ANCESTRAL LINEAGE OF PAUL MCNUETY AS GLEANEDFROM EARLY TO MID-lg.N CENTURY RECORDS13O

Paul McNulty

INTRODUCTIONMy own previous research has demonstrated the utility of classical genealogical

teiirniques in tracing ancestors in Ireland. These techniques included the

evaluation of: birth, marriage and death records; the 1901 and l91l census;

family records; and wills, deeds and memorial inscriptions. The focus of this

study is to complete the identification of 5'h generation ancestors (great $eatgrandparents ie gg gparents) and to commence the identification of 6'n

gere.ution ancestors (great great great grandparents ie ggg gparents). Both my

faternal (McNulty) and maternal (McHugh) ancestral lines are investigated each

of *hi.h ir explored within the context of the ancestral homes of the McNultys,

Boylans, McHughs and Fallons. A wide variety of sources will be used

including Griffith's Valuation, Valuation Office records, death records, the

1851 Dublin City Census, the William Smith O'Brien Petition, Irish Wills

Index, pre-1850 church records, the 1831 Derry census and Tithe Applotment

records. The essay will focus on new findings which will be integrated with

previous knowledge where contextually appropriate. It was found_ more

iffective to present the findings within the context of four ancestral homes

rather than under source headings.

THE MCNULTYS OF KNOCKBRACK, CO DERRYMemorial inscriptions sourced on the internetl3l revealed the date of death and

the age of both Robert and Sophia McNulty, and the maiden name of Sophia as

follows:

St Mary Old RC Cemetery, Ardmore Parish of Clondermot, County DerrySection B, Plot 28

ERECTED BY HIS SON CHARLES IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER,

ROBERT MoNULTY, WHO DIED 3 JANUARY 1874 AGED 94

YEARS;ALSO HIS WIFE SOPHIA MCLAUGLIN, WHO DIED 23

DECEMBER 1873 AGED 92 YEARS

'30 5273 words (excluding footnotes), 1 4 pages, 4 Figures, 4 Tables, 4 Appendices, i . I 2 MB131 Irish World Family History Services: Gravestone Inscription Certificate, St Mary Old RC

cemetry, Ardmore, Parish of clondermot, Co Derry Section B, Plot 28 www.irish-world.com

l5 August 2006

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2006 nGURE I ANCf,STORS OFPAUL FfuNULTY--t CENEiIfrTIONSSaben Mcl{ukv

Co. Doirclal, lehndMffi l0 P.€mbtr 189 !

Rathmines RC Ch*eh, D6Dicd I Novembd l90l/40y

i Sl John 0fCods- SlillorghnI

T Bcrnard l\lclultr':Bom:;JanrBD l8q7 cf :

, 15 Wsringon Pla+e. tublifl 2 :

Mu 3 Seprember l!3J I

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i 5t l.ukes lIo$pita:, Ilub|n i:l: iLt r:iry-B:r

PruI Ilernard McNuliy2? Ma.ch iqd0 f,

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:Died 9 ivlay t95?/79vl3mek St, Tru

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.ilrarc,86: BrmelXl fl.Thtmrs llc\!q' lO;"A lJm1ff6.{.,1;'-(DA _:7t) Dicd:3 Dscnbtr t8;3i921

Born 1863 *4 i66 Crsl lams SL Dm'

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Bonc lll38 rllDied I Mash I:{s0 c 5l} 'luargaret 1??

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llome i800 I

Mar i ,APrr! IE75 BDIn J ljtl9Jho"Baq-$.SHug[ * ;Xitcmty [C Church. fsu i]i.d 6 ril,ud\ 1ne{tr8rt

: BoB I Ochber I 377 f,6 ;Died if Navenlrer I 9;0r'8J!Brlmonr Turm. Cahvr) i Clounkce! (Brorr,e1, t*oi -t!!!3!!-Q9!IEir--:I{a( 7 Jaue- 1909 | I

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This information enabled an estimation of their dates df birth as 1780 and 1781

respectively (Appendix l, p l2). Strangely, their deaths have not been registered

with the General Records office (GRO), Lombard Street, Dublin 2 at least not

in the period 1870 through 1879. The veracity ofthe dates of death has been

confirmed by o'Kane132. However, an independent -verification.of the

memorial injcription would be desireable in the light of their unanticipated

longevity. Examination of the valuation office "cancelled Lists" in the Public

n.JorO." Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) may help to confirm Robert

McNulty's age at death.

My great great grandfather, Robert McNulty, was.a medium sized tenant farmer

t#itt f S u"...9 i"O also a landlord with three small rented holdings according to

Griffrth,s valuation (Appendix 2, p 13). Tithe Applotment returns of 1834

were disappointing in ttrit ttrey reaorded landloids but not tenants. The eight

landlords recorded were not readily linked to their tenants ($ppendix 3, p 1 )'However, the tenants werc recorded in an 1831 Census133 fragment for Co

Derry which identified Robert McAnulty as the owner or occupier of house 24

whiih aecommodated one Roman Catholic family of 4 males and I females in

the townland of Knockbrack, parish of Glendermot (now clondermot) (Figure

2, p 5). House 23 was occupied by Hugh McAnulty and Dominick Amurry as

joint owners or occupiers and accommodated two families with a total'o.rrpun.y of 3 males and 3 females. Neither Hugh McAnulty nor Dominick

A;r"y are listed in Griffith's Valuation and presumably had passed away by

that time, c 1858.

Proposed Relationships of my Great Great Grandfather, Robert McNulty'

to his Neighbours in ihe Mixed Community (567o protestant, 44o/o Roman

Catholic)TownlandofKnockbrack,ParishofGlendermot(nowClondermot), Co Derry

I831 Census Griffith's Valuation

Occupier House Family Relationship toRobert McNulE

Occupier

DenisMcLarrshlin

22 2m,2f Brother-inJaw? Denis M'Loughlin

Hugh McAnultYDominickAmrrm

23 3m, 3f Father?Cousin?

RobertMcAnulh

24 4m, 8f Robert M'Nulty

I32 William J O'Kane, Genealogist, irish World Family History Services info@irish-

world.com 11 Oct 2006ffi1831 C.nru, for Co Derry, National Archives, Bishop St, Dublin 8 Microfilm 4l4l,pages

19-20.

KnockbrackTotals

29 houses 18 households

Thus, it is possible that Hugh McAnulty was the father of Robert McAnurty andw_ould therefore be my great great great grandfather. He wourd have been born c1750 as his son, Robert McAnulty, wuJ bo.n c 17g0 (Appendix f , p f :1. fiaybrother, Hugh, is the only other McNulty among my known family'bearing theforename of Hugh but that may be coincidentir. Ii is noteworthv tirut nou.tMcAnulty's son, charres,_bequeathed a legacy to his cousin, James Murray in1886i34. Thus, it is possible that James rtu..uy ;;.-;;;il""i r".rt.tAmurry' It is also noteworthy that Denis Mclaughlin resided in house 22accommodating a family of ? males and 2 femarer 1ruut. 1, p 3). c.iittt.,,svaluation records a Denis Mcloughrin living in a house without rand in thetownland of Knockbrack suggesting that it is the .ar. man recorded in the 1g3 1census but now in retirement. It is possibre that Roberl nt.arurty;s- *ir.,Sophia Mclaughlin (1781-r 873/92y),might be the sister of Denis Mct aughrin.

The speculation surrounding the occupants of houses 22, 23 and, 24 inKnockbrack in 1831 would have been more conclusive ifeach occupant ratherthan just the head of family had been listed. pRONIris ;;- i;;a;la;mistakenly report that the 1831 Census fragment for Co Derry (Figure i p S)records the name, age, occupation a.nd relationship to the heao oitti householdof each occupant plus the acreage of the landholding. (In contrast, ths 1g21Census fragment for Co Galway includes all the 6regoing information#.JFuther scrutiny of emigration, estate and valuation ,"cord, r*y t .ip to clarifythe inter-relationships among the occupants of houses 22, 23 'and, 24 inKnockbrack in 1 83 1.

THE BOYLANS OF CHURCH ROAD, DUBLIN 3The birth cerlificate for my grandaunt. Teresa Mary Boyran (1g65-1949rg3y),records her parents as John_ and Margaret (nee Kavanagtr) Boyran. A baptismalrecordt3t for a John Boylan has 6'een sou.ced m 6t'Uary,s purlrti frro_cathedral), Dublin which reads as follows *16112rrg22 John Boyran of James

r3"twiil_of.charres McNul!,,1gg6" pubric Record office ofNorthern lreland, Belfast(Uncenified, I page.1

'" ?RONI c en s u s Rec ord s : r 9 trt c e nturv htto://www.proni. gov.ukl Accessed I 5 November2006ls John Grenlram Tracing your rrisrt Ancestors Third Edition Gili & Macmiilan, Dubrin2006, page 1967 Paul McNulty "Ancestral Lineage of Mary Farrell McHugh,,(File Ancestors of MARyFA^RRELL McHUGH) paurB,\.{cNur,,,.com on http://wwrv.m}'famirv.com Accessed 20 June2007

ll^$_rff:. of Baptisms, National Library of Ireland, Microfitm p 9150, St Marys parish,1 820-1 826.

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and Margaret, Rosemary lane" (Figure 3, p 6)' (Ros.emary l-t,rlo,longerexists-it tias a lane leading from Cooke-street to Merchant's-quay'" close to

Winetavem St as illustrateJon un 1829 Dublin map''o). His year of birth, 1822,

coincides reasonably well with the years, 1817 and 1821, estimated respectively

from his death certificate (1874,57 years) and from Glasnevin cemetry records

(1874, 53 years) (Appendix 1, p 13)' Furthermo,re, no other John Boylan was

dirror"..d in the 181b-1839 Index of Baptismsr'' in the parishes of St Marys,

St Thomas and St George in Dublin's north-east city'

It is noteworthy that the valuation offlrce "cancelled Lists" may be less reliable

in Dublin city than elsewhere as John Boylan was cancelled for different

properties in ULtn 1874 (correct) and in 1890 long after he had passed away. His

iooii,.., Margaret Boyian, was cancelled in the period 1916'1924 when she

would have b-een weliover 100 years old (unlikely circumstance) given.that her

son wErs born sometime in the tgtl-l,tzz period. It is also noteworthy that John

eoyt*', son, Stephen, passed away in 1908 but his name was not cancelled as

the lessor of I Hawthom Terrace, church Road, Dublin 3 until 1916 when he

was replaced by Isabel Boylan, a relation? who is new to me'

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October 2006niirO.* of suptisms 1810-1839 St Marys, St Thomas, St George NLI Microfilm P 9162

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An Extract from the 1831 census for the Townland of Knockbrack, parish ofGlende,not (now Clondemot), Co Derry Recording rny Great GreatGrandfather, Robert McAnulty, in House 24

The ancestral Boylans (from left) James Boylan (great great grandfather?),

Margaret (nee Kavanagh) Boylan (great grandmother) and John Boylan (great

gran-atattrerl who became a law clerk and ultimately a gentrified property

developer.

Isabel Boylan was cancelled in 1940 as the lessor of 4-7 Hawthom Terrace and

replaced by Teresa Boylan. Isabel was also cancelled in 1965 as the lessor of 1

Hawthorn Terrace and replaced by Samuela? Green. Unfortunately, current

details on lessors and occupiers of 6-8 Hawthorn Terrace, where Teresa Boylan

was the last known lessor, are no longer available following the cancellation ofrates in 1977 .t42 The ancestral home of the Boylans at 31 Hawthorn Terrace no

longer appears to have a Boylan connection. Scrutiny of properly deeds and

Thom's Directory may yield further information.

Description of various James Boylans Recorded in Dublin in the Early to

Mid-lgth Century (sourced on www.originsnetwork.com apart from baptismal

Searched2ll6/1822'311t211823

Baptismal recordNLI Microfilm P

Executor Rev WmStafford at

Charlemont Mall 2

National Archives ofIreland (NAI)IWR/1835/F/72 Voiume4t236/25

Irish Wills index(1484-1858) 1835

Prerogative Court

NAI CRF 1848 O16121051 partl Sheet

Wm Smith O'BrienPetition (1848-

Marbo Lane (may

be

Marrowbone Lane

NAI CRI 1848 O1612/051 partl Sheel

462

Wm Smith O'BrienPetition (1848-

i849)

Ia2 Valuation Office, Dublin http:iilvww.valoff.ielsearch/search.asp Accessed 18 June 2007

Dublin CityCensus 1851

lncludes 60,000 heads

of househol d

l6 Langrishe PlaceI (near Summerhill1)

St. George's

Dublin Cii,'-

Census 1851

Includes 60,000 heads

ofhousehold48 MarrorvboneLNte2

St. Catherine's

Griffith's Valuation (printed in 1854) shows that John and Margaret Boylan

were heads of household in Church Road, Dublin 3 in the parish of St Thomas

(Appendix 2, p 13). Margaret Boylan would have been John Boylan's mother

,utt", ttu, his'wife as he-did not marry Margaret Kavanagh until c 1861. His

lxothermayhavebeenwidowedandthusassumedtheheadshipof2lChurchRoad. Her first name, Margaret, is consistent with the baptismal record of John

eoytun as "...of James aniMargaret.""' if Margaret-Boyian had been widowed

tyifr. tl*. of Griffith,s Valua:tion (ie late 1840s143), her husband wouid not

have been alive atthe time of the Wiliiam Smith O'Brien petition, 1848-18-49 or

ifl. OuUfm City census in 1851 (Table 2, p 6)' Thus, the James Boyian in Table

i, *fr"t. wili was lodged in'the Prerogative Court in 1835' is the only

.emaining ancestral candldate. A National Archives microfilm revealed that his

*itt wus"*ortt f 1800, his son was stated as Thomas (rather ihan John) and his

uidr.r, was given as 2 Ward's Hill, Dublin (g). ward,s Hill is about 700m due

south of Roimary lane, Dublin 8 where my great grandfather' John Boylan'

.uy t u* been born. purtl',er study of puUiin city documents may clariff ifi#es eoylan of 2 Ward's Hill, Dubiin 8 is my gg gfather'

The baptismal record of John Boylan's wife, Margaret (nee Kavanagh) Boylan'

;;;b#;;a.ai.* i" 1838 as;Margaret of James & Margt Kavanagh Sp

ir,ticH Stertlng and ]vlarianne Egan". Her date of baptism is in g-ood agreement

;irt h.. age a"t death in 1890 otlty lCiasnevin cemetery) and 52y on her death

certificate'Furtherresearchisrequiredtotraceherfatherastherewerenumerous James Kavanaghs in Dublin at the time'

THE MCHUGHS OF BELMONT, TUAM, CO GALWAY

IAV great great grandparents, Thaddeus. and N6ra Y:I'gl' :nd,irolt,:i tl"i'

descendants have been commen'lofated in a memorial inscription'o' in Kilconly

gruu.y*a, Co Galway (Table 3). B9tl1 Thaddeus and N6ra as well as their son'

Futtl.i. II, and daugirter-in-1aw, Bridget (nee Courtney) McHugh' were born

before i8i0 (a.ppendix 1, p 13) as estimated I}om tireir age at death on the

,*, s"an Murphy, Adult Education, UCD http:/,4tomepaee.eircom.net/-seanimunrhv/; 9 Nov

2006.ii"i.girr., of Baptisms, National Library of lreland, Microfilm p g152, St Marys parish,

Dublin,1 832-1 841to'Puui M.Nulry "Family History of EVA McHUGH LANDY"(File)

Po,iBlt"N,tt .io* on htto://wwrv.m.vfanlilY com Accessed 20 'lune 2007

"Imemorialinscription.ConfirmationofthedeathofThaddeusMcHughinlS93is l.oriO.a by ihe records of the Valuation Office which show that his name

was cancelled as a tenant in Belmont in 1895'

riat InscriPtion onEnglish Translation olTombstone in Kilconly Graveyardo Tuam' Co Galway

Lord have mercY

on Thaddeus McHugh bom in Ballaghbaun? and died in Belmont 4 11 93 aged 93

& on his wife N6ra who died 6.1'1899? aged 80

I on Auugttt.t N6ra - her? son Patrick who died 30'12 1893 aged 6

the McHugh

The memorial inscription also states that Thaddeus McHugh ("a rugadh i mBealach

irrr;1-lr*-.U"* i, gdlughb;, a townland in Co Galway that most closely

resembles its Irish l*g.;;A;i"alent' Supporting widence is provided by the

noted Tuam historian, -rotin i Walaron who wroteft6 that*the (McHugh)family-riisi*ra

in Belclare t'v'here the name is still known as 'Caherhue' their city

one time".It is interesting io 'ott

that a townland' Caherhugh is situated in the

p*itf, "f

g"blare, just tiutf'-*ttt of Tuam' and shares its westem border with

;;ilrgd; rt is" utso int"tt'ting to lot" that there are two septs of the

McHushs in Galway, on. '"t Tuair and the other' a branch of the O'Flahertys

in Con*nemara'o'.

AnanalysisofTitheApplotmentandGriffith,sValuationrecords(Appendix4,p'i+l fiifra to providi-a positive lead in_identituins the father of Thaddeus

McHugh. Only three ,u*J"tlof'n Tighe^E-sq' putt Steed and Patt Cullinane)

were recorded in tfre rilfre epplotmerit of "Cbrloon? and Ballaghbane"'where

Thaddeus was born "

rs00. ft*r, it is possible that his father occupied land in

e;ihght"* that is tot ti'ttd-in the Tithe Applotment record'. Further

#;;;ir" may be gr"*J uy examining any extant records for the Tithe

eppf"*.r, t"r"f,ti*i"t, Very Rey ThgTh iarter' Dean of Tuam; and the

iii'r"r."Uf" and Rev William 6eresford, Vicar of Belclare, Tuam. Furthermore,

no record of any lr4cHugh was found in the Tithe Applotment records in the

& on son Patrick who died 12'1 1'1930

Bridget McHugh Cloonkeely 12'll'1931John McHugh 21.10.1934

Bridget McHugh 2.2. 1939Patrick McHugh16 l1 1949

'ou J J waldron; Letter to Eva McHugh Landy 18 Maunsells Pk' Galway; Family history

archive, Jan 1972.ro, Edward Maclysaght, 1985 lrish Families - Their Names, Arms and origins, 4th Edition

1985, Dublin

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townlandsofBallybaun(anotherversionofBealachBdn)inthenearbl,parishes of Abbeyknockmo,v and Kilcoona' Co Galu'a-v'

TheeldestsonofThaddeusN4cHugh,Patrickil(c1846-1930)'farrnedthelandat Belmont even though he u,as evicted'tt in the time period betvveen the_census

of 1901 and tirat of 19i1. He married Bridget (Brid) Courtney in 1875' Her

father was William Courmey u'ho at that lime resided in the tou'nland of

;;llyt";l; the parish of Templetogher, Glenamadd,v' Co Galway according to

t.,i, iurgl]t..,. marriage cer.tificate. Horu"r... valuation office records shorv no

evidenJe of r.esidenc,v in Ball-vroe atthetime of the mariage in 1875 (Figure 1'

p Zl ""t at any other time from c 1855 onu'ards At the time of Griffith's

laluation, a W;illiam Courtnel' resided in the tou'nland of Bunagarraun in the

pu.ir}, of fitUerrna,r, Tuam (Appendix 2, p 13)'.He died of pneumonia (aged 49

i.ur.j .onoucted during his attendance at.a 1ocal fair' The family u'ere no

i""g* "Uf.

to pay the rent and were evicted c 1863 as John W Cannon

con-soiidated his holdings in that townland'

Superposition of hnages from Two Separate Tithe Applotment Microfilms for

tfr. p*itf, of TempleLgher, Co Gaiu'ay Showing my CCG Grandfather,"W

Cortney"? on the iowei Image but not on the Uppet Image for the Same Area

of Brierforl East.

Atanearlierstage,a"WCor-tney"r'vasrecordedfourtimesononeoftrvo."pi.t "i

rf-r. Titf,e Applotment microfilm for the parish of Templetogher' Co

Ca'llay but not on thi-second copy (Figure 4; Table 7. p 13)' This suggested

that "W Cortney" was empioyea" in ti" Tithe Applotment survey and/or

raE paul McNult-r ..Famil1,History of Er,aN4cHugh Landv" (Fiie) PaLrlBlJcNult)'com on

\{r,Familv.oom Accessed 20 .Iune 2007'

rfemployed by a local landlord or agent. However, he was not listed as a tenant in

eaity.o. at ihat time c 1828 nor in any townland in the parish of Templetogher

.u.n ttougl, the listing of tenants was more comprehensive_than in_.o1her

parishes r,irt ^ Belclire. It is unlikely that Brid Courtney's father, William'courtney,

would have been old enough to be employed in the Tithe Applotment

**"y tlurn. Thus, ..W Cortney" may have been his father bearing in mind the

Ballyroe connection and the fact that there are no other william courtneys

..*.a.4 in north-east Galway in the 19th century. Further information to clari!the situation may emerge 6y examining any extant records for the Tithe

,Lpplotment beneficiaries, Very Rev Thomas Carter, Dean of Tuam; and the

Hbnourable and Rev George D Beresford, Provost of Tuam'

Ancestral Surnames (in bold) and Relations of Paul McNulty Recorded in

various Tithe Applotment Tables (TAB, lS22-1837) (f{ational Archives

Parish Denomination(Townland)

Occupier (listedalphabeticallY)

Relationship Year Acres

Tithee

TempletogherCo Galway

Joamae?IslandBrierford EBrierford EBallyroe

Thomas? Daud?Thomas RaghtiganRedmond MullownYAndrew RafteryNo Courtney listed

"W Cortney"ggg gfather?named under"Occupier" inone copy of theTAB but not inthe other (Figure4 nR)

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Derrymacloushna

Derrymacloush'lin

Mrs Fallon Mary Cullinanesss smother

t827 116 2.1 8.0

Lackagh AllDenominations

No Fallon listed t824l5

2481

222.s

Moville Lr Golladuff'"'?,Dnnesal

Patrick McCauleY Step gggsrandfather?

1 825

/722 f2.5.9

Culdaff Culdaff CoDonesal

No McColgan listed t827/9

166 15.0.9

BelclareCo Galway

Corloon &BallaghbaneCaherhugh

No McHugh listedNo McHugh iisted

Thd McHugh gg

gfbom here

Origin ofMcHush familv

t8z7 230t62

14.4.910.7.3

Clondermot KnockbracigCo Derrv

No McNulty listed Only 8 Occupierslisted

1 830l3

374 13.7.2

CummerCo Galway

Ballinacregga2

Ballinderry

Michael O'BrienNo O'Brien listedNo O'Brien listed

ggg gfather? maybe the father ofCharles O'Brien,

I831 t610658

t1.3. i8.12.12.6.10

lae..Golladuff'may have been changed to "Gulladoo" by the time of Griffith's Valuation,

Appendix 2, p 13

DemenseBallinderryEstateRrockaoh

No O'Brien listed Brockagh (Table3,p6)

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THE FALLONS OF MONARD, TURLOUGHMORE, CO GALWAYAccording to the late Margaret (Maisie) Fallon and Mary (nee walsh) Fallon,my ggg grandfather, John Fallon I (1799?-1527) came fiom east Galway nearBallinasloe.is, He "bought" (ie secured a tenancy to?) a 116 acre farmln thetownland of Derrymacioughlin (now Denymaclaughna), parish ofDerryrnacloughna (now Lackagh), Turloughmore, co Galway in the early lgthcentury (Table 4). He married N4ary culiinane from claregalway but diedyoung c 1827 having fathered three daughters (Mrs Catherine Keameyl51, MrsJulia Morris and Mrs winifred Mccormack?) and two sons (James andMartin).His wife, Mary cullinane, remarried to a Mr Shaughnessy fiom Mira, Athenrywho fathered one girl with her. He later emigrated to Australia to join the GoldRush152 which commenced in 1851. Meariwhile, James Fallon married andfathered one son, John Fallon II (Figure l, p 2), before emigrating to the USA.Mary cullinane moved to a 42 acre farm at Deerpark Lodge, Monard which sheeventually bequeathed to her grandson, John Fallon II who assumed the tenancvin 1871.

Griffith's valuation for the townland of Monard (116 acres leased by ArthurHenry) shows 5 tenants including Martin Fallon (42 acres) who also leased landin the townlands of Ballynasheeoge (40 acres from the Rev Thomas Kelly) andLackaghmore (60 acres fiom James D Meldon). It appears that he may haveacted on behalf of his mother, Mary (nee cullinane) Fallon Shaughnesiy u,holater assumed the tenancy of Deerpark farm, Monard under the name,- MaryFallon. After she had passed av'ay, the tenancy passed to her grandson, JohnFallon II, in 1871 according to the valuation office "cancelled Lists". Hepassed it onto his eldest son, Michael, in 1934, who passed it on to his secondwife, Winifred Grealish, in 1967, She passed it on to her son, Thornas Fallon,the present incumbent with his wife, Mary Walsh, in 1973.

r50Paul McNulty "The Fallons of Deerpar( Monard, Turloughmore. Co Galway" (FALLLNSof Turlou ghntore, C o Galy,q, F ile) P aul Bjl cNuln,.com on http:/Anvw.m)zfamilV.corrAccessed 20 June 2007

'" My gg grandaunt, Catherine Falton (daughter of John Fallon I of Monard), marriedThomas Keamey on l4 August 1847 according to Lackagh church records discov#d by hergreat grandson, Francis Keamey, Beechmount House, Lackagh, Turloughmore, co Galwayi{\ g)lackaeh.com 091 -797 I 67 085- I 266133.r'r The Australian Cold Rush (commenced l85l)http : //www. cultureandrecreati on. gov. aularti cles/gol drush/

Further genealogical information concerning the falofrs of Monard may beavailable through church and graveyard records. For example, my ggg gfather,John Fallon I, is buriedls3 in the Cullinane family grave in The Friary,Claregalway. His younger brother, Bishop Patrick Fallon (1805-1879) has beenresearched by Rev Martin Coenlsa and others. Emigrant records for Australia(Mr Shaughnessy c 1851) and the USA (James Fallon c 1846) may shed furtherlight on the ancestral history of the Fallons of Monard.

My great grandfather, John Fallon II, married Anne O'Brien in 1868, thedaughter of Charles O'Brien of Ballinderry and Mary Fahy of Bamaderg, CoGalway. Charles O'Brien was the first teacher in Corofin, Co Galway in theearly 1830s. His eldest son Michael was noted for "burying the dead during thefamine when people fled from the dead bodies"rss. There is no record of anyO'Brien in Ballinderry Demense nor in Ballinderry Estate in the parish ofCummer in the Tithe Applotment survey of 183 1 . However, Charles O'Brien isrecorded in Griffith's Valuation in the nearby townland of Brockagh (Appendix2, p 13) as a tenant of John P Nolan who owned 6886 acres156. Also resident inBrockagh in 1856 (Valuation Office "Cancelled Lists") were Margaret, Patrickand Mary Fahy who may have been related to his wife, Mary Fahy fromBarnaderg, Co Galway. No Fahys were recorded in the Tithe Applotmentsurvey nor in Griffrth's Valuation in Barnaderg North and South in the parish ofKillererin, Co Galway.

Charles O'Brien passed away c 1876 (Appendix 1, p 13) and bequeathed thefamily farm to his eldest son, Michael. The Tithe Applotment survey alsoreports a Michael O'Brien in Ballinacreggatt'?, Cummer who might be thefather of Charles O'Brien (Table 4, p 9) thus following the well establishedgrandfather to grandson naming patternrs8. Ballinacregga may be BallynacregSouth in Cummer or Ballynacregga in Cargin, Galway. No O'Brien was foundin either parish in Griffith's Valuation. Manuscript recordstt' for the son of the

153 Claregalway (Abbey): Irish Genealogical Research Society Tombstone Inscriptiotls'.Genealogical Office, National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Vol 1, p I99,2001I5a Rev Martin Coen "Patrick Falton-Last Bishop of Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora 1805-1879'The Joumal of Clare-Dal gCais 1984155 Mannion, Tony Nolans Anbally - O'Brien's Ballinderry - Eight Generations 85pp, 1989,6 Blacklhom Park, Renmore, Galwayt'u Lardo*ners in Co. Galway, c 1870s Jean Ricewww.rootsweb. com/-irlealfl andowners4.htm 8 Nov 2006

nal Archives, Bishop St, Dublin 8rs8 Naming Pafterzs http://wrvw.generations.on.ca./genealow/naming-pattem.htm Accessed 7

Nov 2006rse R J Hayes Editor, Manuscript Sources for the History of Irish Civilisation, 1 1 vo1s, Boston1965; First Supplement, 3 vols, Boston i979

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O'Brien landlord, John P Nolanr60, failed to provide any additional genealogicalinformation as they refer only to the Colonel's political activities.

SUMMARYI6I: Further progress has.been made in tracing the ancestors ofPaul McNulty using early to mid-l9d century records iniluding Griffith,sValuation, Valuation Office records, death records, pre-1850 church records, the1831 Derry Census and Tithe Applotment records (Figure l, p 2). Both mypatemal (McNulff) and maternal (McHugh) ancestral lines were investigatedeach of which was explored within the context of the ancestral homes of theMcNulfys, Boylans, McHughs and Fallons. Two great great great grandparentswere identified, namely, John Fallon I (1799?-1827) and his wife, Mary (neeCullinane) Fallon Shaughnessy (c 1799-1867?). potential new great great greatgrandfathers were identified including 6.Cortney W"?, Hugh? McNutfy andMichael? O'Brien. Other new ancestors identified included my great greatgrandparents, James? and Margaret Boylan, James and Catherine (neeCulkeen) Fallon, and James? and Margaret? Kavanagh. More work needs tobe done to complete this study including a more detailed examination of church,emigrant, estate and valuation records.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTThe author wishes to gratefully acknowledge: his sister, Patricia M McNulty, 72Lansdowne Road, Dublin 4 for access to McNulty and Boylan familydocuments and photographs; Jack Landy, 18 Maunsells park, Galway for accessto EvaMcHugh Landy's family history archive; his cousin, Ann Marie McHughCleere, for access to McHugh family documents and photographs; Tom andMary (nee Walsh) Fallon, Deerpark Lodge, Monard, Turloughmore, Co Galwayfor access to Fallon family documents and photographs; Frank Keamey,Beechmount House, Lackagh, Turloughmore, Co Galway for access to Fallon-Kearney family documents; Se6n Murphy MAhttp://homepaee.eircom.net/-seanjmurph)r/ for expert guidance in genealogicalmethodology.

PRIMARY SOURCES1831 Census for Co Derry, National Archives, Bishop St, Dublin 8 Microfilm4/4l,pages 19-20.Cemetery RecordsGlasnevin, Dublin

tuu John P Nolan's son, Lt Col John philip Nolan (183g-1912) was elected Mp for Galwaycounty in 1872 with a landslide majority. He lost tie seat on appeal to capt william Trenchwho claimed voter intimidation by bishops and priests

.!,ttp://en.wikipedia.ore/wikiflohn Philio_Nolan Accessed 9 Nov 2006Io' Uncertainties in detail throughout this essay are indicated by a question mark..?,', or by"c" meaning circa or approximately in relation to dates.

(McNulty grave Bi 147 and Boylan grave Ti 297),<maureen@glasnevin-cemetery.ie>, 2005.

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Coen Martin (Rev) "Patrick Fallon-Last Bishop of Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora1805-1879'The Journal ofClare-Dal gCais 1984

Fallon, Margaret (Maisie), Turloughmore, Co Galway. Details of the Fallonancestry recorded by my late aunt, Eva McHugh Landy, 18 Maunsells Park,

Galway; c 1985.Fallon Mary (nee Walsh) Deerpark Lodge, Monard, Turloughmore, Galway-Private communication 2006Griffith's Valuation 1847-1864 http://www.orisinsnetwork.com/ Accessed 25-

27 October 2006.Griffith's Valuation North Galu,ay and South Alayo 1855

hffp:l/www.lallev.com/ Accessed 22 Nov 2006

Index of Baptisms 1810-1839 St Marys, St Thomas, St George. NationalLibrary of Ireland, Microfilm P 9162 Accessed October 2006.

Irish World Family History Services: Gravestone Inscription Certificate, St

Mary Old RC Cemetery, Ardmore, Parish of Clondermot, Co Derry Section B,

Plot 28 www.irish-world.com 15 August 2006

McHugh Barbara Ann, Maine, USA; Photographs of the memorial inscriptionon the McHugh tombstone in Kilconly graveyard, Tuam, Co Galway, 1995'

McHugh Landy Eva, 18 Maunsells Park, Galway; Family history archive.

Accessed 2005 and 2006.Mannion, Tony, 6 Blackthorn Park, Renmore, Co Galway; Nolans Anbally -

O'Brien's Ballindeny - Eight Generations 85pp plus index of 31 primary

surnames (including my ancestors, the McHughs, Fallons and O'Briens) and

numerous photographs; 1989.

Naughton Gerard "Descendants of John Fallon" mailto:qpn@eircom.net in an

e-mail to Emer Fallon mailto:emer.fallon@nuigalway.ie on 30 November 2002

Register of Baptisms, National Library of Ireland, Microfilm P 9150, St Matysparish, 1820-1826 Accessed October 2006.

Register 0f Baptisms, National Library of Ireland, Microfilm P 9152, St Marysparish, 1832-1841 Accessed October 2006.

Register of Births, General Records Office, Lombard St, Dublin 2, 1865

Volume 17,p 522, October 2006Register of Deaths, General Records Office, Lombard St, Dublin 2, Variousyears 1867-1933 Accessed 26 October and 23 November 2006.

Tithe Applotment Tables 1822-1837. National Archives, Bishop St, Dubiin 8

Waldron J J, Letter to Eva McHugh Landy 18 Maunsells Pk Galway; Familyhistory archive January 1972.Witl of Charles McNulty, 1886. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland,Belfast (Uncertified, 1 page)

SECONDARY SOURCESCity of Dublin 1829 http://www.failterornhat.com/maps/dub1incitv1829.htmAccessed 28 October 2006

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Grenham, John. Tracing Your lrish Ancestors Third Edition Gill & Macmillan,Dublin 2006,page 19Hayes R J, Editor, Manuscript Sources for the History of lrish Civilisation, llvols, Boston 1965; First Supplernent,3 vols, Boston 1979Kearney Francis, Beechmount House, Lackagh, Turloughmore, Co Galwayifk@lackash.com Personal communication, November 2006Maclysaght Edward 1985 lrish Families - Their Names, Arms and Origins p74,4thEd, 1985, DublinMcNulty Paul "The Fallons of Deerpark, Monard, Turloughmore, Co Galway"(FALLONS of Turloughmore, Co Galu,ay File) PaulBMcNultv.com onhttp :/iwww.myfam ily. com Accessed 20 J une 2007McNulS, Paul "Ancestral Lineage of Mary Farrell McHugh" (File Ancestors ofMARY FARRELL MoHUGH) PaulBMcNul|t.com onhttp ://www.myfami ly.com Accessed 20 June 2007 .

McNulty Paul "Family History of Eva McHugh Landy" (File)PaulBMcNultv.com on MyFamily.com Accessed 20 June2A07McNulty Paul "Ancestral Lineage of Paul McNuIty as Gleaned from 19ftCentury Wills, Deeds and Memorial Insoiptions" (File PAULMc NULTY : Me m or i al s Wi I I s D e e ds) P au I B Mc Ntilt.v. c o m onhttp ://www.myfami ly.com Accessed 2A I une 2007McNulty Paul "Ancestors of Paul Bernard McNulty including the McNulty,McHugh, Boylan and Fatlon Families" (File PAUL McNULW: l9th CenturyRec or ds) P aul B McNu ltlt. c om on http://www.myfamily.com Accessed 20 June

2047Murphy Se5n, GX l05-Genealogy/Family History, Module 3-Course Notes,Adult Education Programme, University College Dublin, Ireland, 2006.Murphy Se6n, Course Tutor, Adult Education Programme, UCD; Personalcommunication, 9 November 2006-Naming Patterns http://www.qenerations.on.calgenealogv/naming-pattern.htmaccessed 7 November 2006Nolan, John Philip http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Philip-Nolan Accessed 9November 2006O'Kane Wm J, Genealogist, Irish World Family History Services info@irish-world.com 11 October 2006.Old w o oden fr ozses www.eiretek.orgy'chapters/booksloldDub/chapterl 4.htmAccessed 25 October 2006.Oxford English Dictionary Ancestor http://u'vrry.oed.com/ Accessed 22November 2006Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) Census Records: l9thC enturv hftp ://www.proni. eov.uld Accessed I 5 November 2006Rice, Jean. Landorvners in Co. Galway, circa 1870s

www.rootsweb.com/-irlsal/landowners4.htm Accessed 8 November 2006.

"IThe Australian Gold Rush www.cultureandrecreation.gov.auiarticles/soldrush/Accessed 6 Nov 2006

Appendix I Using Valuation Office "Cancelled Lists" and Death Recordsto Estimate the pre-1850 Dates of Birth (DOB) (listed chronologically) ofthe Ancestors of aul McNuName/Ancestors inbold

Relationship "Cancelled" Died/Age Source DOB

Robert McNultysrandfather

Only inPRONI

3.r.1874/94y

Memorialinscrintinn

r 780

SophianeeMclaughlinMcNultu

ssgrandmother

Only inPRONI

23.12.1873/92

Memorialinscription

I 781

Charles O'Briensrandfatler

1876 29.9.t875/RQv

Death certificate19:319

I 786

.Iohn Fallon I ggggrandfather

Not listed c 1827/c28nr ?Rw

Family recordsMemorialinqcrinfinn

17991789

Mary (nee

Cullinane) FallonShaughnessy

grandmother1871 c 1868 "Cancelled

Lists";Death records,nRo

1799

Thaddeus McHughorandfather

I 895 4.11.18931Q1v

Memorialinscrintion

1 800

Hannah (nee ???)McCn'lsan srandmnfher

Not iisted 4.7.1873 Death certificatel2:90

I 805

John McColgan CEgrandfather

I 875 t8751875/

t2.tt2.16Qw

will 1875;Death certificate12:81

1 806

Charles McNulty greatorandfather

Only inPRONI

t.1 .r886t74v

DerryCemeterv/Joumal

t8t2

John Boylan greatgrandfat}ter

t874 7 .tt.t874l57v7.tt.t874/5?v

Death certificate17:587GlasnevinCemeferu

1817i 821

N6ra (nee ???)McHueh qrandmother

Not listed 6nn899t80v

Memorialinscription

I 819

Susan (nee

McCauley)McNulty

step ggrandmother

Only inPRONI

24.t.t903/75v24.1.1903/7Ov

Death certificate2:151Derry Joumal1901 Censusi60v

I 828I 8331 841

Maria (nee

McColgan)McNultv

grealgrandmother

Not iisted 3.1.t87ll39y

Death certificate2:139

t832

Margaret (nee

Kavanaeh) Bovlangreatprandmother

Not listed 1.3.1890/52v

G'lasnevin

Cemetery Death1 8381 839

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Appendix 2 Alphabetical Listing of the Ancestors (in bold) and Relatives ofPaul McNulty in Griffith's Valuation (1847-1864) (Each parish entry

162 Gerard Naughton Descendants of John Fallan mailto:spn@eircom.net in an e-mail toEmer Fallon rnailto:emer.fallon@nuiealwav.ie on 30 November 2002 reports that JohnFallon was born in 1845 rather than in 1852 suggesting that his age at death, 80y, has beenunderestimated by c 7 years (Figure l. p 2).

'o'Valuation in f.s.d (poundsishillingsipence; I pound:2O shillings; I shillin5l2 pence)!64 lncluded a house- forse and vardr65 william Courtney shired the land with other occupiers

'uu Six Charles Mcilultys are recorded in Griffith's Valuation in both Co Tyrone and CoDonegal (none in Culdaff nor Moville, where his respective wives were bom). Only oneCharles McNulty is reoorded as an occupier in Co Derry and no others are reported eisewherein Ireland http:/lwww.orieinsnetwork.corn/

1.3.1890/5lv

certifrcate 2'.628

John Fallon I'l

srandfather1934 t932/80?y Death certificate

4:152r 845162

Patrick McHugh I greatcrandfather

Not relevant 12.11.1930t84

Death certificate4:251

l 846

Bridget (nee

Courtne;)McHrrsh

greatgrandmother

Not listed 2.2.1939t93y

Memorialinscription

I 846

includes EAT

Occupier/Relationchin

Lessor/Aneestor

Parish Townland/Street

Acres

Land163

House

Boylan James ggsfafher?

John Healy St Thomas1 854

5l BallyboughRd3

E2.lotu

Boylan John/ggrandfatherBoylanMargareVggsmother?

Samuel SankeyJohn Boylan/ ggf

St Thomas1 854

22 Church RoadD321 Church RoadD3

4 f8.0.0 s4.0.0€1.10

CourtneyWillian/ se cf

Patrick C Lvnch Kilbennan1 855

BunagarraunGslwaw

32165

t rl.7 ,0.15

Fallon Martir/ggrandrrncle

Arthur Henry Lackagh1 855

Monard, CoGalwav

42 f9.0.0 f3.0.0

McCawley,Owen step gs sf

Moville Lr1857

Gulladoo Co|-)oneoal

McColgan JohtVoo sfafher

George Young Culdaff'I R57

Culdaff, Cof)onesal

5 f4.0.0 ,8.0.0

McHughThaddeusi gggfather

James DMeldon

LiskeevyI 855

Belmont CoGalway

26 f7.15 f0.50

McNulty,Charles166 gpfather?

John BBeresford

Learmont1 858

Kilgor! Derry t8 f9.0 0 ,1. I0

James Foster McNultv Chas Temnlemor 7 Thomas St, f2.1

o^

!foof e'58 Derrv 0

McNultyRobert/gg gfatherJohn BrollyThomas EdwardsMichael Doherty

John StevensonMcNulfyRobVgg gfMcNultyRobt/gg gfMcNultyRobtlgg gf

Clondermot1 858

Knockbrack,Co Derry

t9

0.1

{7.0.0

L0 2.0

f.1.0.0

f0.10

f0.8.0

,0.10

O'BrienCharles/ggofather

John P Nolan Cummer1 855

Brockagh,Galway

54 f 11.0 r0.15

Appendix 3 Potential Linkage between the Protestant Owners of Land andtheir Occupiers in the Townland of Knockbrack, parish of Glendermot(now Clondermot), Co Derry

Tithe Annlotment 1833 1831 CensusOwner Acre

s

Tithes

Occupier MFSEt67

Religion

Andrew Crawford s6 1.8.9 No obviousIinkase

1315 otherProtestant

Thomas Nixon 5 040 Rebecca Nixon 34-7 PresblterianJohn Alexander t2t 4.tl.l

1

No obviouslinkase

James McClure I 1.10.0 John McClure 33-6 otherProtestant

Johr/AlexanderStevenson

97 3.5.10 No obviouslinkage

Robert StevensonPisoff

II r.0.6 No obviouslinkase

Robert Stevenson 35 0.14.6 No obviouslinkase

James and WilliamBurnside

48 i.18.10

Jas & WmBumside

63211 Presbl.terian

Knockbrack totals 374 13.7.2 29? households 73 82 t4169

94 Protestant/75 R Catholic

Clondermot totals ,| 920.tl.8

442 households 10191148 t142281

1246Protestant/835RCatholic

Appendix 4 Occurrence of the McHugh Name in the Tovmland ofo'Bealach Bfn" (probably Ballaghbaun or Ballybaun) and nearbytownlands in North-East Galwav

I67 M F S X = number ofmales, females, servants and total number ofpersons in a householdor parish.

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Townland Parish TitheApplotmentc 1825

GriIfith'sValuationc 1855

Relafionship

Ballvhaun Abbevknockmov' Daniel 1

Ardrumkilla Belclare Thomas ,)

Balintleva Belclare MartinThomas

?,

Caherhush BelclareCarheens Belclare John

MichaelThomas

JohnMartin

9

?,}

Coolballa Belclare ThomasCorloon""?andRqllqohhene

Belclare (Patrick ,?)

grandfather?

Woodquav Belclare Owen j

Ballybaun Kilcoona" Denis, John,Patrick

,|

Aridicons Liskeelry Thomas ,)

Balintiehmore T.iskeew Thomas ,|

Belmont Liskeew Thaddeus se erandfatlerCartroe I iclreen. Patt & Co ?

Clashagannv Liskeew Patrick ,|

Cloonacruttera Liskeevy JohnThomas ?

Kilnl.rrasosa Liskeew Patrick ,|

168 No tenants were recorded in the Tithe Applotment Table for the parish ofAbbevknockmov.

'u'Changed to tile parish of Killower by the time of Griftith's Valuation.170 Boflr Carheens and Cartron share the westem border ofBallaghbaun. Cartron is a muchsmaller townland and was aligned with Ballaghbaun ("Corloon? & Ballaghbane") during theTilhe Applotment programme.t" Pa|ick McHugh was not listed as a land occupier in the Tithe Applotment record.172 No tenants were recorded in the Tithe Applotment Table for the parish of Kilcoona.

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VoI. 8 Number 1 Journal 2008

CONTENTS

EditorialR. Griffith in IndiaA Wedding in 1906Memorial Inscriptions of LeihimJames JohnstonThe Way We Were in 1859Irish Heraldic LawLetters of Rhode Island.Irish GrandparentsTracing a WWI SoldierMcNulty Lineage

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SharonBofin 4Bill Griffith 5Honor Smyth 10Tom Coughlan 13

RoisinLaffery 28Shane Hegarty 35Noel Cox 4A

Roisin Lafferty 53Bill Potter 58Sean Connolly 6lPaul McNulty 67

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