Coastguard Records

[derrylass]

The Donegal Resources Site has a list of Coastguard births in Donegal and Crohy Head is listed.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/cguardbth.htm

I'd be interested in details of Daniel Sweeney as I believe he may be related to Patrick.

[shanew147]

Looks like Crowie Ireland and there was a coastguard station at Crohey Head

it does look like Cro...  Ireland.. but there's no mention Crohy as a coastguard station in the volume (ADM175/18) that covers the 1820s ... do you think there could have been another name for the location at that time ?


Shane

[derrylass]

1901 census has note that Crohy is commonly referred to as Falmore

[shanew147]

I skipped back another volume and found it!  ... It's the old name for Port Noo station...

 Ref.: ADM175/17 / Pg. 316 / 495
 Station: Croie Head Port Noo, Port of Sligo, District of Dunfanaghy /  Rutland / Lochrus
 
 no sign of Patrick though... I'll try the previous volume..




Shane

[shanew147]

found Patrick, and it ties up with the date and place of the oldest England transfer ... and it's where he signed up :

 Ref.: ADM 175/16  pg 341/503
 Station: Croie Head, Port of Killibegs, District Rutland
          (also headed : Port Noo, Port of Sligo, District Killibegs)
 Date of Appointment to the Station : 19 Aug 29
 From whence Nominated, or Station removed from : .... C... Co. Donegal  (see screenshot)
 Name :  Patrick Sweeny
 Quality:    Boatman
 Removed or Absconded :  appointed
 Date of Discharge or Removal : 29 Sept 1829
 Station Removed to : Barton Cliff, Southhampton
 Remarks :  (none)

I believe the place listed is probably his place of origin, or maybe residence when he signed on. He seems to have signed on with a Grant Dudgeon from the same place.


Shane

[derrylass]

That's great - The Dudgeon Family were landowners in Templecrone Parish so that would make sense.
Thanks for that marathon effort

[derrylass]

I found a Grant Dudgeon on LDS site b. Donegal getting married in 1829 - could be him

[shanew147]

That was an interesting trail to follow... Donegal to Sussex and Kent, back to Donegal, Kerry and Sligo..


Shane

[derrylass]

......and back to Donegal I think!