Begley's at Forkhill

[danby]

 Hi,
        We are looking for any information re my family ( Begley) who are supposed to have originated from the Forkhill area (Shanrow) in the 1800's any information would be helpful and gratefully received!

               

[Christopher]

Hi Danby,

There were a lot of families by the name of Begley in Forkhill, Co. Armagh. http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php I appreciate this is not a lot of information but it may get you started. If you are able to provide either a
few dates, family christian names or both it may make the search easier.

Best Wishes, Christopher

[danby]

 Hi Christopher,
                         Thanks very much for your response, the particular Begley's I am looking for are Peter a farmer , Patrick born around 1864 who came to England around 1891,he is buried with Bernard Begley who may be his brother and  he also had  a brother Ownie Begley who stayed in Ireland.
                         The link did give some family names and we will keep on looking, thanks again.
       Regards
                      danby
 
                                           

[FionaLorraine]

I have some Begleys who were mixed in with my McAleavey family in Forkhill.

marriage 1870   John   McIlroy   married Mary   McAleavey   Witnesses Patrick   Begley   Elizabeth   McAleavey   Borrea

Do you have any connection with other families?  They are indeed mentioned in the Griffiths evaluation in Shean near my McAleaveys [a Peter Begley is there].

I have the orginal Griffiths maps with numbers for plots of land if you want a scan?  Shanroe runs right beside the Shean townland.

[Christopher]

Hiya Danby,

I am not sure if the information below will be of use to you but it might be worth a shot.

Seanchas Ard Mhacha
Journal of the Armagh Diocesan Historical Society.
Published since 1954.
Current volume: Vol 19 No 2, (2003).
Editor: Fr. Réamonn Ó Muirí,
1 Convent Road,
Cookstown,
County Tyrone
BT80 82A.

All the Best,

Chris

[danby]

I have some Begleys who were mixed in with my McAleavey family in Forkhill.

marriage 1870   John   McIlroy   married Mary   McAleavey   Witnesses Patrick   Begley   Elizabeth   McAleavey   Borrea

Do you have any connection with other families?  They are indeed mentioned in the Griffiths evaluation in Shean near my McAleaveys [a Peter Begley is there].

I have the orginal Griffiths maps with numbers for plots of land if you want a scan?  Shanroe runs right beside the Shean townland.

     Hi Lorraine,
                        We are still in the early days of finding Patrick who was born around 1864 possibly near Forkhill, Shanroe, Shean area we don't know of any other connected names as yet.Patrick came over to Middlesbrough in the 1870/80 time and had a son born here ,Peter,in 1894.Patrick's father was called Peter but other than this we are fumbling in the dark.Patrick married Cathrerine Collins in Middlesbrough in 1891.
                         We would very much appreciate  the Griffiths maps.

 Regards

     Danby
                     

[danby]

Hiya Danby,

I am not sure if the information below will be of use to you but it might be worth a shot.

Seanchas Ard Mhacha
Journal of the Armagh Diocesan Historical Society.
Published since 1954.
Current volume: Vol 19 No 2, (2003).
Editor: Fr. Réamonn Ó Muirí,
1 Convent Road,
Cookstown,
County Tyrone
BT80 82A.

All the Best,

Chris

Hi Christopher,
                                     Thanks for this info,we will write and request a copy of this publication.
Regards
 Danby

[FionaLorraine]

Thanks Christopher - do you know what specific information this journal contains.  Is it a study on the Forkhill/Shean/Shanroe area?

Danby - I'm in the process of scanning these - I will place them on the web in a couple of weeks as I'm making them available to McAleaveys too!

Fiona

[FionaLorraine]

Danby I've put the orginal Griifiths Evaluation on my McAleavey page - not very fancy at the mo - its a word document of scans of the actual pages - you can see a Peter and Patrick in Shean there.

http://www.davyboynorth.f2s.com/McAleavy.html Broken link


I'm also in the process of trying to load a very large map to the site but may have to fiddle with it as I'm running out of web space!

I've highlighted the region where Peter and Patrick may have been located in the picture below [see the web site for the larger context] - there is one of the plots I can't see readily.  The maps are not for the faint hearted!  You will need a recent map of the area to compare!  Try Multimap its great.

Fiona