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Hi Frank
I have a little info on your family but it doesn’t, quite, match your information. The Cloone parish records show 4 children to Francis McHugh and Anne Fitzpatrick but all were baptised from Drumhalla, not Drimna; Drumhalla being the townland immediately to the south of Drimna.

Francis married Anne on 9th February 1869 and the witnesses were Eugene Shanley and Rose Conlon. Unfortunately the marriage records at that time do not give the parents of the couple. It may be worth getting a copy of the Civil Registration marriage certificate, which may give more information.

Their children:
Mary was baptised on 12th Nov 1869, sponsors John and Anne Fitzpatrick
Michael was baptised on 24th May 1872, sponsors Patrick McHugh and Rose (surname obscured)
Francis (1) was born on 22nd Nov 1873, sponsors Eugene McHugh and ? (name obscured)
Francis (2) was baptised on 13th April 1879, sponsors obscured but I believe the woman was a Fitzpatrick.


It could be that Anne Fitzpatrick was from Drumhalla as it was quite common for women to return to their parents home to give birth. It imay also be relevant that the McCues who had land in Drumhalla lived in the very north of the townland, on land which adjoined the McHughs from Drimna who lived at the very south of that townland.


In Griffith’s Valuation, Michael McCue of Drumhallagh held around 40 acres. He was married to a Mary Carroll and had at least 6 children between 1863 and 1872. I cannot see any record of this marriage in the parish records of either Cloone or Aughavas.

In the Tithe Books of c.1833 another Michael McHugh held 6 acres of land in DRumhallagh. He was married to Ann Shanley and they had at least 8 children between 1825 and 1843 (including Michael on 15th August 1829). I cannot find any record of this marriage but it may have occurred before records began. The Shanley connection I think definitely ties Francis in with the Drunhalla McHughs.

Jim

Hello Jim,
Thank you for your response to my posting.
I have some information on my ancestors as follows;
My g.g. grandfather, Francis McHugh, b abt 1840, d. 1910, married Ann Fitzpatrick, b. abt. 1842, d.1884, in Mohill (probably Cloone) on 9th February 1869. Grooms father is given as Michael McHugh and the brides as John Fitzpatrick

They had the following family;
Marianne b 23/11/1869.
Michael b. 7/6/1872
John b. 24/11/1873
Thomas b. 8/2/1878
Francis b. 12/5/1879 ( my grandfather)
Ann b. 6/1/1884
Ann McHugh/Fitzpatrick died in 1884 after Ann was born. Francis remarried a Catherine Connell in 1887 and they had a family of 5 children. The 1901 census shows that Ann was the only member of the first family to be residing with Francis and Catherine. Drimna is given as the townland of residence, while the birth certificates give Drumhallagh.
I read with interest rosieskass’s posting and it maybe that James McHugh, b. 1829and Michael McHugh, father of my g.g.grandfather, were brothers. I know relations of her g. grandfather Francis McHugh.
Is it possible to make personal contact with rosiekass
Any information on the Fitpatrick’s, who maybe from Aughavas parish. I am not aware of the Fitzpatrick name in Drumhallagh.

Regards
Frank McHugh