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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Irwins from Aghanloo/Rathfad
« on: Friday 24 April 09 14:45 BST (UK)  »
kingskerswell,

many many thanks for providing that information, please accept my apologies for not posting sooner.

I do believe that you are 100% spot on with that family listing! They are my ancestors, and Elizabeth Irwin is my great grandmother, and William is my great grandfather through marriage (though I am thinking he is probably the brother or relation of Elizabeth's dead 1st husband? jumping to conclusions here)

I am still in the very early stages of researching my Irish family links - and was mostly concentrating on the Scottish- but now I have just discovered that my grandmother, (Catherine McDonald, who married Thomas Charles Irwin)  - her father, James McDonald & mother, Matilda Gallacher, both emigrated from Ireland too  ??? ! So that will be a seperate posting soon  :)

Edenreaghbeg I will definately be in touch soon to see if there are links - or I can just send you the information that I have?

thanks again!
John Irwin

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Irwins from Aghanloo/Rathfad
« on: Thursday 26 March 09 23:57 GMT (UK)  »
hi there Belfast Beau and co,

Though I have done a lot of social history research over the years, I am new to researching my own family history so still have a lot to uncover.

But I believe that my great grandfather is one of the Irwin's you refer to later in the posts as one of the sons of John Irwin.

William Irwin married Elizabeth Irwin (yes this is her maiden name) in Granagh, Aughanloo (this is the spelling on their sons birth certificate of 5th March 1884 but obviously an error and should be Aghanloo). It states that William is a farm labourer. I dont have any more information after this and so am hoping that yourself or someone could assist filling in any more of the gaps?

Many thanks! - John

ack! sorry - reading your post carefully this time I see that your John and Jane died before Williams birth in 1884... unless your William is the father of my William (makes him my 2G grandfather) and ... which would make John my (3G) grandfather....

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