Some of the Finnigans from Carrickmacross who are listed in this thread are my ancestral family.
They came from Monaghan to Glasgow circa 1845.
To make things worse, BOTH of my ggg grandparents (who arrived as a married couple ) were Finnigans.
Both had other family who also came to Glasgow .
Every time I thought I'd located a sibling for one, it turned out to be a sibling of the other. !
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Parents Bernard Finnigan and Mary Martin
Patrick Finnigan 03 Apr 1863 Clyde, Glasgow
This Bernard was the brother of my ggg grandmother.
He died in 1868
His sister also married the brother of Mary Martin
The Martins were also from Carrickmacross
The witnesses to Bernard and Mary's 1859 marriage were :Pat Finnigan and Ann Ward.
Some Finnigan marriages in Glasgow relate to other siblings of my ggg grandparents
I have done a mass of frustrating research into the Monaghan Finnigans and, I know that there were other, wider members in the same location whom I have never been able to identify.
This info comes from death records etc.
Informants were "cousins" of the same/ similar address, but, as the names are always Finnigan, I have no idea if they are maternal or paternal cousins
At 1841 there were very few Finnigans in Glasgow
By 1851, the area around High Street was full of them !!
EDIT:
Forgot to mention ..
My ggg grandfather was born in Monaghan circa 1820.
His mother's maiden name was WARD!
My ggg grandmother's mother? Her married name of course was Finnigan but her maiden name was Keelan
She died in Glasgow.
Her mother's maiden name was also.. FINNIGAN