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Title: Milltown Graveyard - Gallagher - help appreciated
Post by: -Starshine- on Thursday 26 August 10 09:26 BST (UK)

Milltown in NE Galway, between Tuam & Claremorris...

No urgency with this, just if there's someone who'd like to look for a headstone and it's convenient...

It's a family who attended Milltown RC Church late 19th Century.(from Stripe townland).

Michael Gallagher died  between 1901-1911. age 70 or 80
Wife Catherine died sometime after 1911, age 70 or 80.

Anything on earlier/later generation also appreciated. Please don't feel obliged

Thanks
Starshine

Title: Re: Milltown Graveyard - Gallagher - help appreciated
Post by: ballyheeragh on Thursday 26 August 10 23:28 BST (UK)

Have you looked at the census for the Milltown area for 1901 or 1911.

Stripe is in the Addergoole DED and a search on www.nationalarchives.ie for 1901 returns the following 4 records:

Gallagher Catherine Stripe North Addergoole Galway 60 F
Gallagher Peter Stripe North Addergoole Galway 20 M 
Gallagher Micheal Stripe North Addergoole Galway 65 M
Gallagher Bridget Stripe North Addergoole Galway 22 F .

and in 1911, a search yields:
Gallagher Catherine Stripe, North Addergoole Galway 35 F Co Galway 
Gallagher Catherine Stripe, North Addergoole Galway 77 F Co Galway
Gallagher Peter Stripe, North Addergoole Galway 36 M Co Galway
Gallagher Ellen Stripe, North Addergoole Galway 1 F Co Galway 
Gallagher Mary Kate Stripe, North Addergoole Galway 2 F Co Galway 

The important thing to note if you decide to search church records etc is that the Milltown area is under ADDERGOOLE + LISKEEVY parish around the period you're interested in.

Any idea which graveyard in Milltown - Kilgevrin, Kilclooney..... and there might be a third graveyard in the parish....someone else might help out here.

Best of luck

Title: Re: Milltown Graveyard - Gallagher - help appreciated
Post by: -Starshine- on Tuesday 31 August 10 15:15 BST (UK)

Thanks Ballyheeragh, for your detailed reply. Yes that's the same family. Perhaps I could have mentioned... 

...that I'd checked those sources already.  :) ;D 
  :) But thanks...

I guess it was the graveyard used during the early 1900s.

If it's like other places, there's probably a much newer graveyard being used nowadays, as you suggest in your post.

Starshine

Title: Re: Milltown Graveyard - Gallagher - help appreciated
Post by: galwayreader on Monday 06 September 10 18:50 BST (UK)

There are three graveyards in Milltown parish- Kilclooney, Kilgevrin and Adergoole all of which have been used for years so your best bet might be adergoole on Milltown- Dunmore road.

Title: Re: Milltown Graveyard - Gallagher - help appreciated
Post by: -Starshine- on Monday 06 September 10 20:53 BST (UK)

Many thanks for that information on  the graveyards Galwayreader, I don't know the area.

-Starshine-

Title: Re: Milltown Graveyard - Gallagher - help appreciated
Post by: galwayreader on Wednesday 15 September 10 23:09 BST (UK)

Have a look in google maps. Start with Tuam area in North county Galway and go north to village of Milltown.
Stripe North is about 1km NE of Milltown on Galway/Mayo border. Addergoole is 2/3km east of Milltown. The graveyard is very old but many gravestones were cleaned up a few years ago.

Title: Re: Milltown Graveyard - Gallagher - help appreciated
Post by: -Starshine- on Friday 17 September 10 21:18 BST (UK)

Thanks for your help once more, galwayreader