GALLACHER, County Donegal

[Portygilr]

I'VE A GG AUNT MARGARET/MAGGIE MCHUGH/MCCUE - B C 1840'S TO PATRICK & HANNAH MCHUGH/MCCUE (MS MCFADDEN) T/LAND OF DRUMNARAW - CLONDAHORKY PARISH.
MARGARET MARRIED HUGH GALLAGHER  C 1868 - SON OF CHARLES GALLAGHER  - MOTHER
UNKNOWN,IN ONE OF THE SURROUNDING TOWNLANDS - COULD BE DRUMNACARRY (WILL HAVE TO CHECK IT OUT)
HUGH AND MAGGIE'S 1ST CHILD WAS NAMED ROSE GALLAGHER B 18 NOV.1869 DRUMNARAW.
BY 1870 THE FAMILY WHERE IN ALLEGHENY - PA. USA. I'M ASSUMING HUGH GALLAGHER'S MOTHER WAS
ROSE?

I'VE LINKS TO MCCLAFFERTY/GILLESPIE/FERRY/O'DONNELL -   DRUMNARAW - MCHUGH/MCCUE DRUMNAKILLEW,O'DONNELL'S DRUMNACARRY - ALSO BAXTER AND DOOHAN & TREARTY.
MY G G/FATHER WAS PATRICK MCHUGH/MCCUE B C 1854/5 - DRUMNARAW - MARRIED
SARAH BOYLE 1874 - ST.COLUMBA'S RC. TERMON - NR LETTERKENNY, KILMACRENAN PARISH
- THEREAFTER TO GLASGOW SCOTLAND.


OTHER DONEGAL NAMES:
BOYLE - BELLANASCADDAN - NR LETTERKENNY
MCFADDEN - CHURCHILL AREA.
MCELHINNEY + VAR. DONEGAL
MCFADDEN - CLONDAHORKY PARISH

[elaine447]

Hi portygilr
I dont know where in Ireland the McHugh's in my family come from but
we do seem to have a lot of names in common
according to some of the certs I have my McHugh's name was sometimes spelt
McQue
I will pm you with my email address
we could see if they fit in somehow
Elaine

[Portygilr]

Hi Elaine,  We have corresponded before.. re McFadden's..
I'm in Edinburgh.

Have only recently uncovered my GG Aunt Margaret McHugh's
 marriage to Hugh Gallagher (son of Charles & Rose Gallagher) - ms unknown) Hugh and Margaret (better known as Maggie)
had a daughter b in Drumnaraw 18 Nov.1869 Child's name was
Rose  - by 1870 the family where in Allegheny - PA.

Regards
Anne

[kintree]

Elaine

I recently received an identical enquiry about deciphering "Porterstown, Co Donegal".

I concluded that as there are extremely few townland-names in Co Donegal ending in -town, this was probably a mishearing by the Scottish registrar. I suggested that possibly one should consider that Portnason was intended.

Portnason is on the southern shore of the Erne estuary, just W of Ballyshannon.

Adrian

[elaine447]

thanks Adrian
I am hopeless when it comes to Irish places
I will have a look
Elaine

[Warren1975]

Hi, back after a long time away, and looking through this again

aghadowey, you wrote on this post the place might be Porterstown in Co. Donegal but that it's the local name for an ear rather than a townland name.

What do you mean by an ear ?

Thanks, Warren

Looks like Porterstown but there no townland in Donegal with that name that I can find. There are 5 Porterstowns in Ireland in other counties.
See www.thecore.com/seanruad to search for townlands in Ireland. Be sure to change default setting from exact match. I searched for townlands in Co. Donegal ending in 'town' with nothing coming close and then townlands in all Ireland ending in 'terstown.'
Other possibility is that the place is Porterstown in Co. Donegal but that it's the local name for an ear rather than a townland name.