Donagh/Carndonagh Parish Records McElhinney

[kiwijulia]

Agnes thank you so much.
Thanks to some very fragile family links I was able to travel last year to Carondonagh and stayed with the Grandson of Philip McElhinney (who you found...). I was surprised to find they were as emotional about the "family coming home" as we were about being there. We even visited the Meenahoner, and house where my "uncle" still lives which James and Mary built all that time ago. It made my father cry, as he thinks of himself as Irish but had never been...let alone to find the family and see the homested that his grandfather had talked about when he was a boy.

I am descended from William who aparently left Ireland at 18.
He arrived in NZ in 1908 and started our family line. This year we had a 100 year celebration and three of my distant cousins from Philips line came over - it was fab!

What is most surprising is that the family there know very little about where else the family has gone - there are McElhinneys all around but prob the family links have been lost because they were all living in the same area - so you have given me more information than they could!!!
As I was there for a short time of only 5 days, I made the most of meeting those that were there so didn't make it to the Library.
Thank you so much.
Julia

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Anne

[marvin]

Hello - I'm a McElhinney too! My dad is from Carndonagh, Co. Donegal and his family were known as the 'lochmen'. My grandad was William McElhinney (married to Ethne Davenport). I know a little bit about our history but am still filling in the gaps. I know my grandad was the eldest of six children and his dad married again after his first wife died. Gt grandad apparently had another six children in Scotland with his second wife. I think we must be related..... it would be nice to be in touch...
best wishes
Marvin.

[kiwijulia]

Yes I think we are related...
The story I got from the family still there was that there were brothers McElhinney;

Jimmy the Meen (James of the Meenahoner), Gerry the Bunnarar (don't know what that means and neither did the family, or how to spell it) and Dan the Loch. That during the time when the English landlords were doing all sorts of nasty stuff in Ireland the McElhinney's were working the property of a Landlord; Gerry was a gamekeeper, Dan tended the loch and Jimmy cut turf for fuel for the estate. Aparently they were all gifted a small piece of land for long service and the family said it was unusual for Irish Catholics to be given such things at the time.

James McElhinney (Jimmy the Meen) is my Great Great Grandfather (I was born in 1978 just to give some perspective), his children were born between 1876 and 1886 from the info I have.

So if you had a William the Loch as a grandfather maybe he was Dan the Loch's son? Do you have a date for the marriage to Ethne Davenport? Do you know the name of your Gt grandad?

Yes, we should get in touch. I could send you a Gedcom of what I have if you want. Feel free to email me on

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 but my wedding is in 3 months so I don't have alot of time currently for family history stuff!
Julia

[Portygilr]

Hi to all,  I've put together some McElhinney + var d/bases for
Co.Donegal and Glasgow Scotland, pm me if you would like
a copy.

As previously mentioned my GG G/Mother was a McElhinney - married
a James Boyle, lived in Killhill,Bellanascaddan, Kilmacrenan Parish.
On my recent trip to the GROI in Dublin, I found my GG G/Mother's
death record  'by sheer luck' more than anything else!  Sarah Boyle (ms McElhinney) d 4th July 1875,aged 55.  Superintendent Reg.Dist. Letterkenny, Reg. Dist :Church Hill, Death Reg. in the Dist.Churchill, Union of Letterkenny, Townland of Ballynascaddin,Co.Donegal.

 Charles Boyle (son of James & Sarah) b c 1839, inherited the
land at Ballynascaddin (Bellanascaddan) from John McElhinney
JohnMcelhinney   died 1885.   The John McElhinney in question was non RC, my Boyle line were RC.   Would .. John McElhinney if he was not related to my GG Grandmother - Sarah Boyle (McElhinney) leave his land at Bellanscaddan to my GG Uncle Charles Boyle  - Sarah's son? The same John Mcelhinney was witness to my G Grandmother's marriage St.Columba's RC,Termon 1874, and a William McElhinney
witnessed Charles Boyle's marriage 1873 @ Churchill.

From other documents, there was connection between this McElhinney
line and a Robert Gregg, also Starrit (sp)



Help appreciated.
thank you Anne

[Thelochman]

Hi
just saw your message. My grandfather was Willie the loch and married to ethna mc elhinney. Give me a call.

[Portygilr]

Hi Lochman.. which post were you reffering to?

My post is #13  McElhinny in Kilmacrenan..

Cheers
Anne

[Thelochman]

Hi
my reply was to #11, marvin's sorry bout that.

[marytheloch]

Hi Mervin,
My father was William McElhinney 'the lochman' & my mum was ethna davenport.
If you have any other questions I would only be too happy to help you fill in the gaps.