Omagh workhouse cemetery

[maggbill]

Looking for any info at all on Omagh workhouse late 19th century (know there seems to be no actual records re admissions etc).  In particular does anyone know if they would have had their own cemetery or use other specific ones.  Have been looking on "Find a Grave - Omagh" - and see that there are 41 cemeteries in Omagh.. some listed seem pretty old.  Any info welcome!!!

[Elwyn Soutter]

There was a burial ground in Omagh workhouse. You can see where it was on the map on the attached link:

https://www.workhouses.org.uk/Omagh/

When someone died in the workhouse the relatives were free to claim the body and bury it in a family plot, but if no-one claimed the body it would normally be buried in the workhouse  graveyard.

[maggbill]

Thanks for that reply Elwyn!  My great great grandfather Francis McNab died in the Omagh workhouse in 1890, said to be from "Mullagharn".. at that stage without family we think, as his wife  Mary had died in 1885 in Omagh area, said to be from "Mullinatormog" (sorry not sure of the spelling of these two areas)... and their offspring had mostly died in Glasgow where they had moved to in 1864 (but then Francis and Mary appeared to return alone to Omagh area, after 1873).    So maybe i should aim for which  RC. cemetery Mary would have been buried in .... and it leaves me with the option that Francis would have been buried in the Workhouse burial area - who knows if there is any record/research on the workhouse building/surrounds etc.  Pretty vague possibilities, but must say that not having done much Family research for the past few years, it seems that the Irish records have improved quite a lot. 

[maggbill]

Ooops - thanks also for the link re info about the Omagh workhouse...  will have a good look!!...

[Kiltaglassan]

Mullagharn townland west of Omagh.
https://www.townlands.ie/tyrone/east-omagh/drumragh/mullagharn/mullagharn/

Mullanatoomog townland close to Mullagharn.
https://www.townlands.ie/tyrone/east-omagh/drumragh/mullagharn/mullanatoomog/

[Elwyn Soutter]

There’s a choice of about 5 cemeteries that an RC person might use in the Omagh area: Drumragh New, Drumragh Old, Omagh Cemetery, Omagh RC & Omagh Convent. Bear in mind that most RC parishes didn’t keep burial records and also that labourers (which is what I see Francis was) often couldn’t afford a gravestone, so his wife might be in an unmarked grave. I think the chances of finding where either of them were buried is probably slim. If he had no next of kin in the Omagh area, then I'd guess Francis was buried in the workhouse graveyard but there don't appear to be any records for it.

[maggbill]

Thanks Elwyn and Kiltaglassan for the contributions, which I will follow up ..... I know the possibilties are pretty slim - certainly don't have a chance of actually "finding a grave" i.e. gravestone or separate burial.  About 100% sure Francis and his wife Mary would have ended up in common graves of some sort, but it would be good to even just find some records somewhere.... which is a rather faint possibility with the Irish records.  They had struggled in their years in Scotland, we think that they went back to Ireland as they were possibly left with the responsability of raising a grandchild Mary Kenny, who wasn't eligible for Parish Relief in Glasgow as she had been born (1866) to their daughter when she was in Tipperaray with her soldier husband.    And what happened to the grandchild Mary Kenny?  Failed to find her in Scotland or Ireland... quite a common name.  This is an old brick wall, - but one thing I have learned over the years, is never give up on the search - brick walls do crumble!

[Wexflyer]

I can't speak to Omagh specifically, but in general workhouse burials (that is, at the expense of the Union), were in pauper's plots, or dedicated workhouse burial sites, without any permanent memorial.

[shanreagh]

....
  They had struggled in their years in Scotland, we think that they went back to Ireland as they were possibly left with the responsability of raising a grandchild Mary Kenny, who wasn't eligible for Parish Relief in Glasgow as she had been born (1866) to their daughter when she was in Tipperaray with her soldier husband.    And what happened to the grandchild Mary Kenny? 
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Could you give us some more details about the parents of Mary Kenny so we can look for her. (if you want us too)