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If you send me  his name and a copy of his obituary,I will see what I can do to help you. My e mail address is *
Rosaleen
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If you have access to the Research Library in Bridge Street Sligo then you could
Look up the information in the cemetery books they hold. Sligo County Council (Environment) has the name and  contact details  of the present caretaker who will have a Cemetery register
http://www.sligococo.ie/
I have a copy of the inscriptions and  plot lay out of Kilmacowen Cemetery. If I had the name I may be able to  help you
Rosaleen

The marriage record is  from a church in St Louis USA(1873) .It is the marriage record of  Michael (Martin) McDermott  and Mary Jane Condon
 This  US records gave  the names of both parents. Michael ( Martin) emigrated in 1864 to the USA and settled in St Louis where he married in 1873.Unfortunately the death certificate of Michael in the USA does not give details of his parents.

I have searched all Ireland records and  but I have not cross referenced a Bridget Cairney(Carney,\ Kearney) to any McDermott.
Cairney is a Scottish name . I have also searched  on Scotlands People website
The marriage  of Bridget Ca? and Jno McDermott  would have taken place circa 1840  give or take a few years.

Hi All
I think I should begin this message again
 I am trying to  trace back from 1873  and NOT forward.

I am looking for  the parents and siblings of John McDermott  who lived in Lackagh (re Marriage Certificate) His father was also named John > a farmer.  However I can find no trace of Mcdermotts in or around this area who fit the profile.
I have all of the details of this family from the marriage in 1873 to the present day. John McDermott and his wife Annie nee Scanlon lived in Carrowkeel Ballisodare in the parish of St John's and in the civil parish of Kilmacowen. They farmed a holding that was owned by Annie Scanlon's father John Scanlon
They had 5 children >Mary Ellen was my grandmother. John,Michael and Bridget went to St Louis and Patrick remained on the farm. 
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My estimate is that he was born  circa 1840- 1845. Griffith Valuation has an entry for a John McDermott in Doorly(adjoining parish)  Could be the same family

I have a number of clues but none have helped to advance my search.
A)  John McDermott lived in L
Lackagh at the time of his marriage.
B) The obituary in the Sligo Champion March 1926 . Read O'Rourkes Histories but  did not find the name of John McDermott mentioned

Re the Obituary. I apologise. I should not have put the word honorably in inverted commas.
The author of the obituary makes reference to John McDermotts interest in and knowledge of local and national history.

Quote
"He had an intelligent grasp of history ,local and national and it was always a pleasure to hear him relate some interesting episode of those long past "evil and dark" days. His name is honourably mentioned inin Dr O'Rourkes History of Sligo"  (unquote)
As said I can find no mention of the name of John McDermott in Dr.O'Rourkes History of Sligo

My greatgrandfather  John McDermott married  Anne Scanlon(Kilmacowen) in Ransboro Church in 1873.I got  a copy of the marriage certificate and  at the time of his marriage he lived in Lackagh. His father is named also as John McDermott. I have been searching for 2 years and I have failed to find any record of him or his family in Lackagh or in the surounding areas
He died in 1926 and his obituary  published in the Sligo Champion mentions that "his name " was "Honorably " mentioned in O'Rourkes History of Sligo. I read both volumes of O'Rourke and also the Ballysadare/Kilvarnet Book and can find no mention of this gentleman
I need help .