1945 in Drangan and they settled in the Miami area of US. His parents were John Slattery (1889-1948) and Mary O' Brien and his grandfather was Michael Slattery born 1843 andgrandmother Anne.

 Going back a generation, the Slattery family were neighbours of my forebears.  They lived about half a mile out from the village on the "new cut" road.  You will find details of this family in the 1901 and 1911 census on the Irish National archives site.  I dont think any of the houses there at that time remain save for the odd well built one.

 There are two graveyards in Drangan, one surrounds the Catholic church in the middle of the village built c 1863 and the other is on the outskirts of the village.  You will see the Slattery family name there on headstones.  At one stage the family owned The Old Store, a two storey building a small distance from the town.  It was built and used to store grain in the famine years I believe.  The building is now a private house and no longer owned bya family.

Drangan is a very small place and sadly no longer has a pub where people might gather.  Your best bet is the one shop in the centre of the village.  It is a pretty place and regularly wins awards in the Irish Tidy Town competition.  

That is all I know of the Slattery family.  I wish you an interesting and rewarding trip.

Anne

Thank you Anne for all of the information- it's helpful.   I did notice on Google Maps that there is a "Slattery's " petrol station in the middle of town too.

Thank you for the website link Roger too.  I'll post more if I find anything on my trip

David Slatery

I had a quick look in the phone book for Drangan and no listings for Slattery.  Yes you are right there is the garage in the main street of the name.

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Attempted Armed Raid In Drangan Tipperary

Gardaí from the Clonmel area of Co Tipperary are today searching for at least two individuals who were involved in an attempted armed robbery yesterday in the south east of the county.

The attempted armed robbery took place at Slattery’s Garage on the Main Street of Drangan at around 7.30pm last night, (6th, March, 2015).

The individuals who wore balaclavas and were armed with a shotgun, threatened staff and demanded cash; however no one was injured and no cash was stolen. Staff were left very shaken following this incident.

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The townlands associated with the Doran and Slattery families were Corbally and Newtown. about a half mile due west of the village.  You will find the names also on the Griffith Valuation listings and associated maps.  This survey was prepared c 1838 and lists the name/address  of the landowner/tenant and acreage of the holdings.  The Griffith Valuation survey is free to view .... see failteromhait.com

Anne

Just reporting back that I visited the town of Drangan on March 31st (and several surrounding towns including Fethard, Mullinhone, Callan) and climbed Slievenamon to boot. A beautiful little town, in Drangan,  I spoke with the proprietor of Slattery's Garage and introduced myself as a potentially distant cousin and he indicated and fair number of Slatterys from the States have visited over the years, including a recent group from Kansas and directed us to the cemeteries in town where I did visit and noticed a fair number of Slattery stones.  Also visited the shrine to the virgin and commemoration to the War of Independence, the Michael Cusack statue and the pump at the pool of the blackthorns for which someone told me that town was named.  Unfortunately the pub was not open in the day time, although I did visit the small store and got tea and chocolates to bring back home (I ate all the Tipperary Crisps though).   I drove through the Newtown and Corbally townlands as well. Have a treasured picture of me with the fields and some fine cows in the background which led a few friends to say I looked like I belonged there (though in truth, I would not be much use in the fields or among cows).   Thank you again for all of the information earlier.

Dave Slatery

Dave:

Thanks for the feedback on your visit to Ireland and in particular, Drangan. Sounds like you had a wonderful time. Hopefully others with Slattery connections will see your message and post comments.

You may want to consider autosomal DNA testing which looks at matches on your paternal and maternal lines. You also qualify for a Y-DNA test which will track your pure Slattery line. That test is more expensive and goes back a couple hundred years. My experince is that the autosomal test is more beneficial.

Roger

Hi there.....My great-great-Uncle James Ryan b. 1856 was married to an Ellen Slattery b. 1859 and they were from Drangan, Tipperary, Ireland.  They ended up in Killenaule.  His sister was my great-great-grandmother Margaret M. Ryan b. 1861.  They're parents names were Philip Ryan and Margaret Philips both from Tulla Cussane, Tipperary, Ireland.