Donough More, Leitrim

[Scotland]

Hi everyone, have just found this forum. Trying to find out where Donough More Leitrim is....

I am currently researching my great grandparents, Names were Hugh & Margaret Gilmartin.

As far as I know they were married arounf 1852, my great grandfather was a farmer. The only info i have is that he was from Donough More Leitrim.

Slainte

[Donni]

The townland of Donagh More in Leitrim is in the Barony of Drumahaire and the parish of Cloonclare, these maps might give you an idea as to where about in Leitrim it is

map of the baronies
http://www.leitrim-roscommon.com/MAPS/let_bar.html

map of Cloonclare parish
http://www.leitrim-roscommon.com/MAPS/cloonclare.html

While looking through the Leitrim/Roscommon site I noticed a Hugh Gilmartin on the 1901 Census, not sure if this is your ancestor or not, the townland is Munakill in the parish of Cloonclare, head of the house is Hugh Gilmartin aged 83, widower and a retired farmer no one else is recorded in the house at that time.

Hope this helps

[Scotland]

Thank you for this information. I am presently trying to form my family tree.  My grandparents/great grandparents died before I was born so I didnt have the honour of knowing them.  

Does anyone know anything about Donogh More itself i.e. history, was/is it a farming community ?

Is there a local Directory/Library I could contact?

Any information I can get will be greatly appreciated.

I will post details of my search to date soon.

Slainte

[Scotland]

Donni

Re your previous message...can you tell me anything about The townland of Donagh More ?

Slainte

[Donni]

I dont know the area myself but I think the best places to try for information on the area are the county tourist office, library and council, these links will take you directly to the contact information on their websites, they all have a contact email address which you can try:

Leitrim Library
http://www.iol.ie/~libcounc/leitrim.htm broken link

Leitrim Tourism
http://www.leitrimtourism.com/contact.cfm broken link

Leitrim Council
http://www.leitrimcoco.ie/contact_us.htm broken link

I think the Library would be the best place to start if they dont have information on donagh more themselves they should have contact details for someone in the area.