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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Galway => Topic started by: Ann from Sussex on Monday 06 September 04 14:33 BST (UK)
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Looking for any LALLY records in Kiltormer, Co Galway. My 3xgreat grandfather was JAMES LALLY born there in 1793. Any info on the family prior to this date would be welcome.
Ann
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Ann,
What religious persuasion were the Lally family ?
Best Wishes,
Christopher
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Hi Christopher: They were Catholics. Do you have any info about them? I would love to be able to get them back a bit further. Thanks for your interest. Ann
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Hi,
Have you tried www.lalley.com? They have done extensive research on the Lalley/Lally name. The site also has records from Mayo and Galway and has been very informative.
Crabbya
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Thanks very much for this website. It is a new one to me and I have bookmarked it for future use.
Ann
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Thanks very much for this website. It is a new one to me and I have bookmarked it for future use.
Ann
Hello Ann,
Here's a link to the Lally family of Tullenadaly, Tuam. (http://indigo.ie/%7Ewildgees/lally.htm)
There's a link in that to a map of the distribution of people named Lally in Ireland.
I wish I knew the distance between the townlands in Co. Galway. I've spotted two Lallys who were married in the Civil Parish of Beagh (Shanaglish) (http://www.celticcousins.net/ireland/beaghmarriages.htm) which is in the Diocese of Kilmacduagh. Pat Lally married Mary Gready in 1860 and Peter Lally married Bridget Glynn in 1863.
Chris
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Thanks for your interest Chris. I knew Lally was a "wild Geese" name...that is a very interesting web site so thank you for bringing it to my attention. By the time of the records you have found, my own immediate family had settled in Birr, Co. Offaly and, from there, my great grandfather and some of his siblings moved to England where the family then stayed.
Ann
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Dear Ann
Not sure if we've been in touch before. I've been away from Lally family research and am now back into it.
My g.g.g.grandfather was James Lally, born about 1790 somewhere in Galway. Are our Jameses the same man? What was your James' occupation? Who were your James' children? Did any come to London?
Many thanks for any help you can give.
Stephen
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Hi Stephen: I'm not sure if we have ever been in contact before either so I'll tell you what I know about "my" JAMES LALLY. Since I posted my original query I've obtained a copy of his army discharge papers from Kew.
They show that he was born in Kiltormer,Co. Galway c1797. He was 18 when he enlisted in the 66th Regiment of Foot on 13th March 1815 at Eyrecourt,Co.Galway. Something about the wording on the document makes me think that may have been his 18th birthday.He was posted to the Island of St Helena,I presume as part of the garrison guarding Napoleon, given the timing and he remained there until 1836. After Napoleon's death he volunteered as a private in the St Helena Regiment under the control of the East India Company. By the time of his discharge on 11th March 1836 he had a wife (MARY) and at least 4 children, all born on St Helena: JAMES born 1818: THOMAS (my gt gt grandfather) born 1822 died 1914 in Lewes,Sussex: JANE born 1828 and HELEN born 1830. The family went to Ireland after James' discharge where they settled in Birr (then called Parsonstown), Co Offaly (then called Kings County). There was another daughter, MARY ANN who married in Birr in 1848 but there is no indication of when or where she was born. James was a sawyer by trade.
My gt gt grandfather THOMAS married in Birr and fathered 9 children. His son DANIEL HENRY LALLY born 1854 was a tailor who moved to London sometime before 1881. He married a London girl in 1882 - they were my gt grandparents - and moved to Sussex between 1899 and 1901.
If any of this rings any bells - with you or anyone else - I should be delighted to hear from you.
Ann
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Ann
I'm afraid we have different James. Mine was James Lally, born in the 1790s and his son, James and/or Patrick who came to London from Galway before 1847. His life was not as romantic as your James'. Mine was a gardener, then ran a mushroom farm in Kensington and ended up in Kensington workhouse.
But thanks for your reply.
Stephen
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Stephen:
What a shame there isn't a connection. Good luck with your research.
Ann
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James Lally is my 3 x G Grandfather and he & Mary had 5 children that I have found. As this is an old post, I wondered if you have any more info further back. I have only just started to look at the Lally family properly, but are you descended from the tailor from Lewes by some chance ? I come from Sussex originally (my family are still there), but my G Grandmother Anna Bridget married Thomas Harper in Westminster in 1898. Their children were born in Wandsworth and my father in Brixton. We moved to Sussex when I was a child.
I would be interested to hear from you. Mary
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I am not sure if my Lallys are relatives as I haven't researched this side extensively yet
My Great Grandmother was Mary Lally
She was born to Patrick Lally of Kilchreest Loughrea and Bridget Calday (more likely a spelling error of Gildea or a similar name) in 1848 - they married in Loughrea on feb 18 1846
Patrick's paerents were Patrick Lally and Bridget Farrell who married in Loughrea also on April 02 1815
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The Patrick who married in 1815 might be a relative of Mary's and my 3xgt grandfather James. Unfortunately, we don't seem able to find any information about him before he joined the army so there's no way of telling I'm afraid.
Ann
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you'd never know!
If I find anything further I will let you know - this side I have yet to follow up one extensively
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Thanks...and the same goes for me.
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1851 Eng/Wales census;
Lally John; Galway, 20, lodger, Dock labourer
45, Addison st Liverpool, Dale st
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Lally Edward; Galway, lodger, labourer,
Prescot, Rainhill Lancs.
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Lally Timothy; Galway, 34, lab at Chemical works
Dukes court, Prescot, St Helens Lancs.
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Lally Mary; Galway, 29, wife
Dukes court, Prescot, St Helens, Windle, Lancs.
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Lally John; Galway, 31, visitor, Hawker
Chandos st, Bradford & Kempton, Bedfordshire
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Jack
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In my searches I found another family tree that discounts my Patrick's parents - although I was sure they were Patrick and Bridget Farrell from my searches and findings.
I have been in correspondence with a lady who is adamant this Patrick LALLY is her ancestor!!
So I am not ruling it out completely but there is a possibility the Patrick Lally who is my ancestor has different parents - just for the record!!
I still believe that he was from Gortnamanach, Kilchreest, Loughrea
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well ann, glad to be able to assist u in your quest for lallys, if you have not already found your cousins. lallys were still in kiltormer in 1855, contact me if you intrested in further info re them and i will tell u my connection later,we are not related i will say at this point, and i dont mind filling in missing pieces and links for you