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Offline Leonne

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Donnellys of Lacken or Rahara, Co.Roscommon
« on: Thursday 02 February 06 01:55 GMT (UK) »
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Re: Donnellys of Lacken or Rahara, Co.Roscommon
« Reply #1 on: Friday 29 February 08 01:52 GMT (UK) »
Hello Leonne,

There's a BBC WW2 People's War article about Cpl. Wm. Francis Donnelly, MM.
He was born at Lacken, Athleague in 1916. www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/00/a2221200.shtml

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Re: Donnellys of Lacken or Rahara, Co.Roscommon
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 26 July 09 20:42 BST (UK) »
I know the Donnelly's in Rahara and Lacken... I cannot name all the ones alive on this website.

There was a Joe Donnelly who was born around 1910 in Rahara and died (trying to remember when he died, early 80's) he had about 8 kids and 3 sons and 1 daughther are still living in Rahara now.

In Lacken there was a Patrick Donnelly who died around early 1970's his son !!! still lives in the family home. He had a couple of sons whom emigrated to Australia.

If you check the Irish Eircom Phonebook you can find Donnelly in Lacken and there's a couple of Donnelly's in Rahara all related to the above. 

Wilson: Kirkoswald, Scotland and Dublin
Breen: Hendrick Street, Brunswick Street,Dublin
Moore: Kildare and Dublin
lyons: Hendrick Street and Brunswick Street,Dublin
Donnelly: Marrowbone lane, Braithwaite street, Dublin
Byrne: Mercer Street, Dublin
Mills: Dublin, Wicklow
Higgins: Dublin
Gray: Aryshire, Scotland
Mills King, Wicklow and Dublin
Donegan, St Catherines Parish, Dublin
Murphy: Enniscorthy and Ballybanoge, Wexford
Browne, Crean, Kelly, Keavney: Sligo.

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Re: Donnellys of Lacken or Rahara, Co.Roscommon
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 26 July 09 20:56 BST (UK) »
Leonne hasn't been online snce 2006.
Away sorting out DNA matches... I may be gone for some time many years!


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Re: Donnellys of Lacken or Rahara, Co.Roscommon
« Reply #4 on: Friday 17 June 22 11:19 BST (UK) »
There are many Donnelly families still living in Lacken & Rahara.

The story goes that 2 Donnelly men from the north fled the Battle of Aughrim in 1691 & landed in Rahara. Descendants have been here since.