Hi,Niamh......yes,the name was a big clue! Lol. Here's we're I'm at...will have to see what i can remember,we're down at our daughters in Galway,for the new year,and i dont have my notes with me! Leo and his siblings(Curran)were b Carlow and Kildare. Mick.,Charlie.,Elizabeth Margaret(Rita).,John Joe,and Mary Catherine(Kathleen)were all b above what is now,Smyths pub in Newtown......Frank.,Patrick Dermot,Dan and Ann,twins who died a few hrs old,and James LEO,my hubby were all b Kilkea.Castledermot.Kildare. Leo's mum was Margaret Mary Aughney,who married John Curran. They both died from TB when Leo was small,and he was reared by his sis and her husband in Galway. Margaret Mary's dad was Michael Aughney(this is we're I have to rem who was m to who,cos BOTH his grandads were Michael)...think Michael Aughney was m to Catherine Byrne......in 1901 Irish census,they were living in Newtown. Also living with them and their children,was Michaels parents.,John Aughney,b.c1818,and Alicia Aughney.,b.c1823. Have found that John Aughney m Alicia Raftry. Can't go any further back than that,cos records,I think ,began 1820 and John was b a couple of yrs before that,so will have to rely on parish records! I am in touch with a man in England who is related to Aughneys of the mill. If you want to email me,my address
is....leoandelaine9@gmail.com. Hope to hear from you soon.....Elaine.
