Hi,
Thankyou for your information.
Sharlene, just to note that is a discrepancy with the Taughmaconnell RC records. According to the Irish national archives, taugh has records available from 1840ish onwards and this simply isn’t true. They have 1 year in 1842 and then there’s 20 years of missing records, this is notable when you look at the actual microfilm although it isn’t made clear on any ancestry sites or even the national archive for that matter. I have chased this up with the diocese of flo feet who are just baffled and I have asked st. Ronans church in the parish who have not yet responded. It’s interesting too as they don’t seem to know who the parish priest was during that time of the missing records however I came across a newspaper article where it mentioned the priest of the time. He had died in 1863. Patrick galvin. Funnily enough his entire tenure as priest is the exact period of missing records 😂. I often joke that I need to dig up Taughmaconnell.
If you are of the cravens of south roscommon. It will most likely be the parish of Taughmaconnell, namely the townlands of coolfree, taughmaconnell and cuilfadda. As your craven left Ireland prior to the completion of the griffiths in 1855 it is likely that the landholders on here are siblings or cousins to your ancestor John. There are 2 Williams on the griffiths valuation, one born in 1807 and the the other 1827ish (off top of my head). There is also a Michael, John, Martin, James and Patrick. These again were born between 1795- 1840.
The next record is the tithe applotment records (1830) which only has one craven in Taughmaconnell and this is a Matthew. According to one record set however this is in Taughmaconnell and according to another it’s in St. Peter’s Athlone the neighbouring parish. This however seems like it was the townland of cuilfadda which borders the 2 parishes and was occupied by cravens later in the griffiths of 1855 too. Funnily enough my ancestor who was born in 1844 was also called Matthew. So either all the cravens lived here in the 1830s or they did earn enough to pay the tithes. I read conflicting things about the tithe records. However the craven in the area reared bullock and it doesn’t state which townland it is.
Anyway, if it transpires you’re one of ours we have a craven Facebook group, all genetically related. Where we share info. You’ll find out everything there is to know about the cravens of south roscommon.
Also note there aren’t many any where else in Roscommon.
Sam x
