Emigration from Ireland to Australia - McMENAMIN

[Billyblue]

Look in Brisbane too.  I'll PM you

 
Dawn M

[maxene]

Thanks Dawn -
I am pretty sure the ones I am chasing settled in Sydney and surrounding areas but I will follow up the Qld link - there could be a connection.
Cheers,  Maxene

[moonbeam1959]

Hello Maxell,

John McMenamin and Catharine Dugan were my great grandparents; Mary McMenamin my grandmother. I can provide details about what happened to the family, but can I ask what your relationship is with the family?

Regards

Monic
Sydney, Australia

[SarahMcC]

Hi Monic

John McMenamin is my grandfather! After John's first wife passed away, he remarried and had four children: Sadie, John, Charlie and Micheal. All grew  up in Aghyaran, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

Micheal (the youngest of John's second family) is my father.

I have a lot of family history info that I can share, if you want to pm me

Thanks
Sarah

[joannb63]

Hi Monic, Sarah & Maxwell,
I believe that you are talking about a section of my family research - McMenamins from Crighdenis Killeter also Aghyaran). One of John McM & 'Bridget' Duggans nephews (who is still alive at the ripe old age of 100) seemed to think 'Bridget' as he called her may have come from the Churchill area. He called her Bridget but he may have been confusing her with Johns mother Bridget.
I have some info i was able to collect from Charlie but there are a lot of holes too…would love to make contact to compare notes.
Regards
Jo

[moonbeam1959]

Hi Sarah,

Apologies for the tardy reply. I'm not so familiar with this forum and messaging!

My husband and I met Sadie and some of her family in 2013 when we were travelling in Ireland - it was wonderful to meet her, and I wish we had been there longer in order to meet other family members. My mum (who died in 2004) visited Sadie years ago, and burst into tears on meeting her, as Sadie was the spitting image of her mum, Mary Bridget.

Frank drove us to Aghyaran to visit the grave of John McMenamin and your grandmother, Catherine, which was very kind of him. However, I do feel there is a bit of a void of information for us, and would be very grateful for any information you could provide. We are hoping to travel to Ireland again in 2018, and it would be wonderful to go with a bit more knowledge of the family ties.

Look forward to hearing from you!

Monica

[joannb63]

Hi Monica,

Our McM line has a reunion every 5 years in Cloghan (where we started), the let one was 2013 and the next one is July 2018….your most welcome to come…. at least one member of your line will be there.
Cheers
Jo

[SarahMcC]

Hi Monica

Great to received your reply to my earlier post. A belated Happy New Year to you all.

We would love to host you when you are next in Ireland. I'm sure we will be in touch lots before then to develop the family tree!

Do you have an email address? I can send you a few photos etc.

Take care
Sarah xx