Hi There Mc Guinness 10 ,Thank you for answering my post.
Delighted toknow that your husband is a nephew of Fr. Eunan.
Well as my granny died in 1963 and my grandad and father are also dead, I know very little about my Ballyshannon relatives except that my great grandparents were BridgetMcGuinness who married James mc Gowan in Bundoran church in 1899.
James McGowan was from Westport Ballyshannon , but I do not know where my great Granny came from but may have been Westport too. When my Great grandparents married my great grandfathers occupation at the time was a plumbers apprentice. BY the time my Granny Elizabeth was born in 1905 in Westport,Ballyshannon , James'had obviously finished his training and was listed as a Plumber on her birth cert.
My great grandparents had 5children. Mary kate born 1900, Margaret born 1906, and two boys named John, born 1902 & 1908. Granny Elizabeth, born 1905. Sadly all grannys siblings died in infancy. Also Grannys mother Bridget died on her holy communion day may have been about 1911/1912. James Mc Gowan died later than she did ,but I don't know when.
I also know that Fr.Eunan was a friar and he was a cousin of grannys. I have a picture taken of them both together in 1961. What I am trying to find is my great grandparents grave
and also to go further backin my family history research.
questions such as did Bridget Mc Gowan (nee Mc Guinness)have any siblings. What her parents names were. If James Mc Gowan had siblings and his parents names too. Having this information will help me enormously in my research.
If you could help me in this regard I would be very grateful.
Thanks once again for replying,
Summerhill.