Welcome ~ The following is my ancestry as I have been able to uncover it so far (the flowers before the names indicate my direct descent from that person):
My ancestral cottage at Croagh (which is the name of a steep mountain near Pettigo) lies at the top of that mountain and is nestled between two beautiful loughs (lakes). I'm going to be uploading pictures of it soon. The cottage walls are still partly standing, about 5 feet high, but the thatched roof is gone. There are also some out buildings on the property. It is a magnificent location. When looking through the records, below, please note that the spelling of the name changes often between "Monaghan" and "Monahan" as the names were often recorded phonetically. Here is my family tree:
Patrick Monahan (My 5th Great-Grandfather) born c. 1725 - Inver, Banagh, Donegal (Wife Unknown)
Children:
William Monahan born c. 1764 at Croagh, Tirhugh, Donegal
William Monahan (My 4th Great-Grandfather) born c. 1764 - Croagh, Tirhugh, Donegal married Catherine McLoone c. 1790 at Carntressy, Tirhugh, Donegal
Catherine McLoone (My 4th Great-Grandmother) born c. 1770 - Carntressy, Tirhugh, Donegal
Catherine’s Father: Cormac McLoone 1732 - Carntressy, Tirhugh, Donegal
Catherine’s Mother: Bridget McDevitt 1738 - Inver, Gargrim, Banagh, Donegal
Children (all born at Croagh near Pettigo, Donegal):
Anne Monahan 1792
William Monaghan 1795
Cormac Monahan 1796
Charles Monahan 1798
Catherine Monahan 1800
John Monahan 1802
Bridget Monaghan 1806
Jannel Monahan 1810
Patrick Monaghan 1793 Married Jane O’Lawn (O’Liathain in Irish; sometimes Lahane)
Jane’s Father: James O’Lawn
Children of Patrick and Jane Monaghan:
Patrick Monaghan Jr. born c. 1842 in Belalt (North), Templecarn, Tirhugh, Donegal
William Monaghan born c. 1828 in Templecarn, Carn, Tirhugh, Donegal
Jane Monaghan born c. 1834 in Balalt (North, Templecarn, Tirhugh, Donegal
William Monaghan (My 3rd Great-Grandfather) born c. 1795 - Templecarn, Croagh, Tirhugh, Donegal married Mary Gallagher
Mary Gallagher (My 3rd Great-Grandmother) born c. 1800 - of Killaghtee, Croagh, Donegal or Sheskinatawy, Inver, Donegal
William & Mary's Children:
1. Hugh Monaghan born March 29, 1829 - Templecarn, Croagh, Tirhugh, Donegal
2. John Monaghan born 1832 - Templecarn, Croagh, Tirhugh, Donegal
3. William Monaghan born ? - Templecarn, Croagh, Tirhugh, Donegal
Hugh Monaghan (My 2nd Great-Grandfather) March 29, 1829 Templecarn, Croagh, Tirhugh, Donegal Married Margaret McGuirk at St. Dominic’s Church on January 31, 1855 - Portland, Maine, USA
My g-g-granda, HUGH MONAGHAN, emigrated from Donegal to the US aboard the ship 'Clare' during 'An Gorta Mor', the Great Hunger. He arrived on June 6, 1849 in NYC only 19 years old and illiterate.
Margaret McGuirk born 1834 in Ireland (My 2nd Great-Grandmother)
Children:
William Hugh Monahan born November 8, 1855 in Portland, ME
John Monahan born July 28, 1857 in Portland, ME
Thomas Monahan born January 27, 1858 in Portland, ME
William Hugh Monahan (My Great-Grandfather) born November 8, 1855 in Portland, ME married on July 15, 1884 in Boston, Massachusetts Margaret Dunn, born December 1860 in Canada (My Great-Grandmother)
Margaret's Mother: Mary Maguire Dunn O’Neill born February 14, 1824 in Ireland (Mother: Bridget Kerwin; Father: Bernard Maguire; both of Ireland emigrated to Canada)
Father: John Dunn, son of Thomas Dunn and Mary Mullany (born in Canada)
Children:
Fred V. born on 2/19/1888
Mary born on 7/3/1890 in Boston, MA
Grace Elizabeth Monaghan born February 22, 1892 in Boston, Massachusetts (My Grandmother)
Helen (Grace's twin died at birth 2/22/1892)
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Nancy