Carroll family

[UncleTerry]

Hello everyone, just joined and my first post. I'm researching a Carroll family who came to Liverpool in about 1840 (famine time ?). The earliest I have is Thomas Carroll who lived and died in or around Athleague in Roscommon in 1790, or that is what I believe. I can follow a blood line from him to present day Liverpool, I think ! At a more recent time we have a Galloway connection from Armagh, Co. Tyrone which is proving to be more difficult to trace. Has anyone been to Dublin Record Office, if you have is it worth the trip? If any of this strikes a chord with anyone drop me a message, perhaps we can help each other.
Best wishes, UncleTerry

[AureliaSB]

I have a record of a Kate Carroll who attended the baptism of my great-great Grandfather in Blackburn Lancashire in October 1878, could she be related to your family?

[Kiltaglassan]

Welcome to RootsChat 

Hello everyone, just joined and my first post. I'm researching a Carroll family who came to Liverpool in about 1840 (famine time ?). The earliest I have is Thomas Carroll who lived and died in or around Athleague in Roscommon in 1790, or that is what I believe. I can follow a blood line from him to present day Liverpool, I think ! At a more recent time we have a Galloway connection from Armagh, Co. Tyrone which is proving to be more difficult to trace. Has anyone been to Dublin Record Office, if you have is it worth the trip? If any of this strikes a chord with anyone drop me a message, perhaps we can help each other.
Best wishes, UncleTerry

The famine in Ireland was between the years 1845 - 1851
https://www.askaboutireland.ie/learning-zone/primary-students/subjects/history/history-the-full-story/ireland-in-the-19th-centu/the-great-famine-an-gorta/

Armagh is a separate county and not in Tyrone.
https://www.townlands.ie/armagh/
https://www.townlands.ie/tyrone/

The General Register Office is based in Roscommon. It has a research facility at Werburgh Street, Dublin 2.
See https://www.gov.ie/en/campaigns/af7893-general-register-office/

[shanreagh]

Perhaps the name Omagh Co Tyrone was meant?

[aghadowey]

At a more recent time we have a Galloway connection from Armagh, Co. Tyrone which is proving to be more difficult to trace. Has anyone been to Dublin Record Office, if you have is it worth the trip?

If the Galloways were from Ulster it might be PRONI in Belfast rather than Dublin which would hold the records you are looking for. GRO, Dublin would have vital records (births, deaths & marriages) and most of the certificates are online (free). 1901 and 1911 census records are also online free as well as other resources but it's not clear exactly what you think you would find in Dublin.
The most important bits of information to start researching in Ireland is location (townland) and religion. Using those details you can then check to see what is actually available.

[UncleTerry]

AureliaSB; I don't think so. I haven't found any connections to Blackburn with anyone of that generation so far.

Kiltaglassan; Thank you for your suggestions, taken on board !

Aghadowey; I didn't realise that records were kept in Belfast for those places that became Northern Ireland after partition, I had been reading that they were all kept in Dublin. I have got quite a bit of information from parish records organised from there.

Sorry for posting like this but haven't worked out how to reply to individual replies yet !

[Kiltaglassan]

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