Burials - Drumcliff & Magherow?

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Would anyone know if in 1864, if there was more than one Catholic Church in Drumcliff & Magherow?  Family Search says that the persons that I'm looking for were baptised  there.  It only says, Roman Catholic.  Family stories say that Maria Ohara was an orphan when she arrived in England.  Her marriage cert. says her father was Michael, deceased by 1881.

I've found a possible match, - father Michael, mother - Alicia Hooks, and three other children, - John b 1865, Michael, b. 1867, and Bridget, b. 1869, (my possible Maria, b 1864, which matches the date on her marriage cert. , all on Family Search.  I can't find any of them later on except for a possibly John in Yorkshire.  Maria ended up in Leeds.

I've found a Church, Saint Columbus, but I can't seem to get a web page to load.

I'd like to know if they died there, or perhaps on their way to England.

Thanking you in advance

Bullet

[mmcpadden1947]

Hello,
I have tried some research since I saw your message.
Under Sligo Genealogy  Resources ( an otherwise great site)one just finds St.Columbs Church of Ireland (else where St.Columbas) in Drumcliffe.I understand you were looking for R.C. Churches,certainly the  surnames would suggest that.
However in checking the local telephone directory there is a R.C.church of St.Columbas in Drumcliffe.
It would be most unlikely there would be any other in Magherow as from the map you can see the 2 areas are very close together.
However the boundaries of parishes may have changed over the years,but even with a new structure the previous saints name was nearly always retained.
Since this church is not on line the telephone no.is :
00 353 71 914 0273
      or by mail
to the Parochial House at Drumcliffe, Co.Sligo.

Good Luck : Maura

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Maura

Thanks for your helpful information.

I'll have to send them a letter as I'm in Australia so phoning is not an option.

[Tu2Tu]

Bullet, there were other RC churches in Drumcliff & Maugherow in the 1860's but the main one was at Drumcliff itself.  All the records from about 1840 are held by the Diocese of Elphin.  Im not sure about individual names, but the RC church in the parish of  Rosses Point is called St. Columbas, and perhaps there were others.  I think this St. Columbas church was built in the late 1890's - too late for your search.  The graveyard at Drumcliff has both RC and CofI burials.

You could email the secretary of the Diocese of Elphin at the following email address:  stmarys[at]elphindiocese.ie   -  Im sure they would pass your enquiry on to the parish priest of the area.

Good Luck
Tu

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Thanks so much for that, - Only yesterday I wrote a letter to the Parochial House in Drumcliffe with my details.  I decided to wait until after the Christmas festivities to do so so that they would have a bit more time to look into it.  As yesterday was a holiday, I was going to post it later today.  You've caught me just in time.

[Tu2Tu]

Have you seen the sligo roots site?  http://sligo.rootsireland.ie/quis.php?page=3&
This is a fee paying site, but you can search it free
There are 226 O'Haras baptised in Co. Sligo in 1864 +/- 5 years.
There were 3 Marias baptised in 1864, and one in 1865.
You can ascertain what parish they were baptised in by doing
a search for the specific name - e.g. 3 will turn up for 1864, then
in the parish field you select one and search, if the birth is recorded
in that parish it will find it.  If not just try the next one on the list etc.

You can then buy the record for €5 by buying credits....

PM me if you need this explained in more detail !

[Tu2Tu]

Thats great Bullet snail mail is so slow these days !!

I am a frequent visitor to this site, but dont always look at the Sligo page Im afraid, just saw your post today and all O'Haras interest me greatly !!

Tu

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Thanks for that, - however, I must be a bit thick.

The only hit that I get is for Maria Ohara, father - Michael, was in 1867 in Mayo.  I couldn't get any results for 1864 in Sligo.  I'll keep on trying

[Tu2Tu]

Have you put the comma in after O and before H ?