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Thanks for your kind words!
Well done Niamh, Averil and all in Ballinrobe on a fantastic website, a great resource to have!
Hi Mary – I have researched your Mylottes extensively and have a great deal of information I’d be happy to share with you. Please reach out to me via the email address I provided. Best regards – James Mylett
Yes, Thomas Molloy married Margaret Farragher from Cahercroobern, Ballinrobe and they lived in Cornmarket opposite the Forge where Thomas worked and their son Joe worked there later. Their son Tommy or Snook as he was called was a great Snooker player and worked in Healys garage until he moved in his retirement to Milford, Connecticut where his sister Mary lived with her husband John and family!
What a find! Saw a lot of family surnames. Maybe someday I will have the time to investigate. Beautiful site. Thank you for putting together.
What a fascinating read. Really great to hear about Emer’s inspirational work and passion for Ireland’s environment. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Rebecca,
Thanks for getting in touch. We don’t have a record here of the soldiers who served in Ballinrobe but you may find this article from the UK National Archives useful if you are trying to track someone down https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/british-army-soldiers-up-to-1913/
Regards, Niamh
Very interesting, thank you! Is there an archive or a list of soldiers who were stationed there?
Hello. I’m Joe Sammon. I am Rose and Austin J’s great grandson and their son, Austin C. Sammon’s grandson. My youngest brother just happened to stumble upon this while doing some family research. What a wonderful find! I’d love to help out in any way possible.
I, too, would like to know if Sarah (Sally) Jennings was in Ballinrobe workhouse and was one of the girls sent to Australia on The Panama , on the 12th,Jan.1850, under the Earl Grey Scheme. You were going to put out a list. Has that been done as I would like to see it please. Regards Colleen Hamilton Editor: Yes Colleen, the list is included with an exhibition currently in the Library in Ballinrobe. Sarah (Sally) Jennings does not appear on the list. If you have any information about her we would sincerely appreciate your sharing this with us.
Great information on this page, thank you. I love walking by the Bowers, such a peaceful and beautiful walk with lots to see.
Today I parked at the new Creagh Woods entrance and walked the new trail for The Bowers Way up as far as the entance to the old Creagh estate on the main road. I then turned around and walked back. Once back in Creagh woods I explored there and walked to the edge of Lough Mask. All in I walked 11km ??
I’ll come back another time with a friend and do the full Bowers Way, then stop for lunch in Ballinrobe before walking back!
A new memorial was unveiled at the Mayo Peace Park in Castlebar to the recipients of the Mayo Medals of Honour and VC’s, including Edward Jennings. See http://www.facebook.com/mayopeacepark
My mother was a nurse and Dr Browne was her hero. I saw him in a restaurant in Barna once and so wanted to go over to thank him for all he had done for all the people of Ireland particularly the women.
He was with wife and they looked so happy and engrossed in their conversation I did not want to intrude. An amazing couple.
Editor: Thank you Carmel
Happily I ‘discovered’ the Bowers Walk yesterday, both the old and the new!, and what a lovely amenity. One to add to the list for a quick cycle with my young lads. Well done to all involved in its maintenance and development.
Hi I’m looking for a photo of my Dad who was there from 1939 to 1947. His name was James mc Mahon. I don’t know what he looked like then as we have no photos.
Editor: Hopefully somebody will be able to assist please.
My grandmother Katie Burke and her family (Father and mother, Martin and Margaret Burke) moved to the cottages on Lough Mask Rd around 1910. I wish they were alive today because I am sure she knew all these families.
I know “Baby” Cusack (there was also a Tom Cusack) was her friend who lived in the cottages into the 1980s along with other family members.
My grandmother Katie was one of 11 children. Her parents, Martin and Margaret Burke lived into the 1940s and 1950s and lived in the cottages until their passing. Katie immigrated to US in 1921, later with Nellie and Thomas.
Their baby sister Chrissie married a Moffat in Ballinrobe and sadly passed from TB in the 1940s in her 30s, along with a brother Martin and sister Anne.
I was there, US Army. We handled all telecommunications. Set up next to Dungeon Pub. Best trip I was ever on with the President. Fell in love with Jenny O’Dowd. She worked switchboard at Ashford Castle. Think of her all the time. Love your country and its people.
Try to track Jenny O’Dowd for me and pass contact info on.
Thank you very much.
Hi Caroline.
I have a medal with original ribbon for 1874 sports.
Let me know if anyone local is interested.
I look forward to hearing from you
Regards, Conn White [[ London]
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Very impressive detailed information on the history of the town of Ballinrobe. The period of the town’s development in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is key for understanding the history of Ireland as a whole. Thorough research and excellent presentation. Informative at every level. The provision of references is an added bonus. Well done.
Hi! I couldn’t read your full comment, Michelle but yes, Margaret Farragher married Thomas Molloy and they had a forge in Cornmarket.
Margaret Farragher was my Grandaunt. Were you connected to the Farraghers or Molloys, Margaret had two sons, Tommy and Joe and one daughter Mary. Mary emigrated to the USA. Sadly both Tommy and Joe have passed away but thankfully Mary is still alive in Milford, Connecticut.
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My grandmother was a McTigue. Her tombstone said she was from County Mayo, parish Kilmaine. She was born in the late 1820s. Does anyone have information about the McTigues?
Hi Steve, my aunts, Nora and Anne O’Donnell lived on Glebe St. Their mother was Honor O’Donnell (nee Kelly). She had a pub next door to Moggie Gannon and across the street from Jimmy Farragher. Many thanks to all, filling in the missing names. Great website. I’m a regular visitor.
My father was from Liskillen, and his grandparents were from Ballinrobe, they were the Malloys, and my father was a McHale. Still working on the ancestry of my family. My father was called Michael McHale (18/09/1923-04/02/2002)and his parents were Luke McHale and Elizabeth McHale (Molloy). The Molloy’s lived opposite the garage on Cornmarket, and owned the garage. If anyone has any information, it will be great to hear from you. Michelle Fox, UK
Very interesting story, as I believe a Farragher married a Molloy, who had the garage on corn exchange, I wonder if this the same family, my family….
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