Coolmaghary, County Tyrone

[ProclusX]

Hi, my GGGrandad filled out a census in UK that states he was born in Coolmaghary, Co. Tyrone.  His name was John McGeoghegan born in 1838. However, I have not been able to find this place on any map.  Can anyone help me trace this please?

[arthurk]

Hi, and welcome to RootsChat.

Irish parishes are subdivided into townlands, and there are literally thousands of these across the island. Few of them are named on modern maps, and to add to the difficulty, many of them have similar names; also, when the name is written down, the spelling might vary.

There are three (possibly more) useful sites for identifying and locating townlands:

The IreAtlas Townland Database at https://thecore.com/seanruad/

The Irish Townlands site at https://www.townlands.ie/

The Placenames Database of Ireland at https://www.logainm.ie/en/

All of these tell you which parish a townland is in (important for looking for other records), and the second and third give fuller information on each one, including maps.

Using these sites, the closest name in Co. Tyrone to what you're looking for seems to be Coolmaghery, but you should also consider Coolmaghry and perhaps also Coolageery. I suggest you explore the sites yourself and see what you can come up with.

[craggagh]

Hello -

Coolmaghry is a townland in County Tyrone in the barony of Dungannon Middle. It is in the civil parish of Pomeroy and in the Dungannon Poor Law Union.

craggagh.

[gaffy]

Did he have a younger brother James? The Donaghmore RC parish registers show an entry (in latin) for a James McGeoghan who was baptised on 15 December 1844 for parents Hugh McGeoghan and Mary Mulkenny, the sponsors were Peter McElkenny and Annie Devlin and the given address was definitely Coolmaghry.

https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000632551#page/59/mode/1up (right page, 4th entry down)

Also a son Patrick baptised for the same Hugh and Mary (but the surname spelled McGeoghigan) in the same parish on 23 May 1841, the address was Coolmaghrey and the sponsors were James Mulkenny and Brigid McGeoghigan.

https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000632551#page/36/mode/1up (left page, 3rd entry down)

[ProclusX]

Thank you Arthurk, Craggagh and gaffy for your detailed replies, I will do some more research on the sites you mentioned.  Gaffy, I don't have a record of a James but it appears John came to NE England to work in the new steel mill as they show up on the 1861 census.  There was John who was 24 with his brother Patrick 21 along with three sisters, Margret 25, Mary Ann 23 and Rosey 15.  I will need to do more research to try and find their parents and other siblings if possible.  Thanks again for you help.  Matthew

[Kiltaglassan]

Welcome to RootsChat, ProclusX 

Coolmaghry is a townland in County Tyrone in the barony of Dungannon Middle. It is in the civil parish of Pomeroy and in the Dungannon Poor Law Union.

Here are links to it's location.

https://www.townlands.ie/tyrone/dungannon-middle/pomeroy/crossdernot/coolmaghry/
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5446106#map=12/54.5478/-6.8287

Also, you have posted on the wrong board. I have asked a moderator to move your thread to the county Tyrone sub-board.