FAMILY HISTORY OF EVA McHUGH LANDY

Family History of Eva McHugh Landy

FAMILY HISTORY OF EVA McHUGH LANDY1

Figure 1 Pictured at the 1977 wedding reception for Jack and Eva Landy at the McHugh family

home, Árd Griana, 18 Maunsells Road, Galway were (from l): Kay McNulty, Juliett McHugh,

Ruth McHugh, Treasa Ní Chonaola, Sr Catherine (Annie) McHugh, Hugh McNulty, Johnny

McHugh (on his knee), Ms O’Halloran, Emer McNulty, Una O'Flaherty, three O’Halloran sons,

Joe O’Halloran, Jack Landy (with walking stick), Kevin Doyle, Eva McHugh, Thomas F

McHugh, Patricia McNulty, Mary Rose O'Flaherty, Glen Ryder, Toni O'Flaherty, Kieran

McHugh (on his knee), Bridie Powell, Geraldine O'Flaherty and Mrs O’Halloran.

PAUL B McNULTY

SUMMARY2: The extended family of my maternal aunt, Eva McHugh Landy (1922-2004), has

been traced through six generations (from her great grandparents to grand nieces and grand

nephews) using memorial inscriptions, wills and newspaper reports as source genealogical

material. At least one case study in each area is presented based primarily on material in Eva’s

family history archive. For example, the Mac Aodha (McHugh) memorial inscription on the

gravestone in Kilconly Cemetery, Tuam, Co Galway features nine family members of her

paternal ancestors covering three generations from c1800 to 1949. The interpretation of the

McHugh inscription was assisted by information gleaned from the 1924 Will of Eva’s uncle, Seán

Mac Aodha (John McHugh, d. 1934). The Obituary Notices for Patrick H McHugh (Eva’s first

cousin) and for Thomas Higgins (husband of Eva’s aunt, Mary McHugh) helped to identify some

of our American cousins. It was also possible to assemble five generations of descendants of

Eva’s great grandparents, Thaddeus (c 1800-1893) and Nóra (c 1809-1889) McHugh, Belmont,

Tuam, Co Galway. A Descendant Register Book from BrothersKeeper.com was used and

includes more than 100 members of Eva’s extended family (Appendix 1, p 10). More work needs

to be done, to complete this study, particularly in relation to Eva’s great grandparents, and her

overseas cousins.

1 1 January 2009, Paul B McNulty, 10 The Oaks, Upper Churchtown Road, Dublin 14, Ireland.

2 Uncertainties in detail throughout the report are indicated by a question mark “?”, or by “c” meaning circa

or approximately in relation to dates


INTRODUCTION

The Gaelic surname, Mac Aodha,

signifying the son of Hugh has been

anglicized most commonly as McHugh.

According to MacLysaght, there are two

septs of McHughs in Galway, one near

Tuam and the other a branch of the

O’Flahertys in Connemara. In a letter to Eva

McHugh (January 1972), the noted Tuam

historian, John J Waldron, wrote that “the

(McHugh) family originated in Belclare

where the name is still known as ‘Caherhue’

their city one time”. It is interesting to note

that a townland, Caherhugh is situated in the

parish of Belclare, barony of Clare just

south-west of Tuam. It is also noteworthy

that Eva’s great grandfather, Thaddeus

McHugh, was born in the townland of

Ballaghbaun, which is also in the parish of

Belclare and shares its eastern border with

Caherhugh. Thaddeus McHugh and his wife,

Nóra, settled in the townland of Belmont

(north-west of Tuam) which is taken to be

the ancestral home of my McHugh

ancestors. In this study, the extended family

of Eva McHugh Landy is traced through six

generations using memorial inscriptions,

wills and newspaper reports. The author

made extensive use of the family history

material in the archive of Eva McHugh

Landy to whose memory this study is

dedicated.

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTION ON THE

McHUGH GRAVE IN KILCONLY,

TUAM, CO GALWAY

The memorial inscription on the McHugh

gravestone in Kilconly, Tuam, Co Galway

was photographed by Barbara Ann

McHugh in 1995 (Figures 2 and 4 ). Its

translation and interpretation (Table 1, p 3)

has been guided by written notes from

“Scoil Naisiúnta, Cnoc Úi Faith – Belmont

Nat Sch 1972” and from Eva McHugh

Landy in 1985. I presume that the lower

(more recent) stone panel was inserted by

Eva’s father, Thomas McHugh (1877-

1957), in his capacity as a monumental

sculptor (Figure 3).

Figure 2 Eva McHugh Landy transcribing

the Memorial Inscription on the McHugh

gravestone in Kilconly Cemetery, Tuam, in

1995 (Photo: Barbara Ann McHugh).

Figure 3 Advertisement in the Tuam Herald

for Thomas McHugh’s (1877-1957)

business as a monumental sculptor.

The information on the memorial

inscription, supplemented by family

documents, has been used to construct a

descendant chart (Appendix 1, p 10) for

Eva’s great grandparents, Thaddeus (c 1800-

1893) and Nóra (c 1809-1889) McHugh,

Belmont, Tuam, Co Galway. The nine

names inscribed on the McHugh gravestone

are underlined and highlighted in bold in the

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descendant chart. Also highlighted in

Appendix 1 (p 10) are the names of other

members of Eva’s extended family who are

mentioned in this study.

The analysis of the memorial inscription is

based on the following observations:

1. Nine names are recorded, namely, Bríd

x2, Nóra x2, Seán, Pádhraic x3 and Tadgh

covering three generations;

2. The deaths are recorded in chronological

order from 1893 to 1949 running from top to

bottom on the gravestone;

3. I presume that Pádhraic who died in

1893, aged 6, was the son of Nóra II and

the grandson of Tadhg3 and Nóra I;

Figure 4. The McHugh gravestone in

Kilconly Cemetery, Tuam as photographed

by Barbara Ann McHugh in 1995.

3 Tadgh’s death was not reported in the Tuam

Herald in the period 4 Nov 1893 to 1 Dec 1893

4. Pádhraic I who died in 1930 (middle

stone) was the son of Tadgh and Nóra I. He

married Bríd Ni hAodha4 (d. 1939, Figure

5) and was father to Pádhraic II (d 1949) and

to Seán5 (d. 1934) both of whom were

brothers of Eva’s father, Thomas McHugh.

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Table 1. English translation of the memorial

inscription (Figure 4) on the McHugh grave

_____in Kilconly, Tuam, Co Galway______

Lord have mercy

on Thaddeus McHugh born in

Ballaghbaun? and died in Belmont 4.11.93

aged 93

& on his wife Nóra who died 6.1.1899 aged

80

& on daughter Nóra, her? son Patrick who

died 30.12.1893 aged 6

………………………………………………

& on son Patrick who died 12.11.1930

……………………………….……………...

Bridget McHugh Cloonkeely 12.11.1931

John McHugh 21.10.1934

Bridget McHugh 2.2.1939

_______PatrickMcHugh16.11.1949______

5. The mysterious Bríd Ní hAodha

Cluaincoille (d. 1931) could be the

daughter-in-law of Pádhraic I and Bríd

who resided in Cloonkeely (parish of

Kilbannon) with an old man named Lyons

after the McHughs were evicted6 from

Belmont between 1901 and 1911 (Appendix

2, p 14). If so, she was probably married to

Pádhraic II (d. 1949) since his brothers are

unlikely candidates: Seán McHugh (a

bachelor), Thomas (married to Mary

Fallon), Timothy (married to Mary Lyons

from Cloonkeely) and Peter (married in

Massachusetts). Further research7 has

suggested that Patrick McHugh II married

4 Bríd’s death was not reported in the Tuam

Herald in the period 28 Jan 1939 to 11Mar1939. 5 His inscription reads “Seán Mac Aodha 21-10-

1934” in contrast to the Tuam Herald who report

his date of death as 21 Sep 1934 6 Note in Eva McHugh Landy’s archive

7 Analysis of the 1901 and 1911 Census returns

for the townland of Mullagh, Kilbannon, Galway


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Bridget Lyons (a sister of Mary Lyons?) in

New York c 1913 where they lived until c

1936. Around that time, Patrick II was

present with his older brother, Timothy,

when the latter wrote a letter dealing with

the will of John McHugh.

Figure 5. Eva’s grandmother, Bríd (nee

Courtney) McHugh, in 1936 who is reputed

to have lived to 100 years

THE WILL OF SÉAN Mac AODHA

(JOHN McHUGH)

Eva’s uncle, Seán McHugh, was born in

Belmont, Tuam, Co Galway c 1875, the

eldest child of Patrick and Bríd (nee

Courtney) McHugh (Figure 5). As a young

man, he emigrated to New York and started

work as a plasterer. When he had made

some money, he opened an Irish Shoe Store

at 93rd

St and Third Avenue8. It became a

meeting place for Gaelic Leaguers,

reflecting Seán’s numerous activities in New

York including the Presidency of the Roger

Casement branch of the Friends of Irish

8 Tuam Herald, 17 November 1934, p 4.

Figure 6 The ancestral home

of the McHughs of Belmont, Tuam, Co

Galway as photographed by Eva McHugh.

Figure 7 A long distance photograph taken

by Barbara Ann McHugh in 1995

suggesting that the old thatched cottage may

have been replaced by a modern bungalow.

Freedom. He wrote his Amhráin Nua (New

Songs) on a Gaelic script typewriter which

included 13 poems. He held a conversational

class in the Philosophical-Celtic Society,

and is reputed to have known the steps of

every Irish dance.

He had an interest in the Poughkeepsie Shoe

Co, which unfortunately went bankrupt

leading to a loss of lifetime earnings. On his

return to Ireland in 1924, he focused on his

writing, including a pamphlet on ancient

Irish medicine, translations of the writings

of Thomas Jefferson and commencement of

a History of Ireland. Seán suffered from

severe arthritis and was bed-ridden for the

last two years of his life. A Dublin

specialist, Sir James Craig, concluded that

there was no remedy for his ailment. During

his last years, Seán derived consolation from

philosophic Irish proverbs and ancient

prayers. In 1934, he passed away in the

wakehouse at Mullach near Tuam. He was

survived by his mother, Bríd, then c 90 years

old, and his siblings, Thomas (Eva’s father,

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Figure 8), Mary Higgins and Patrick9 in

Ireland, Timothy in Yonkers, New York and

Peter in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The will of Seán McHugh (c 1876-1934/c

59y) was written in the Irish language in

1924 (Appendix 3, p 14). It deals with the

disposition of the land, which he had

inherited from his parents, Patrick and Bríd

McHugh, presumably as their eldest son.

The land was situated at Gurranbeg10

,

Belmont, Parish of Addergoole11

Barony of

Dunmore, Electoral Division of Foxhall,

County of Galway. Seán left the land of

the ancestral home of the McHughs at

Belmont with the express wish that it would

remain in the name of a descendant bearing

the McHugh name. With that in mind, he

willed the land to an available and willing

eldest son of his brothers in the order of

their birth, namely, Thomas (Eva’s father),

Timothy (Uncle Thady in New York),

Patrick II (also in New York, returned to

Ireland later) and Peter (in Massachusetts).

Figure 8. Eva McHugh’s family in Tuam c

1927 (from l) Thomas F, Kathleen, Thomas,

Eva, John (Br Eunan), Mary Fallon, Annie

(Sr Catherine) and Una.

9 Patrick’s inscription reads “Padraic Mac Aodha

16-11-1949” which has not been checked (as yet)

for an entry in the Tuam Herald. 10

Gurranbeg is presumably an area within the

townland of Belmont north-west of Tuam. 11

Belmont is located within the parish of

Liskeevy rather than that of Addergoole.

Figure 9. Geraldine, Pauline and Mary Rose

O’Flaherty, the daughters of Una McHugh,

pictured with their aunt Eva McHugh in

Charleville c 1957/58.

As such, Eva’s brother, John (Figure 8)

would have been the inheritor of Belmont.

This situation was confirmed by a New

York lawyer, George Cornell, in a 1937

letter (Appendix 5, p 16) to Thomas A

O’Donoghue, Solr, Tuam. In this letter, it is

stated that preference in taking the farm

passes to Timothy’s son Patrick (H) on the

basis that John had joined the De La Salle

Brotherhood and would therefore be

ineligible and/or unwilling. George Cornell

was acting on behalf of Timothy, who had

been designated as executor of the will by

Seán McHugh.

Timothy’s frustration in executing the will

of Seán McHugh is expressed in George

Cornell’s letter, and also in an undated letter

to his youngest brother, Peter, in

Massachusetts (Appendix 4, p 15). Timothy

is clearly unhappy with his older brother,

Thomas (Eva’s father), whom he suggests

might close his mouth on Patrick and his

following the tradition of his family or

ancestors, and if he took the matter up with

Catherine Lyons they would be able to settle

it in half the time. The reference to

Catherine Lyons reflects the marriage of

Timothy to Mary Lyons of Kilbannon and

that (?) of his brother, Patrick McHugh, to

Mary’s sister, Bridget (Cloonkeely) Lyons.


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It appears that Timothy eventually washed

his hands of the affair and appointed

Thomas as the new executor as indicated in

point 6 of the Cornell letter (Appendix 5,

p16). After that the trail runs cold. I could

find no reference to the will of Seán

McHugh, or its administration, in Wills &

Admons 1934-1964 in the National

Archives, Dublin. I have made enquiries

with the McHugh solicitors in Tuam,

namely, Tony Canney, Solr, T A

O’Donoghue & Son, who has confirmed that

there are three registered McHugh

landholders in Belmont namely, Delia,

Pádhraic and Patrick Joseph McHugh.

Figure 10. Pictured (from l) Timothy

McHugh (Pasadena, California), Maureen

Fanelli-daughter of Mary McHugh Harrigan

and Barbara Ann McHugh (Maine).

The ancestral home of the McHughs in

Belmont was originally comprised of plots

33 and 33A as outlined on a Valuation

Office map (Appendix 6, p 17). According

to Valuation Office records (Appendix 7, p

18) occupation of the farm passed from

Eva’s great grandfather, Thaddeus; to his

son, Patrick; and, after eviction in the 1901-

1911 period, to Patrick Greany? Thereafter,

ownership of plot 33 was established by

Eva’s uncle, John (Seán) McHugh in the

1911-16 period. Plot 33A was sold in 1914

presumably to discharge family debts and is

now owned by Michael and Mary Ellen

Connolly, Belmont, Co Galway (Folio

51336F, Land Registry). It appears that the

family home (Figure 6, p 4) was situated on

plot 33A because, after 1911, there is a

building on plot 33A but none on plot 33

(Appendix 7, p18). Even though The land ....

(was) in the occupation of my father in 1924

(will of Seán McHugh), it is unlikely that

our immediate ancestors returned to live in

Belmont as there was no house in plot 33 to

live in. It may be that “an eldest son”

ultimately acquired ownership and later sold

it on.

The registered owner of plot 33 is now

Patrick (Pádhraic) McHugh (farmer),

Belmont, Cloghan’s Hill, Tuam, Co Galway

since 1999 (Appendix 8, p 19). Pádhraic

McHugh also claims that his late

grandmother, Delia McHugh, “acquired our

predecessors land” even though Appendix 7

(p 18) only shows her acquisition of the

adjoining plot 32. The tone of Pádhraic’s

statement suggests that a close blood

relationship between his family and our

McHugh ancestors may not exist.

Figure 11 Eva’s inscription on the back of a

Connacht Tribune photograph Archbishop

Joseph Walsh (used to be known as Canon

Joe) and Mrs Higgins - Aunt Mary

(McHugh ).

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Figure 12 Inscription on the back of a photo

in the photographic collection of Annie

McHugh (Eva’s sister): This is Peter

(McHugh) his wife (Margaret) and

daughter (Eileen) down in Florida (where)

he lives since he left the Harvard College 2

years ago – the family meets him on their

turn – the Mrs is a very nice woman – she

called on you (Annie) when she met? me

(Mrs Higgins?) here.

OBITUARY NOTICES FOR PATRICK

H McHUGH AND THOMAS HIGGINS

The obituary notice for Patrick H McHugh

(1907-1995; Appendix 9, p 20) was sourced

in a photographic album assembled by

Barbara Ann McHugh (Figure 10, p 6)

following her visit to Ireland in 1995. It is a

rich source of genealogical information

particularly as it pertains to our American

cousins. Patrick H McHugh was born in

1907 in New York, to Timothy and Mary

Lyons McHugh. As such, he was a first

cousin to Eva McHugh although they may

never have met (?). Patrick H McHugh

graduated from New York University’s

College of Engineering and earned a

master’s degree in school administration. He

became principal of Saunders Trades and

Technical High School, New York from

1939 to 1952. His obituary notice identified

his two brothers (Timothy, Thomas), three

sisters (Margaret, Mary Harrigan, Nora

Robertson), his wife (Dorothy Clare

Kunsemuller), his sons (Rev Jerome, Rev

John) and daughter (Martha T. Hubbard).

Another valuable source of genealogical

information is the obituary notice for

Thomas Higgins, husband of Eva’s aunt,

Mary McHugh (Figure 11), in the Tuam

Herald c 1955 (Appendices 11 and 12, pp

21 and 22). Irish mourners included his

wife, Mary McHugh, his brother-in-law,

Thomas McHugh; his nephew, Thomas F

McHugh; his niece, Eva McHugh; Mrs.

McHugh and family, Belmont; the

Courtney family, Urracly, Tuam; and

Sheila Forde, c/o Post Office, Tuam (could

she be a relation of Fr Des Forde?).

Clarification of the relationship of Eva

McHugh with Mrs. McHugh and family,

Belmont and the Courtneys of Urracly

should provide additional linkages in the

McHugh family tree.

American mourners for Thomas Higgins

included: Peter and Margaret McHugh,

Florida (Figure 12); Patk. and Marion

McHugh. New York; (Miss) Mary Nally

and family, New Jersey; and Miss M. E.

Lally, Brooklyn and (cousin Mary,

Brooklyn). The latter entries are likely to be

Mary Ellen Lally, the daughter of John Lally

(1859-1930), the inventor of the famous

Lally Column in America designed to repair

falling piazzas and settling buildings. John

Lally, who was born in Kilbannon, Tuam,

Co Galway, was a relation of Michael Lally

of Kilbannon who married Mary Courtney

(Mrs Lally) c 1870. Mrs Lally was a sister

of Eva’s grandmother, Bríd Courtney

(Figure 5, p 4) thus establishing the linkage

between the McHughs and the Lallys. A

historic 1910 photograph of the two old

ladies, Mrs Lally and Mrs McHugh behind

the donkey, Rose, was reproduced by the

Tuam Herald in 1987 (Figure 14, p 9).

Another link to our American cousins was

recently discovered in Eva’s archive (Figure

13) showing three generations of McHughs

assuming that “Yours Truly” is the mother

of Pádhraic Sr. whose car has a British

Columbia ? registration number BC 5311 or

5381? and a 1960s style?


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Figure 13. Inscriptions on the back of the

top and bottom photographs are respectively

Padraic McHugh Sr and Padraic Jr aged

13 months. New baby sister born April 6th

Ellen Theresa McHugh. Taken on our

driveway. This is the back of Padraic’s car

and Yours Truly”

CONCLUSION

The extended family of Eva McHugh Landy

has been traced through six generations

(from her great grandparents to grand nieces

and grand nephews) using memorial

inscriptions, wills and newspaper reports as

source genealogical material. At least one

case study in each of these areas is presented

based primarily on material in Eva’s family

history archive. It was also possible to

assemble five generations of descendants of

Eva’s great grandparents, Thaddeus (c 1800

-1893) and Nóra (c 1809-1889) McHugh,

Belmont, Tuam, Co Galway (Appendix 1,

pp 10-13). Some members of her extended

family were photographed in 1995

(Appendix 10, p 20) and her ancestral chart

is depicted in Appendix 13 (p 23). More

work needs to be done to complete this

study particularly in relation to Eva’s great

grandparents and her overseas cousins. The

author would greatly welcome comments,

corrections and additional information that

would enhance knowledge of the extended

family of Eva McHugh Landy.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The author wishes to gratefully

acknowledge: his family, Treasa, Dara, Nóra

and Méabh for their support and

encouragement; his late Aunt Eva McHugh

Landy for her enthusiasm and encyclopaedic

knowledge of family history; Jack Landy, 18

Maunsells Park, Galway for access to Eva’s

family history archive; his cousin, Ann

Marie Cleere, for access to McHugh family

documents and photographs; John and

Christobel McHugh for access to Sr

Catherine’s (Annie McHugh) photographic

collection; Tom and Mary (nee Walsh)

Fallon, Deerpark Lodge, Monard,

Turloughmore, Co Galway for access to

Fallon family documents; Tony Canney

Solr, T A O’Donoghue & Son, Solrs, Tuam,

Co Galway for expert assistance in seeking

to determine the fate of the McHugh

ancestral home at Belmont, Tuam, Co

Galway.

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Solr, Tuam, Ireland concerning John McHugh’s will.

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Landy, 18 Maunsells Park, Galway, c 1985.

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Fanelli Maureen, 2113 Planters Drive, Huddleston, Virginia c 2000, Descendants of Taig McHugh (including more than 100

names) Accessed e-mail copy from Anne Marie and Maria McHugh in Nov 2006.

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graveyard, Tuam, Co Galway and an Obituary Notice for Patrick H McHugh (1907-1995/87y, Yonkers, New York (all contained

in a photographic album mailed to Eva and Jack Landy with an accompanying letter, dated 12 December, 1995).

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Figure 14 A historic 1910 photograph showing Eva’s grandmother, Mrs McHugh (Bríd Courtney) and

Eva’s grandaunt, Mrs Lally (Mary Courtney), facing one another behind the donkey, Rose, with other

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Appendix 1: Descendants of Thady (c l800-93) and Nora (c 1819-89) McHugh, Belmont, Tuam.

Generation One

1. Thaddeus McHugh, b. c 1800 in Ballaghbaun, Belclare, Tuam, d. 4 November 1893/93y in Belmont, Liskeevy,

Tuam. He married Nóra I ???, b. c 1819, d. 6 January 1899/80y in Belmont?, Tuam.

Children:

2. i. Patrick McHugh I b. c 1846.

3. ii. John McHugh I b. c 1848.

4. iii. Nóra McHugh II b. c 1849.

iv. Peter McHugh, b. c 1851 in Belmont?, Tuam. He married ??? Hughes, married in Belmont?,

Tuam.

Generation Two

2. Patrick McHugh I, b. c 1846 in Belmont, Tuam, d. 12 November 1930 in Belmont?, Tuam. He married

Bridget Courtney, married 3 April 1875 in Kilconly RC Church, Tuam, b. c 1846 in Ballyroe (no Census entry

in Galway), (daughter of William Courtney and ???) d. 2 February 1939 in Belmont?

Children:

i. John McHugh, b. c 1876 in Belmont, Tuam, d. 21 Oct? 1934/59y in Mullagh, Tuam.

5. ii. Thomas McHugh b. 1 October 1877.

6. iii. Thaddeus Dominick McHugh, b. 29 June 1879.

7. iv. Mary McHugh b. c 1881

v. Patrick McHugh II, b. c 1883 in Belmont, Tuam, Co Galway, d. 16 November 1949 in New

York?. He married Bridget (Cloonkeely) Lyons? c 1913, d. 12 Nov 1931.

8 vi. Peter McHugh, b. c 1885 in Belmont, Tuam, Co Galway, d. after 1949 in 12 Holton St,

Allston 34, Massachusetts?. He married Margaret ?, d. in Florida?

3. John McHugh I, b. c 1848 in Belmont?, Tuam. He married ?

Children:

i. Patrick McHugh. He married Brigid Byrne, married in Australia?

ii. John McHugh II. He married ???.

iii. Timothy McHugh.

4. Nóra McHugh II, b. c 1849 in Belmont? Tuam. She married ?.

Children:

i. Patrick?, b. c 1887 in Belmont ?, Tuam, Co Galway, d. 30 December, 1893 in Belmont ?,

Tuam, Co Galway.

Generation Three

5. Thomas McHugh, b. 1 October 1877 in Belmont, Tuam, Galway, d. 9 May 1957/79y in Barrack St, Tuam. He

married Mary Fallon, married 7 January 1909 in RC Church, Athenry, b. 23 September 1883 in Monard,

Turloughmore, (daughter of John Fallon and Anne O'Brien) d. 2 August 1950/66y in Galway private hospital.

Children:

i. Agnes McHugh, b. c 1909 in Tuam, Co Galway, d. c 1909 in Tuam, Co Galway.

ii. John McHugh (Bro Eunan), b. 4 July 1911 in Tuam, Co Galway, d. 26 June 1995/84y in

Southport, Queensland, Australia.

iii. Anne McHugh (Sr Catherine), b. 25 July 1912 in Tuam, Co Galway, d. 6 July 2005 in

Presentation Convent, Tuam.

9. iv. Kathleen M McHugh b. 9 August 1914.

10. v. Una McHugh b. 1916.

11. vi. Thomas F McHugh b. 11 July 1919.

vii. Evelyn (Eva) Nóra McHugh, b. 5 August 1922 in Tuam, Co Galway, d. 9 October 2004 in

18 Maunsells Park, Galway. She married John (Jack) Landy, married 19 March 1977 in St

Joseph's? RC Church, Galway, b. 12 June 1916 in Windgap? Co Kilkenny.

Paul B McNulty

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Appendix 1 (contd): Descendants of Thady (c.l800-93) and Nora (c.1819-89) McHugh

6. Thaddeus (Timothy) Dominick McHugh b. 29 June 1879.in Belmont, Tuam, Ireland, d. 6 October 1959 in

Yonkers, New York. He married Mary Lyons, 19 February 1905 in New York, b. 11 August 1879 in

Cloonkeely, Tuam, Co Galway, daughter of Thomas Lyons and Margaret Varley, d. 23 April 1955, Yonkers,

NY.

Children:

i. Margaret McHugh, b. 12 April 1906 in New York, d. c Oct 1906 in Yonkers, NY.

12. ii. Patrick H McHugh b. 19 May 1907, d. 11 January 1995 Yonkers, NY.

13. iii. Mary Agnes McHugh b. 19 Dec 1909 in Yonkers, NY. d. 2 Feb 2001 Amityville, NY.

14. iv. Timothy Joseph McHugh b. 16 Jan 1913 Yonkers. d 12 Jan 1974 in Yonkers, NY.

v. Thomas Francis McHugh, b. 20 July 1914 in NY, d. after 2000 Long Lk, Copake, NY. He

married Kathleen Orce, 8 Nov 1941 in CT and Elizabeth Larkin, 31 July 1976.

vi. Nóra McHugh, b. 21 October 1917 in New York?, d. 8 December 2001 in New York.

She married ? Robertson, married c 1937 in Yonkers, New York.

7. Mary McHugh, b. c1881 in Belmont, Tuam, Co Galway, d. 3 June 1974/94y in Old Road, Tuam, Co Galway.

She married Thomas Higgins, d. c 1955 in Old Road, Tuam, Co Galway.

Children:

15. i. Brigid Higgins b. 26 July 1916/90y.

ii. Nóra Higgins, b. c 1917 in Tuam?, Co Galway, Ireland.

iii. Patrick Higgins, b. c 1919 in Old Road, Tuam? d. c 1921 in Old Road, Tuam?

8. Peter McHugh, b. c 1885 in Belmont, Tuam, Co Galway, d. after 1949 in 12 Holton St, Allston 34,

Massachusetts?. He married Margaret ?, d. in Florida?.

Children:

i. Eileen (nee Hardwicke) McHugh.

ii. Margaret (nee King) McHugh.

iii. Peter McHugh, Newton, Massachusetts.

iv. John McHugh.

Generation Four

9. Kathleen M McHugh, b. 9 August 1914 in Vicar St, Tuam, d. 24 July 2000/85y in Altadore Nursing, Dún

Laoghaire. She married T Bernard McNulty, married 3 September 1935 in University Church, Stephens Gn, b.

25 January 1897 in 15 Warrington Place, Dublin 2, (son of Thomas McNulty and Mary Boylan) d. 19 October

1960/63y in St Lukes Hospital, Dublin.

Children:

i. Patricia M McNulty, b. 23 September 1936 in Mountbellew ?, Co Galway.

15. ii. Paul Bernard McNulty b. in Tuam, Co Galway, 22 March 1940.

16. iii. Hugh McNulty b. in Carlow, Ireland, 1945.

10. Una McHugh, b. 1916 in Tuam, Co Galway. She married James (Jim) O'Flaherty, c 1943 in Charleville, Co

Cork?

Children:

i. Geraldine O'Flaherty, b. in Charleville, Co Cork?.

17. ii. Pauline O'Flaherty.

iii. Mary Rose O'Flaherty, b. in Dunlavin, Co Wicklow?.

iv. Toni O'Flaherty, b. in Dunlavin, Co Wicklow. She married (1) Glen Ryder, married c 1982

in Galway City? b. in Galway City? d. c 1985 in Lough Corrib, Co Galway. She married (2)

David Simpson, married 2004 in Church of Ireland, Monkstown, Co Dublin, b. in 36 Mt

Merrion Ave? Dublin.


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11. Thomas F McHugh, b. 11 July 1919 in Tuam, Co Galway, d. 12 June 2001 in 18 Maunsells Road, Galway.

He married Juliett Bolger, married c 1955, b. c 1928 in Glasnevin? Dublin.

Children:

18. i. Anne Marie McHugh.

ii. Ruth McHugh, b. in 18 Maunsells Road? Galway.

19. iii. Thomas McHugh .

20. iv. John McHugh.

21. v. Kieran McHugh.

12. Brigid Higgins, b. 26 July 1916/90y in Old Road, Tuam, Co Galway, Ireland. She married Patrick (Paddy)

Lynch, married 15 April 1948 in Christ the King Church, Galway, Ireland, b. 11 March 1911/95y in Bodane,

Tuam, Co Galway.

Children:

i. Gerarda Lynch, b. in Tuam? Co Galway, Ireland.

ii. Majella Lynch, b. in Tuam? Co Galway, Ireland.

iii. Gerard Lynch, b. in Tuam? Co Galway, Ireland.

iv. Kevin Lynch, b. Tuam? Co Galway, Ireland.

v. Patrick Lynch, b. in Old Road? Tuam, Co Galway.

vi. Francis Lynch, b. Old Road? Tuam, Co Galway.

vii. Benin Lynch, b. in Old Road? Tuam, Co Galway.

13. Patrick H McHugh, b. 19 May 1907 in New York, d. 11 January 1995/87y in St Patrick's Home, Bronx, New

York. He married Dorothy Clare Kunsemuller, married 3 July 1933 in St Joseph's RC Church, Yonkers, NY,

d. 11 January 1989 in Yonkers, NY.

Children:

i. Patrick H (Rev Jerome) McHugh, b. 1934 in Yonkers, NY.

ii. Martha T McHugh, b. 1940 in Yonkers, New York. She married Johnny Ray Hubbard,

married 1962 in Yonkers, New York.

iii. (Rev) John Paul McHugh, b. 1943 in Yonkers? New York.

14. Mary Agnes McHugh, b. 19 Dec 1909 in Yonkers, New York, d. 2 Feb 2001 in Birchwood Nursing,

Huntington Station. She married Thomas Leo Harrigan, married 29 August 1936 in Yonkers, NY, son of James

Harrigan and Nora Brosnan.

Children:

i. Maureen H Harrigan, b. 1940 in Yonkers, New York 11701? She married Robert Salvatore

Fanelli, 1969 in Yonkers, New York.

ii. Thomas Dennis Harrigan, b. 1947, Yonkers, New York 11701. He married Marie Prevete,

1979 in Brooklyn, NY.

15. Timothy Joseph McHugh, b. 16 Jan 1913 in New York, d. 12 Jan 1974 in Yonkers, New York. He married

Barbara Dunn 5 July 1956 in Winthrop, Maine, b. in New York? Children:

23. i. Timothy Eugene McHugh b. Scarsdale, NY

ii. Barbara Ann McHugh, b. in New York?

Generation Five

16. Paul Bernard McNulty, b. 22 March 1940 in Mall House, Tuam, Co Galway. He married N Treasa Ní

Chonaola, 1974 in University Church, Stephens Gn, b. in Leitir Mealláin, Co na Gaillimhe, (daughter of

Pateen Phatch Conneely and Nan Bheag (Anne) McDonagh).

Children:

i. Dara McNulty, b. in Rotunda Hospital, Dublin 1.

ii. Nóra Nic Con Ultaigh, b. in Mount Carmel Hospital, Churchtown, 14.

iii. Méabh McNulty, b. in Mt Carmel Hospital, Churchtown, Dublin 14.

Paul B McNulty

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17. Hugh McNulty, b. in Carlow, Co Carlow, Ireland. He married Emer Gillen, married 1980 in St John the

Baptist, Blackrock, Co Dublin, b. in 66 Carysfort Ave ? Blackrock, Co Dublin.

Children:

i. Jennifer McNulty, b. in Holles Street Hospital, Dublin 2.

ii. Ailbhe McNulty, b. in Holles Street Hospital, Dublin 2.

18. Pauline O'Flaherty, b. in Charleville, Co Cork?. She married David Poole, married c 1973.

Children:

i. William Poole, b. in England.

ii. Alex Poole, b. in England.

iii. Gareth Poole, b. in England.

iv. Simon Poole, b. in England.

19. Anne Marie McHugh, b. in 18 Maunsells Road?, Galway. She married William Cleere, married c 1978 in

Galway City?, b. in Callan, Co Kilkenny.

Children:

i. Valeria Cleere, b. in Gort Ard, Clarenbridge? Co Galway. She married Michael (Mikey)

Aherne, married 2005 in Cyprus?

ii. Maria Cleere, b. in Gort Ard, Clarenbridge?, Co Galway.

20. Thomas McHugh, b. in 18 Maunsells Road?, Galway. He married Geraldine Cleary, married 1992 in

Ballinahinch RC Church, Clifden, Galway, b. in Athenry? Co Galway.

Children:

i. Ruairi McHugh, b. in Poll na gCloch?, Moycullen, Galway.

ii. Evin McHugh, b. in Poll na gCloch?, Moycullen, Galway.

iii. Holly McHugh, b. in Poll na gCloch?, Moycullen, Galway.

21. John McHugh, b. in 18 Maunsells Road, Galway. He married Christabel Gloster, married c 1987 in Galway

City?.

Children:

i. Rachel McHugh, b. in Galway City?.

ii. Lauren McHugh, b. in Galway City?.

22. Kieran McHugh, b. in 18 Maunsells Road?, Galway. He married Mary Farrell, married 1999 in Church of

Our Lady of Lourdes, Kilrickle, b. in Kilrickle, Co Galway, (daughter of Martin Farrell and Mary? (Mai)

Griffin).

Children:

i. Alison May McHugh, b. in 18 Beech Court, Galway City.

ii. Eva Juliett McHugh, b. in 18 Beech Court, Galway City.

iii. Conor McHugh, b. in 18 Beech Court, Galway City.

iv. Robert McHugh, b. in 18 Beech Court, Galway City.

23. Timothy Eugene McHugh, b. in Scarsdale, New York. He married Leilani, married in Los Angeles,

California.

Children:

i. Caitlin McHugh, b. in California.

ii. Timothy McHugh, b. in California.


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APPENDIX 2: EVICTIONS

It is believed that the McHughs of Belmont were evicted on a number of occasions according to stories relayed by Eva McHugh

(and others?) to her niece, Anne Marie Cleere. As such, the following references to evictions in Eva’s archive are of particular

interest:

1. When Pat (McHugh, our great grandfather) settled in Belmont he was evicted and went to Cloonkeely (parish of Kilbennan),

Tuam, Co Galway.

2. I think that the people from Belmont came to live with an old man named Lyons in Cloonkeely some time in the early period of

this century (i.e. 20th century) – my sister, the nun (Annie, Sr Catherine), has a vague recollection of this.

Patrick (50y) and Bridget (55y) McHugh are listed as living in Belmont in the 1901 Census together with their sons, Patrick

(14y) and Peter (9y) living in a second class house. The family is not listed in the 1911 Census in Belmont suggesting that the

family were evicted between 1901 and 1911. After eviction from Belmont, Patrick and Bridget McHugh moved into a house in

the townland of Mullagh (near Cloonkeely)(1911 Census) whose land was owned by their eldest son, John (Seán) McHugh.

Their fourth son, Patrick II (26y), also moved in while Mary Lyons, now an old age pensioner, continued to live in the house as

a boarder. The connection between the McHughs of Belmont and the Lyons of Mullagh is emphasized by the marriage of their

son, Timothy (Eva’s uncle Thady) to “a girl named (Mary) Lyons” whom he met in America after emigration “as a very young

man”.

3. According to Eva, Pat McHugh’s wife, Brid (nee Courtney McHugh) and Sr.(sister) Mrs? Lally - remember family - father

died aged 49 - family evicted - 2 girls went to one relation and 2 boys to another relation and Brid’s sister married Lally. It

appears that Bríd was referring to her father, William Courtney, who died of pneumonia contracted during his attendance at a

local fair. The family were no longer able to pay the rent and lost their tenancy in Bunagarraun, parish of Kilbennan, Tuam in

1863 as John W Cannon consolidated his holdings in that townland.

More research is required before the extent and timing of these evictions can be established which may help to further enhance

our genealogical knowledge of the McHughs of Belmont and their relatives.

APPENDIX 3: TRANSLATION OF THE WILL OF JOHN McHUGH WHICH WAS

WRITTEN IN IRISH BY THE TESTATOR, IN HIS OWN HANDWRITING.

I am, John McHugh, Mullagh, Tuam County Galway, Ireland. I make, declare and publish this to be my last Will. AND it

renounces every other one heretofore made.

1. It is my wish that my just debts and burial expenses be paid as soon as possible after my death.

2. The land which I have now in the occupation of my father and everything belonging to me thereon. This land is situate at

Gurranbeg, Belmont, Parish of Addergoole Barony of Dunmore, Electoral Division of Foxhall, County of Galway Ireland.

I leave and give to the eldest son, after my death, of Thomas and if Thomas has no son then I give to the eldest son of

Timothy and if he does not wish to take it I give to the son of Patrick, if he has any living and if not, I give to the son of Peter.

As long as they live.

After their deaths, no matter who lives, I would like that the land goes to the eldest son, and that the next-of-kin of any of them

do not get it so that it descends to them as their names are above, so that the owner of same would always have the sire name of

McHugh. I have been advised that it is not possible for me to bequeath further than the sons of a son. And it is my dear wish and

prayer that the McHugh who possesses it would leave a McHugh family after them, and that he will not leave it to any other

person.

Whatever money or assets I have it is my wish that my sister would get her share similar to the others. My father and my

mother if they are living I would wish to receive as much as any other person. If any of them dies, I would like that his share

goes to his family. It is my wish that my brother Timothy be Executor of this my Will and that he need not give a Bond.

I write my name on the first day of November A.D. 1924.

JOHN McHUGH.

Patrick Forkan Philip Waldron

Aghamore, Ballyhaunis. Drumbane, Ballyhaunis.

Paul B McNulty

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APPENDIX 4: TRANSCRIPTION (with minor editing) OF A LETTER12

FROM TIMOTHY

McHUGH TO HIS BROTHER, PETER McHUGH IN MASSACHUSETTS CONCERNING THE

WILL OF THEIR LATE BROTHER, JOHN (SEÁN) McHUGH

12? Florida? Ave

Bronxville13

, New York

Dear Brother14

Just a few words in reference to your letter and the junk as I see they are worthless15

- there is no

guarantee in any part that the Bank would make good their loss to us – the only thing is, he would be

trespassing on the law but that end is protected by the cross? puzzle I presume - well it would be better for

him if he went into the Bank of Ireland and got a cheque but Patrick is just telling me now he couldn’t do

that - but however there is £86.6.2 in Patrick’s possession and taking £14.0.0 and some odd shillings (his

claim to me for expenses) out of that for funeral expenses (this is here in Patrick’s handwriting to me).

There is also a bill for liquor but that is not allowed in the settling of an estate and for me to do so I would

be violating the principle of an Executor - if I had only myself to consider I know what I would do - I

have six to think of, not one, to do justice to all is a hard task I am trying my level best to do that - it

looks to me that they threw my letters in the waste basket and never looked them over when they are

answering them - there is not one remark passed of the violin which I insist must be returned to the Estate

(the Estate; Real Part, is not to pay any of the Expenses - I presume that is the way you would consider

expenses although it is twice as great as the Personal Part.) Michael Acton16

put a price on Belmont, it is

here in John’s handwriting - it was refused by John, I accept that as its worth, and there must be guarantee

for the next heir that his rights are protected if he ever has a desire to claim it - that is his business and not

mine - I am here to carry out my duty and not to give instructions to others and as long as they are over 21

years of age, it is too bad that Thomas couldn’t see the letters that are in my possession - he then might

close his mouth on Patrick and his following the tradition of his family or ancestors, I have too much on

record in my possession to comment any more on such nonsensical? expressions - I tried every way to

have them go straight but they became blind to my views and what is the result - they know it now too

late for me - I will not try to cash that before there is a clearer understanding and if he took the matter up

with Catherine Lyons17

they would be able to settle it in half the time that it is taking us to do it - no

person18

can write as clear a view as he can express them and evading the issue does? not clear the

situation but confuses all who are interested - and referring to the Lawyers Fee in a question of law he

would be beaten - for he is only allowed £27? the most or 5% - he can pluck Eire but not the Yankee

whore Estate – it was Pat who was in for 2 minutes and was off like a flash on business - he just

corrected me , all well hoping ye are all the same - Tim19

just arrived from Washington on a tour out for

joy ride

Best wishes to all

Tim

12

Uncertainties in the text are flagged by a question mark, ? 13

Florida Ave is in Yonkers but is served by the Post Office in Bronxville according to Fr Jerome McHugh. 14

I presume that this letter from Tim (Uncle Thady, c1936) is addressed to Peter, the youngest of the five McHugh

brothers, as John, Thomas (Eva’s father) and Patrick are all mentioned in the text. 15

I have inserted dashes (-) where I felt there should be a sentence break 16

Thomas Acton was a tenant farmer in Belmont during Griffith’s Valuation in the 1850s. Michael Acton may be a

descendant of Thomas Acton as well as being an auctioneer? 17

The letter writer, Tim McHugh, married Mary Lyons, Cloonkeely, parish of Kilbannon, Tuam (c 1906) who may

have been a relation of Catherine Lyons. 18

Is Tim referring to his brother, Thomas? 19

Thaddeus (Tim) Dominick McHugh is probably referring to his son, Timothy Joseph.


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APPENDIX 5: LETTER FROM G W CORNELL TO T A O’DONOGHUE SOLR

CONCERNING THE WILL OF JOHN (SEÁN) McHUGH

GEORGE W. CORNELL

Counsellor at Law 225, Broadway, NEW YORK.

March 22, 1937

Thomas A. O' Donoghue, Esq., Tuam, County Galway. Irish Free State.

Re. John McHugh - 386

Dear Sir:

I have had a conference with Mr Timothy McHugh in reference to the matters set forth in yours of February

18th. I understand that there are six shares under the will altogether including the mother of the deceased and that

two of these shares are in the United States of America and four in Ireland. I understand that John McHugh

returned to Ireland about seven years ago after having had some difficulties with a shoe store that he operated in this

city. Timothy claims to have loaned John $l,500 some nine years ago and to have received $500 on account which

was paid about eight years ago.

With some difficulty I obtained from him a statement of the points to which he took exception in the handling

of the estate in Ireland, as follows:-

1. He claims that his brother had a violin worth $50 which was given to someone and was not accounted for in

the assets of the estate.

2. He also had a valuable typewriter which was given away and not accounted for.

3. John had £100 in cash which he had set aside for a headstone and Timothy wishes to know what disposition

has been made of this.

4. He claims that there was some real estate and that the preference in taking same was given to a son of

Thomas but that this young man has joined the Christian Brotherhood and therefore the preference in taking the

farm passes to Timothy's son Patrick who is about 28 years old.

5. He claims there was stock on the farm which has been sold and the proceeds have not been accounted for.

6. He wishes a statement of account to show the assets received and the expenses and claims to date. He objects

to your costs on the ground that he appointed Thomas with the understand that Thomas would retain another

solicitor. I pointed out that having nominated Thomas as executor, Thomas thereafter had a perfect right to retain

such solicitor as he might prefer and that he was not bound to follow the wishes of any other members of the family.

7. He states that the will was written in Gaelic and objects to the costs of translation thereof. I pointed out that

the translation that he had procured was probably not in legal form satisfactory to the Registrar in Ireland.

He kept insisting that the parties in Ireland knew about all the things that he objected to but that nothing had

been done. He was quite sure that the decedent had additional assets which were not accounted for. I pointed out to

him that if it was necessary for him to lend his brother $1,500 in 1927 and that John's business thereafter failed or

was sold it could not have been a very valuable business.

It may be that if you were to give me some further information which might have the effect of satisfying some

of his objections or at least answering them I might prevail upon him to co-operate and turn over the certificates and

deposit receipt so that the administration of the estate might proceed. Otherwise the question of taking out ancillary

letters would have to be considered. Since Timothy was originally named as the executor in the will it is quite

possible that the Court here would insist that Timothy only could be appointed as ancillary executor, I might present

to the Court the facts showing his attitude but it might require depositions in Ireland to be taken to prove all of these

facts. I am just a little hopeful that if I can have some facts to answer the points that he has raised I may be able to

persuade him that he is wasting his time over matters that are too insignificant and we may be able to work out some

compromise.

Yours very truly

GEORGE W. Cornell

Paul B McNulty

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APPENDIX 6: MAP SHOWING THE ANCESTRAL HOME OF THE McHUGHs IN BELMONT, TUAM,

Co GALWAY (PLOT 33 IS LOCATED TOWARDS THE LEFT MIDDLE OF THE MAP)


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Appendix 7: McHughs as Occupiers and/or Lessors in the Townlands of Belmont (1856-

2002) and Ballaghbaun (1856-2000) as revealed by Valuation Records <www.valoff.ie> in

the Registry District of Tuam, Co Galway, Ireland.

McHughs in the Townland of Belmont, Parish of Liskeevy, Barony of Dunmore: Books 17 (1856-1933) and 18 (1930-1975,

1975-2002) in the Foxhall Electoral Division comprising c 88 Holdings totalling 1897 Acres with a rateable Valuation of £881 in

1974 and Recorded on Ordnance Survey Maps 15 and 16

Map Ref Occupier Lessor Tenement Area/ARP20 Land

(£21)

Building/£ Observation

11,11A

p31/18

Bridget Day22

MlMcHugh

PeterVarrilly

Ml Varrilly

In fee LAP23 Land only 4.2.4 0.30.0 ---------- 1937 1938

1958

32.60B

191030390

Mrs Delia24

McHugh

LAP Land only 10.1.20 4.25 ----------

1975.AF.1537

33 + 33A

33 + 33A

33

33 p20/17

33 p36/18

33/p?/18

191030400

Thady25 Patk

+Pk Greany

JohnMcHugh

JohnMcHugh

JohnMcHugh

Reps John

McHugh

JasDMeldon

JasDMeldon

Reps Thady

Reps Thady

JohnMcHugh

In fee LAP

L B26

L B

Land only

25.2.10

26.1.27

17.1.20

7.15

7.15

5.3.0

5.15

0.5.0

0.5.0

------

1895

BS 1901/04

1911/16

1928

1936

1920?/26?

5.A.

33A MaryBoyle

MarkConnolly

In fee L B 8.3.26 2.12.0 0.5.0 1914

1920

38ABCD

38a38A

38BCD 61

191030470

PeterMcHugh

PeterMcHugh

Ml McHugh

PJ McHugh

?

In fee LAP

L B 27.0.31

27.0.31

27.0.31

21.3.8

10.15.0

10.15.0

10.75

9.20

0.15.0

0.15.0

0.75

7.50

1914

1928

1940

1976/77

McHughs in the Townland of Ballaghbaun, Parish of Belclare, Barony of Clare: Books 11 (1856-1940) and ? 1940-2000 in the

Electoral Division of Claretuam comprising c 12 Holdings totalling 270 Acres with a rateable Valuation of £72.10 in 1931 and

Recorded on Ordnance Survey Map 43

Map Ref Occupier Lessor Tenement Area/ARP Land (£) Building/£ Observation

3

201020030

PeterMcHugh

Patk, John,

Patk, Annie

Mrs Annie

WaltANolan

LAP

L B

L O B

26.0.18 6.10.0

6.50

0.10.0

4.50

1923,

1929, 1930,

1935, 1940

1941?1953?

4ABa Patk McHugh LAP L B 17.0.23 5.6.0 0.10.0 1927

4b Pat,John McH

+ others

Kathleen L

Nolan

Land only 5.7.0 ---------- 1922

6.4C

JohnMcHugh

&PatkSteede

OHarnanPP

Fr Joyce

LAP Land only 6.2.2 2.0.0 --------- 1926/27

1935/36

8AB

201020080

BartleyWalsh

PatkMcHugh

John, Patk

Annie

LAP Land only 26.0.20 5.6.0

8.5.0

--------- 1927,27

1929, 1930

1940

20

ARP = Acres/Roods/Perches (1 hectare = 2.47 acres = 10.000m2)(1 acre=4 roods; 1 rood=40 perches)

21 Rateable valuation (£) of land

22 Any struck-out name denotes a former occupier or lessor of the designated property

23 In fee and/or LAP (Land Act Purchase) means that the property has been purchased

24 The current registered owner of Plot 33, Padraic McHugh, has indicated that his grandmother, Delia McHugh,

purchased the ancestral home of my McHugh predecessors in Belmont (Canney T, 2006). 25

Eva McHugh’s great grandfather, Thaddeus McHugh, was born in Ballaghbaun (Figure 4, Table 1, p3). 26

L B = Land Building; O = Offices or other Outbuildings

www.valoff.ie

Paul B McNulty

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Appendix 9: Patrick H. McHugh: retired principal

(Yonkers Newspaper Obituaries RDM Thursday, January 12, 1995 p9A).

Patrick H. McHugh of Yonkers, a retired principal of Saunders Trades and Technical High

School, died yesterday at St Patrick’s Home in the Bronx. He was 87. Mr. McHugh, a math

teacher, was principal of Saunders from 1939 to 1952. He then served as principal at School 4

in Yonkers. He finished his career with the Yonkers school district as principal of School 13. He

retired in 1971.

Mr. McHugh was born May 19, 1907, in New York, to Timothy and Mary Lyons McHugh. He

graduated from New York University’s College of Engineering and earned a master’s degree in

school administration. He was a member of the Yonkers Retired Teachers Association and the

Westchester County Right to Life Committee. He was a parishioner of Monastery Church of the

Sacred Heart in Yonkers and a member of the Secular Franciscan Order and the Nocturnal

Adoration Society.

On July 3, 1933, Mr. McHugh and Dorothy Clare Kunsemuller were married in St. Joseph’s

Church in Yonkers. He is survived by two sons, the Rev. Jerome McHugh of White Plains and

the Rev. John McHugh of Hanover, N.H.; a daughter, Martha T. Hubbard of Lenexa, Kan.;

two sisters, Mary Harrigan of Amity Harbor, N.Y., and Nora Robertson of Yonkers; a brother,

Thomas McHugh of Ancramdale, N.Y.; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. His

wife died in 1989. Another brother, Timothy McHugh, and another sister, Margaret McHugh,

also died earlier.

Whalen & Ball Funeral Home Inc. in Yonkers is in charge of arrangements. Memorial donations

are being made to the Province of St. Mary for the Patrick and Dorothy McHugh Memorial

Scholarship Burse, 210 W. 31 St., New York, N.Y. 10001.

Appendix 10: Eva McHugh Landy (front left, leaning forward) with some of her extended family at the

50th anniversary of the consecration of her sister, Annie McHugh (middle), as a nun (Sr Catherine). The

photograph was taken on the Maynooth campus of the National University of Ireland in 1985.

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APPENDIX 11: THE LATE MR. THOMAS HIGGINS, OLD ROAD, TUAM.

The death of Mr. Thomas Higgins, Old Road, Tuam, which occurred on Thursday, 14th inst., after a brief

illness, occasioned widespread regret in the town. An old resident, he was a very popular personality, and

took a prominent part in the town's musical and cultural activities for over forty years. He was the oldest

member of the Cathedral Choir and one of the founders of the Marian Choir, and was also active in the

old Choral Society and one of the men responsible for the revival of the Brass Band. To these societies,

he gave most of his free time, but there was no local project that had not his support. He had a great pride

in his home town, and he considered it a privilege, not an honour, to give his help to any worthy object.

Tom Higgins, as he was known to young and old, was a gentle soul — a man of patience end good

humour who had the gift for friendship. He well deserved the warm regard in which he was held, and the

community is the poorer for his passing. A grand tribute was paid by his colleagues in the Cathedral and

Marian Choirs when the remains were removed to the Cathedral on Thursday evening, and again at the

Solemn Requiem Mass on Friday morning, when they sang the last requiem for a man who had given

great service. Rev. Father Scahill presided at the organ. The Mass was celebrated by Rev. E. McEllin,

C.C., assisted by Rev. J. D. Fitzsimon, C.C. (deacon), and Rev. P. Williams, St. Jarlath's College (sub-

deacon). Also present were: Very Rev. Dr. C. Heaney, President, St. Jarlath's College; Rev. Dr. M.

Mooney, Rev. P. V. O'Brien, Rev. C. Langan and Rev. B. Kavanagh, do.

The funeral, which took place afterwards to the New Cemetery, was of very large dimensions.

Members of the Choir formed a guard of honour and Tuam Brass Band (under Mr. D.Kelly) played the

funeral march in "Saul." Among those present with the Choir were Miss Ciss Walsh,

Hibernia Buildings, and Mr. John J. Waldron. At the graveside the " Benedictus " was sung in four

parts by the Choir. Priests present at the interment were Rev. C. Scahill, Rev. M. Mooney, D.D., Rev. P.

V. O'Brien; Rev. R. Prendergast, C.C., Kilbannon; Very Rev. P. Kelly, Adm., and Rev. J. D. Fitzsimon,

C.C., Tuam.

Chief mourners: Mrs. Mary Higgins (wife): Mrs P. Lvnch and Miss Nora Higgins (daughters); Jack

Higgins (brother); Mrs. B. O'Donohue (aunt); John Higgins (uncle): Patrick Lynch (son-in-law);

Gerarda, Majella, Gerard and Kevin (grandchildren); Mary Higgins (niece); Paddy Higgins (nephew);

Mrs. J. Higgins (sister-in law); Thomas McHugh. (brother-in law); Michael and Edward Higgins, P. and

Michael O'Donoghue; Surgeon T. McHugh, Galway: Mrs. Casserly, Mrs. Daly, etc.

Source: Tuam Herald Oct 1955?

The following is an additional list of Mass cards and messages of sympathy received:—

Mass cards: His Grace the Archbishop of Tuam; Rev. Fr. Scahill and the Cathedral Choir; Rev. Fr. C.

Langan. St. Jarlath's College; Men's Branch of the Sacred Heart Sodality: Paddy Higgins, New York;

Miss M. Nally, New Jersey; Miss M. E. Lally, Brooklyn; Mrs. Commane, New Inn, Ennis; Miss Bridie

Maher. Kilfane; the Reaney family, Cloonaglasha; McLoughlin family, Ballinasloe; Genevieve D. Zitter,

Buffalo.

Letters of Sympathy: Mary Nally and family, New Jersey; Mrs. L. Commane. New Hall, Tiermaclane;

Mrs. Cruise and family, Rubery; Mrs. Ripepi, Pittsburgh, U.S.A.

Spiritual Bouquet: The Boarder's Choir, Presentation Convent, Tuam.

Source: Tuam Herald, 14 Oct 1955?


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APPENDIX 12: The late Mr. Thomas Higgins, Old Road, Tuam

(Tuam Herald, Thursday 14 Oct 1955?)

Mass cards: His loving wife, Mary; Brigid and Paddy; Nora: Gerarda, Majella, Gerald and Kevin; Higgins family,

Galway Road, Tuam; Aunt B. and family, Galway; The Marian Choir; Misses Walsh, Hibernia Buildings, Tuam;

The Legion of Mary, do.; St. Vincent de Paul Society, Tuam; Rev. Mother and Community, Convent of Mercy,

Tuam; Sister M. Fursa, Presentation Convent, do.; Committee members of Tuam Brass Band; Tom Lynch. Bodane

Mills; Eva McHugh, Castlebar: P. and E. Biggins, Old Rd., Tuam; Rita Gilmartin, do.; Peter and Mary Kelly, do.;

Ed. and Mrs. Kelly, do.; John and Sara McEIroy, do.; the Cullen family, do.; Corbett family, do; James and K.

Kennedy, do.; Rooney family, do.; Creavan family, do.; John, Ciss and Madge Rooney, do.; Patrick and Annie

Collins, do.; Patrick and Ciss Maloney, do.; Mattie and Nora Cooney, do.; Forry family, do.; Thos. and Mrs.

Kennedy, do.; Jim and Kathleen Lowery, do.; Egan family, do.; Tim and Kitty Walshe, Kilconly, Jimmy and

Kathleen McDonnell, The Square, Tuam; Mairead Leo and family, do.; Mrs. Corcoran and Mrs. Lennon, Tuam;

Robert and Nellie Holmes, do; Tom and Gertie O'Beirne, Claremorris; Grealish family, Church View; Toher family,

Galway Rd.; Tom and Patsy Murphy. High St.; Eddie and Fanny Cooley; M. and D. Daly: and family, Woodquay;

Casserly family, Lissavalley; Anthony Burke. Dublin; Evelyn Banks, do.; Jim and Eileen Gannon. Sligo; Glynn

family. Kilconly; Courtney family, Urracly; Burke family, do.; Margaret Flanagan, Cloghans Hill; Fleming family,

Cloonfush; Mrs. McHugh and family, Belmount: O'Grady family, Claretuam: Mrs. F. Murtagh. Sylane N.S.; Miss

Nellie Feeney, Central Stores; Julia and Tom Mullaney, Dublin Road; Mrs. A. Heskin and family, Tuam; John Joyce

and Mrs. Butler, Tuam; McKenna family, High St; Mangan family, Bishop St.; Dwyer family, do.; Mrs. James

Kelly and family, do.; John and Eva Connern, St. Enda's Avenue; Mr. P. O'Reilly and family, Gardenfield; Teresa

and Joe Fahy, Tubberjarlath; Nurse Connolly, Foster Place; Whitstead family, Cloonaglasha; George I Leddy,

Cavan; Anon., per Salesian Missionary College, Pallaskenry; Joe Coyne and family, Dun Laoghaire; Helen Quinn,

Mass U.S.A.; Ruth J. Lally, Harold. New York; Mr. and Mrs. P. McHugh. Florida; Mr. and Mrs. Quinn, U.S.A.;

Kathleen Burke, Manchester; Mr. and Mrs. McHugh, New York; Denis and Rita Clarke, Tuam: Rev. Fr Godwin,

Ballyhaunis; Rev. K. Walsh, Urmston, England; Rev. M. F. Hennelly, P.P., Parke, Castlebar

Spiritual Bouquet: Community of the Presentation Convent. Tuam and Girls Choir; L. T. Langley, Clontarf;

Thomas Shannon, Maynooth; Sister M. Dominic, Dublin; Eva McHugh Castlebar Rev. Ml.Godwin, Ballyhaunis;

Michael Shannon, Dalgan Park, Navan.

Letters of Sympathy: Very Rev. M. F. Hennelly, P.P., Parke, Castlebar; Rev. K. Walsh, Urmston, England; Rev.

M. Godwin, Ballyhaunis; Michael Shannon, Dalgan Park, Navan; Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Tuam; Sister M.

Fursa, Presentation Convent, Tuam; Sister M. Francis, do.; Mrs. B. O'Donoghue and family, Galway; Liam Langley,

Clontarf; Misses Walsh, Hibernia Buildings, Tuam; Stanley and Josie Blewett, Abingdon, Eng.; Kathleen Burke,

Manchester; Mrs. Henchy and Sammy, Terenure; T. G. Locke, Ballina; Claremorris Bacon Co., Ltd.; K. A. Lennon

and Mrs. Corcoran, " Maria Assumpta," Tuam; J. J. Egan, Artane; Thomas W. Begge and Co., Ltd.. Dublin; Sister

M. Dominic, do.; M. J. Kelly, Shop St., Tuam; Sheila Forde, c/o Post Office, Tuam; Thomas Stubbs, Ballsbridge;

Coyle's Ltd., Dublin; George Leddy, Cavan; Mrs. J. Flanagan, Garrymore; Bridget McGrath, Demesne Cottages,

Tuam; Eva McHugh, Castlebar: Mrs. R. McCart, Carnlough; T. Shannon, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth; Mr. J.

Carty, Dublin; Peter and Margaret McHugh, Florida; Rev Bro J B Corbett, India: Tuam Stadium Development

Association; Thos. and Bella McGough, Lincoln; Mrs. Jim Hynes, Kilcloghans, Tuam: Patk. and Marion McHugh.

New York: Paddy McEIroy, Birmingham; Evelyn Banks, Dublin

Telegrams: Monsignor T. Scahill, California; Father P. Prendergast. Kylemore; Aunt B. and family, Galway; Tom

and Gertie O'Beirne, Claremorris; Tom Molloy, do.; M. Mullahey and family. Manchester; O'Donuell family, do.;

Mrs. Garvey. Dublin: Paddy and Annie Lynch, do.; Paschal Spelman, do.; Vincent Kennedy and family, do.; Miko

Lavelle, Milltown; Messrs. Egan and Son, Ltd., Tuam; Eamon Waldron, Ballybunion; Tommy Kelly, Ballinrobe;

Jimmy McDonnell, Lahinch: Teresa Smith, Tulla; Jim and Mai Hernon, Castlebar; Joe Canavan, Galway; Martin

Fahy, Galway; McLoughlin family, Ballinasloe ; cousin Mary, Brooklyn; Shaughnessy family, St. Enda's Ave,

Tuam; Eileen Harrington, Kilkenny; P. O'Rourke, Belcarra; Margaret Hilary, Milltown-Malbay; Jack and Maura

Geraghty. Athenry; Mary Duffy, do.

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