QUINN in Tyrone

[Quinn]

More and more as the family digs, we believe that we were most likely from Tyrone originally.

Family research has concentrated on Donegal, and yes there is a LOT of family there.  But we are now finding connections to Tyrone, and we have come to the conclusion that this may be where many of our answers lie.

Is anyone connected to a Daniel Quinn family who would have come from possibly the area of Omagh in the 1750's or so?  He would have settled in Ballinakillew Mountain area in Donegal.

Also, a Patrick Quinn from the same time period, who would have settled in the same area of Donegal.

John Quinn, same time, same information.

What we have found is that while we have so much family in the Ballintra/Ballinakillew Mountain area of Donegal,  many members of the family  (according to what the family has been told) packed everything up and moved "back home" to the area of Omagh.

Do you have some migrating Quinns from Tyrone who took off for Donegal in the 1700's?

Patty

[SMQ]

I have Quinns in Dullaghan, Dromore, Tyrone. However, I know of Quinns in Pettigo, Donegal.  What is your time frame?

[Quinn]

Hi -

Thanks for answering me!  My time frame for Donegal is the time period of aproximately 1780- onwards to today.  Daniel Quinn was removed from his farm in Ballintra in 1800.

My great grandfather James Quinn was born in Ballintra in 1828.  He has a brother that was born in Rosilly Bar in 1814.  Most of the descendants of the family still live in Ireland.  We are one of a very few that ended up coming to America and stayed here.

So it would be ANY Quinn from this area of Donegal from about 1780 onwards to today.  The family seems to have been widely scattered around the area of southern Donegal.  They appear to have been moved, removed, and to have basically ran from one area to another.

Does that help any?  If you've got a Quinn who lived anywhere near Ballintra, Laghey, Lisnapaste, Fintown, The Aught, Bondoran, from the 1780's onward, then we are probably talking the same family.

Patty

[KDQ]

Long shot, but thought I'd ask.

By any chance did your James Quinn move to Australia/New Zealand ?

Thanks and kind regards, Karen

[Quinn]

So far, the only Australian/New Zealand connection that has been found for my family has been through Alexander Falconbridge, the famous ship's surgeon on the coffin ships.

He married a Quinn, I believe it was a Catherine Quinn and they ended up in England for a while and then on to Australia.

Doesn't mean I still don't have part of the family that went there that we haven't found yet!!

Patty

[KDQ]

Well I'll tuck that info away and if I find out my James Edward Quinn (born circa 1836) is related to your Catherine..! heres hoping ....

You don't know the names of Catherine Quinns parents by any chance?  Also, what was the name of the ship they saild on to Australia .... its another long shot but if you could tell me this I could do a look up to see if my Quinns were onthe same ship .... desperate times!!!

Thanks and kind regards, Karen

[Quinn]

We are not sure yet, but we believe this Catherine Quinn was most likely a sister to my great grandfather.

If she WAS, then her parents would have been John Quinn and Bridget Murphy. Recent information from the family says that John's name was actually either Patrick John or John Patrick Quinn.

I have the ship's name tucked into my paperwork somewhere.  I will go looking for it and get it to you!

We DO know that the family originated in Tyrone, around Omagh, as a recently discovered cousin in Omagh tells me the following:

Her grandfather, Hugh Quinn, lived in Fintown, County Donegal.  His grandfather had moved them there from Omagh.  One day Hugh packed the family up and told them he was taking them "home" and they went back to Omagh, where that part of the family resides today.

My other cousins in Ireland also agree - that the family was originally from Tyrone, most likely around Omagh.  They seem to have started coming down into Donegal, a few at a time, beginning around 1740-60 for the most part.  And a bunch of them came to Donegal around 1780-90.

Patty

[KDQ]

Thanks for that Patty ....

I'll keep all those names safe and see if they cross with any ones I find for my Quinns ... I 'understand' my James Edward Quinn came from Tyrone .... but have no proof - so I'll just keep looking for that .... gosh, its so difficult and frustrating .. and I'm pretty much a newbie and still finding my feet!

Thanks again Patty .. many kind regards, Karen (from a bitterly cold snowing Ireland!)

[Quinn]

Karen, where are you in Ireland?

I heard it was supposed to snow there in the next couple of days - one of my cousins told me that you were expecting some bad weather!

Just curious - have you tired looking in PRONI for your James?  They tell me they have a LOT of records on Quinn, but I can't pay the money they require for them to research for me.

Also, you might try the Donegal Heritage Centre.  From what my relatives tell me, they have done massive research on the Quinn line, and have a lot of stuff on the family.  The records cover Tyrone, too, from what I hear.

And to me, this gets confusing, but I am also told that the Tyrone Quinns descend from a separate and distinct line from the other Quinns.  I know that if we get back far enough in time, we are all related, but the lines separate out into five distinct lines, from what I've been told.

Which, as I understand it, means we can't look at the line for the Earl of Dunraven and be able to get answers for our Quinns, because they are separate.

ACK!  We ARE all related, if we get back far enough!  Can't someone just give us the missing information and help us out???  LOL

Patty