My name is Marty Maguire from Bellerose Village, New York. I am the great Grandson of Michael McGuire who was born in Caltra,County Galway in September 1833. His father's name was Patrick McGuire and his mother's name was Mary Moriarty. They had at least two other children that I know of, Cathrine and Ellen McGuire. From the one record I found in NY,they emigrated to NY in November 1844. Attached is a land record from the Caltra area which names Patrick McGuire as having land in 1833 but I have no idea if this is the same man as my family. Michael McGuire was a member of Thomas Francis Meagher's Irish Brigade during the American Civil war of which I am very proud.I visited Caltra in 2000 but could find no McGuire relatives as the Church records had been destroyed in a church fire as I was informed.
Is there any way you could help me find relatives or any futher information about the McGuire family from that time? I will be visiting again in April 2018.
Thank you for any information you might provide. For some unknown reason my Great Grandfather changed the family name to Maguire from McGuire after the civil war.
Thursday 21st Dec 2017, 05:33PM
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Marty:
Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!
RC church records for the area do not start until 1840. We do have a parish liaison in the area and I will alert him to your message. Since Christmas and other holidays are fast approaching, please allow at least a couple weeks for a response.
In the meantime, please add Michael McGuire's great story to our XO Chronicles site https://www.irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/history-and-genealogy/ancestor-dat…
You may also want to consider autosomal DNA testing.
Roger McDonnell
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
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Hi Marty
It was only last weekend I was researching McQuires/ Maguires from Caltra. I know the townland well. Will try and assist where I can.
My email is galwayancestors@gmail.com
regards
Paula
Paula Kennedy