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Galway / Re: Ballinasloe Lunatic asylum Mary Rowland 1859
« on: Tuesday 19 September 23 11:53 BST (UK)  »
Hi, This might be a late reply but you can write first to the Irish National Archives who hold some of the records for Ballinasloe Mental Hospital.

Also they might refer you on then to the HSE (which is Ireland's health service). You might have to provide a bill and photo ID to them before they will send on any records they have. There is a policy of destroying records for patients with a mental health disorder 8 years after the patient's death.


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Galway / Re: Deciphering town name in Galway Ireland
« on: Thursday 10 August 23 18:27 BST (UK)  »
Hi, the first name is Killaan which is a civil parish in Galway sometimes used in official correspondence.
The second name looks like Killimor which is small village and the name of a catholic parish in Co. Galway also.

https://heritage.galwaycommunityheritage.org/content/category/places/killimor-heritage-group

See https://www.johngrenham.com/browse/county_civil.php?county=Galway for a map of those civil parishes in Co. Galway.

See https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/County_Galway_Civil_Parishes for a list of all the civil parishes in Co. Galway

Civil parishes are explained here - https://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Irish-land-divisions.html
Quote: There are two types of parish ecclesiastical and civil and they should not be confused, no matter how confusing this gets!

There are about 2500 civil parishes in Ireland. Each contains an average of 24 townlands and they are usually responsible for the compilation and maintenance of Irish land and property taxes and records.

The ecclesiastical position is rather more complicated because there are both Church of Ireland parishes and Roman Catholic parishes, and they have different congregations and boundaries. Typically Catholic parishes spread over a larger region than Church of Ireland parishes. The differences are best explained by a little history.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Looking for Lyons in Clontuskert, Galway/Roscommon Ireland - Help
« on: Wednesday 09 August 23 15:18 BST (UK)  »
Hi Mike, this is my first post on roots chat so hopefully I get it right.
James Lyons was also my great grandfather. His father was Johnny Lyons not James though. The older James was his grandfather. There was also at least 13 children but some of them died as babies. There was also one set of triplets and a set of twins. One of the triplets was Jack (born in 1888) who lived to old age but sadly the other 2 triplets died. The twins also survived to adulthood - Paddy and Jim.
I don't think Patrick ended up in the US, I believe he lived in Co. Clare but he may have gone to the US first for a while.
Most of the family stayed locally in Ireland, but one moved to Leitrim, one to Clare, one to Dublin. Another daughter lived in Cornwall in the UK. And your own grandfather Joe went to the US. I will send you more details privately. thanks B

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