Hello Berlin,
Just a couple of areas where I have questions.
There are 23 Armstrongs listed on the kabristan.org website for cemeteries in Leitrim ( 12 are Dromahair records). If you were even able to let me know which ones you know or suspect are your family, that might help me to concentrate on the others.
Armstrong Adam
Dromahaire Old Church County Leitrim
Armstrong Anna M
Dromahaire Church of Ireland County Leitrim
Armstrong Benjamin
Manorhamilton Church of Ireland County Leitrim
Armstrong Benjamin
Manorhamilton Church of Ireland County Leitrim
Armstrong E
Dromahaire Church of Ireland County Leitrim
Armstrong Elizabeth
Dromahaire Church of Ireland County Leitrim
Armstrong Henry E
Carrick Church of Ireland County Leitrim
Armstrong Isabella
Annaghduff Church of Ireland County Leitrim
Armstrong James
Dromahaire Church of Ireland County Leitrim
Armstrong John
Killenumery Church of Ireland County Leitrim
Armstrong Lizzie
Manorhamilton Church of Ireland County Leitrim
Armstrong Margaret
Dromahaire Church of Ireland County Leitrim
Armstrong Margaret
Killenumery Church of Ireland County Leitrim
Armstrong Margaret
Newtowngore Church of Ireland County Leitrim
Armstrong Patrick
Dromahaire Church of Ireland County Leitrim
Armstrong Robert
Dromahaire Church of Ireland County Leitrim
Armstrong Sarah G
Dromahaire Church of Ireland County Leitrim
Armstrong Simeon
Manorhamilton Church of Ireland County Leitrim
Armstrong Simon
Dromahaire Church of Ireland County Leitrim
Armstrong Thomas
Manorhamilton Church of Ireland County Leitrim
Armstrong William
Dromahaire Church of Ireland County Leitrim
Armstrong William
Dromahaire Church of Ireland County Leitrim
Armstrong Willie
Carrick Church of Ireland County Leitrim
Looking at today's maps, Dromahair and Manorhamilton appear to be about 8 miles apart, as the crow flies. Do you think there were any other CofI churches between them, in the 1800's? I am sort of trying to puzzle out for myself, if there were just the two, which one of the churches families on farms in between them might have attended. In this sense, our Adam was born in Dromahair according to family records - would folks have said "Dromahair" back then, because that is where the church was, or did it literally mean in Domahair, to the exclusion of any other settlement/village in between them? My idea here is that many of our first names in later generations seem very similar to the Manorhamilton names. I guess it depends too how many generations the Armstrongs lived there and how they might have spread within an area of 25 or 50 miles, to get land to farm. As far that goes, Killenumery (sp?) is very close-by too.
As far as the Grimes are concerned, I have searched the Irish indexes for all Thomas Grimes in every county, and none of them seem to be able to match the father/son in my wife's family. If you have any good ideas on counties where I should continue to search, may be you would be so kind as to pass them on.
The gentleman who did the other Grimes genealogies, here, spent a lot of time in Ireland looking, without any success. It was known to them that Michael Grimes was from Tipperary. My sense is that the origins are now lost in time, and not in the records that have been retrieved in recent years. Even Michael is not found in the online Irish index records.
What I saw in the indexes seems to suggest more Grimes back then in counties further east, around Dublin, or maybe that is just the records still existing which give that impression. We have a friend from Cork who said she had never heard the name in Ireland, so it may be somewhat regionalized. Some say the Grimes name comes from Graham, also a Scottish borders name.
Take care, Merry Christmas.