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McGoughs, McGeoughs and McGeoghs in the Baronies of Dartree and Monaghan by Hugh McGough

This page collects my notes on the McGoughs, McGeoughs and McGeoghs in the Baronies of Dartree and Monaghan in county Monaghan. The families are listed by the townlands in which they were located. I have included geographical descriptions of the townlands to help locate them.

Locations, Sources, Links, and Maps

The barony of Dartree consists of six civil parishes in county Monaghan: Clones, Killeevan (two parts), Drummully (two parts), Aghabog, Currin (two parts), and Ematris. Dartree has also been known as Dartraige, Dartraighe, Dairtre, and Dartry. The barony of Monaghan is made up of six civil parishes in county Monaghan: Tedavnet (Tydavnet), Tehallan, Drumsnat, Kilmore (two parts), Monaghan (Monaghan and Rackwallace), and Tullycorbet. The north part of the civil parish of Clones also lies in the barony of Monaghan. This page lists townlands in those parishes where a version of the name McGough has been found.

Ann McGeough Harney has published on her website a map of the baronies of county Monaghan with the parishes shown in each barony. For another map showing the relative location of civil parishes within county Monaghan, go to The Civil Parishes of County Monaghan published by the Ulster Historical Foundation. For a similar map and a list of place names in each parish, with a summary of the records covering it, go to Irish Ancestors.

Maps of the townlands of the civil parishes in county Monaghan will be found in Landscapes of South Ulster—A Parish Atlas of the Diocese of Clogher by Patrick J. Duffy (The Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University of Belfast 1993).

For most of the townlands in this page, I give a reference on the Irish National Grid. To make use of these references, I recommend that you acquire sheets 28A and 28B of the 1:50 000 maps of the Discovery Series published by Ordnance Survey Ireland.

The primary sources of the names listed below are the Tithe Applotment Books (T) from around 1826 and Griffith's Valuation (G) from around 1860. For more explanation of how the names were compiled and arranged, see my comprehensive table at McGoughs, McGeoughs, and McGeoghs in Ireland in the 1820–30s and 1850–60s: By County, Parish, and Townland. A number before a name listed below is a reference number to this table. After the name, I name the townland, parish, and county, in that order.

The International Genealogical Index (IGI) has been published on the Internet by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints under the website title of Family Search. The website must be searched by the entry of the name of an individual or family. The IGI is also available on microfiche at the Family History Centers sponsored by the Mormon church. To the extent I have found references in the IGI applicable to persons in these parishes, I have included them.

Civil Parishes of Aghabog and Killeevan

The civil parishes of Aghabog and Killeevan lie in the hills of west county Monaghan adjoining county Cavan. The parishes are in the barony of Dartree. For a map showing the relative location of the civil parishes of Aghabog and Killeevan within county Monaghan, go to The Civil Parishes of County Monaghan published by the Ulster Historical Foundation. For a similar map and a list of place names in Aghabog, with a summary of the records covering it, go to Irish Ancestors.

The civil parish of Killeevan is to the immediate northwest of the civil parish of Aghabog; the civil parish of Currin is to the immediate southwest. The civil parish of Ematris is to the immediate southeast. The townlands of the parishes of Aghabog, Killeevan, and Currin are published on one map at pages 78 and 79 of Landscapes of South Ulster—A Parish Atlas of the Diocese of Clogher by Patrick J. Duffy (The Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University of Belfast 1993). The town of Newbliss is in the parish of Killeevan. Newbliss (H565 235) is 15 kilometers southwest of the town of Monaghan, 15 kilometers west by northwest of the town of Ballybay, and a little over 6 kilometers east by southeast of the town of Clones.

Drollagh

The townland of Drollagh is on the southeastern boundary of the civil parish of Aghabog, and borders on the civil parish of Ematris. Drollagh (H598 222) is about 3 1/2 kilometers east by southeast of the town of Newbliss.

208 Patt. McGough Drollagh (Drollough) Aghabog Monaghan T 1833. He held about 5 acres of land.

Philip McGough and Ellen Boyle are listed by the IGI as the parents of Patrick McGough born at Dawsongrove, Monaghan, on July 23, 1864; Mary McGough born at Dawsongrove, Monaghan, on December 29, 1865; Bridget McGough born on September 14, 1872, in Monaghan, Ireland; Ellen McGough born in Ireland on March 4, 1875; Susan McGough born on July 8, 1867, in Monaghan; and another Susan McGough born on November 26, 1876, at Drollagh, Monaghan, Ireland. Drollagh is also a townland on the southeastern boundary of the civil parish of Aghabog, that borders on the civil parish of Ematris. Drollagh (H598 222) is about 3 1/2 kilometers east by southeast of the town of Newbliss, and a little less than 5 kilometers north of Dawsongrove (H595 162). Dawsongrove is in county Monaghan, in the civil parish of Ematris (see below), and seems to have been a place of registration of births of several townlands in the area. (There is another townland of Drollagh (H843 259) in county Monaghan—in the northern part of the civil parish of Muckno, 6 kilometers north by northwest of the town of Castleblayney.) [A baptism of Phil McGough is recorded in the parish of Aghabog on April 2, 1841; sponsers Pat McPhillips and Nancy Keelan. See the posting of February 12, 2008, by Richard O'Connell, on McGough Family Genealogy Forumm entitled Monaghan Births—Baptisms.]

Drumbaragh

The townland of Drumbaragh (H566 252) is on the northwestern boundary of the parish of Aghabog, a little less than two kilometers north of the town of Newbliss.

209 Eliza McGeogh Drumbaragh Aghabog Monaghan G 1860. She rents a house and about one and a half acres of land from William Clarke for 10 shillings a year.

Feagh and Mullymagaraghan

The townland of Feagh (H585 233) is about 2 kilometers east of the town of Newbliss. Feagh Lough is on the southern edge of the townland of Feagh, and the northern edge of the townland of Mullymagaraghan.

210 Patrick McGough Feagh Aghabog Monaghan T 1833 .

The townland of Mullymagaraghan is immediately south of the townland of Feagh, also about two kilometers east of the town of Newbliss.

211 Phillip McGough Mullymagaraghan Aghabog Monaghan T 1833. [A baptism of Phil McGough is recorded in the parish of Aghabog on April 2, 1841; sponsers Pat McPhillips and Nancy Keelan. See the posting of February 12, 2008, by Richard O'Connell, on McGough Family Genealogy Forumm entitled Monaghan Births—Baptisms.]

Killyfuddy

The townland of Killyfuddy (H565 262) is in the civil parish of Killeevan on the western boundary of the civil parish of Aghabog, near Rooskey Lough. On the eastern boundary of Killyfuddy is the townland of Drumbaragh in the civil parish of Aghabog. The nearest town is Clones (H505 262), 6 kilometers to the west, in the civil parish of Clones, and almost on the border between counties Monaghan and Fermanagh.

433 James McGeogh Killyfuddy Killeevan Monaghan G 1860.

The IGI lists a James McGough and Catherine McGough as parents of Mary McGough, born in Clones, Monaghan, on June 21, 1865. The father is probably the James McGeogh who held land in the townland of Killyfuddy in 1860.

Paul J. McGough, in a message of February 20, 2000, to Al Beagan's "Genealogy Notes," says:

"Catherine Beagan and James Bernard McGough (who assumed his middle name after their marriage) was married on Jan. 8, 1885 at the Aghalog [I assume this is Aghabog] Catholic Church, Clogher Diocese in County Monaghan, Ireland. They came over separately to Brooklyn. James first to establish a residence on April 17, 1887 and then Catherine and their young daughter Mary Ellen boarded the Circassia, an Anchor line steamship at Londonderry Ireland. They traveled 3rd class passage to America, landing at the Port of Castle Garden New York on June 1st, 1887."

See the entry under Minnesota—Swift County, Benson (1st Ward), on my page: McGoughs and McGues in the 1900 Census of the United States.

Annagose—John McGough Who Moved From Ireland to Scotland

The townland of Annagose (H580 254) is in the civil parish of Aghabog. Annagose Lough is on the northeast boundary of the townland. Annagose lies immediately east of the townland of Drumbaragh in the parish of Aghabog and about two kilometers east by southeast of the townland of Killyfuddy in the parish of Killeevan, both discussed above.

Edward McGough, of Edinburgh, Scotland, is the grandson of a John McGough who was born, on March 23, 1872, at Annagose in the civil parish of Aghabog. He is the great-grandson of Matthew McGough who was born near Newbliss in June of 1839. John McGough, the grandfather of Edward, moved to Scotland about 1883 and lived with McGough cousins there until his marriage. He married Rose Ann Connolly of county Cavan on February 17, 1905. The marriage took place in Cambuslang, Glasgow, Scotland. He was a landscape gardener. He died in Glasgow on May 13, 1952.

Edward McGough tells this story:

"My grandfather John McGough and his brother Pat were the only two of the family known to be literate. When Rose Connolly was coming back from New York to Ayr, Ayrshire, after her nurse training in psychiatry, she knew of Newbliss people living in Cambuslang, Glasgow, and she started writing to John Lee to make arrangements to meet up. John Lee asked his cousin, John McGough to read the letters to him and to reply. Before very long John McGough was writing to Rose on his own behalf. The third time John and Rose physically saw each other was 17 February 1905 when John Lee was their best man."

John McGough, Edward’s grandfather, was the son of Matthew McGough who was born near Newbliss in June of 1839. Matthew married Elizabeth Leonard. Matthew and Elizabeth had five, possibly six, children including John, who was their first born. John McGough had two brothers, James who died unmarried as age 22, and Patrick who was the local postman in Aghabog and died there in 1942. Possibly, there was a third brother, and fourth son, Thomas. John had two sisters, Margaret and Elizabeth McGeough, who were registered as Magough. Their father Matthew died in March 1909 at Newbliss. His death was registered by Mick Connolly, the brother of Edward’s grandmother, Rose Connolly McGough.

John’s brother Patrick married Bridgit McIntee on May 30, 1899, and he and his wife are buried in the Aghabog churchyard in a marked grave. Patrick and Bridgit had three sons, Patrick, Owen (Eugene), and Joseph. Patrick and Owen emigrated to the United States early in 1922 together with a cousin, John-Joe McGough (or Brogan or Creighton). This may have had something to do with The Troubles and the death of their brother Joseph. Joseph died in Ireland in 1921 of pneumonia contracted while he was hiding from British soldiers in the hills for three days. Joseph is buried in the same marked grave in the Aghabog churchyard as his parents. Patrick moved back to Ireland where he married a widow named Sally Hassenhouf (?). They opened a guest house in Dundalk in the 1950s. Patrick adopted Sally’s son by a previous marriage. Billy answered to both Billy McGough and Billy Hassenhouf (?) and died in Dundalk in 1991 at around the age of 60.

Edward McGough’s mother, Ellen Grattan McGough, told Edward that in 1937 she had met Owen McGough, the son of Patrick and Bridgit McIntee McGough, while Owen was in Ireland for a holiday from the United States.

The Thomas McGough who may have been a fourth son of Matthew and Elizabeth Leonard McGough is the father of Thomas McGeough and Eugene McGeough. Thomas and Eugene were jointly running a turkey farm in Newbliss in 1992 both in their seventies. Thomas and Eugene both include an "e" in McGeough. Eugene (or possibly Thomas) has a son, Jimmy McGeough, who is today the headmaster of Killeevan Primary School and, according to Edward, a very pleasant man.

John and Rose McGough had two sons, Matthew and James, and three daughters: Rose, Bridget and Mary, all born in Glasgow. With the exception of James, all spent their lives in Glasgow where they died. Matthew was born on February 9, 1912, married Ellen Grattan on August 9, 1937, and died in Glasgow on December 14, 1991. Matthew and Ellen traveled to Newbliss on their honeymoon. Edward reports that in 1918 John uprooted Rose and all their children from Glasgow to go back to county Monaghan to help out with The Troubles. They moved back to Glasgow after a short stay in Ireland.

Edward says that his grandfather, John McGough, had one or two first cousins who were also named John McGough or McGeough.

Matthew McGough, the son of John and Rose, and Ellen Grattan, were the parents of Edward Phillip McGough, who was born in Glasgow on May 19, 1951, and is the Edward McGough who is the source of much of this information. Edward has a brother, John Francis McGough, who was born on October 4, 1940, and lives in Brisbane, Australia. Another brother, James Grattan McGough, was born of August 8, 1942, and lives in Perth, West Australia. A third brother, Matthew McGough, was born on February 11, 1947, and lives in Brisbane, Australia. A sister, Mary McGough, was born on January 19, 1949, and married Billy Downie of Greenock, Glasgow, Scotland, in Collingwood, Ontario, where they live today.

Edward’s mother went to school with McGeoughs in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, about 15 miles from Glasgow and 5 miles from where John McGough, his great grandfather, originally lived in Scotland with his cousins from roughly 1883 to 1905. John McGough said only that these other McGeoughs were relatives.

Edward McGough says that in 1855 in Haddington, about ten miles outside of Edinburgh, an Owen McGough, age 22, was married to Maggie McGinnis. Owen was born about 1833 in Clones. Owen’s father’s name is given as Simon of Clones, county Monaghan. Edward asks: "Given that Owen was born about 1833, could Simon be the son of Thomas McGoff, who married Sarah Wiggins in Monaghan on 4 January 1815?" Thomas Magoff and Sarah Wiggins are listed by the IGI as parents of Sarah Magoff born on March 15, 1818, at Clones, Monaghan, Ireland.

Edward also asks whether Owen could be the brother of his great grandfather, Matthew, who was born near Newbliss in 1839. The first year of compulsory registration of marriages in Edinburgh was 1855. Edward also notes: "While my son was at University in Wales, Aberystwyth, I checked the UW library for about an hour and found wills and land deeds for 1693 for John McGough." Edward McGough has a website.

Civil Parish of Currin

Drum

John McGough, a resident of the townland of Drum in county Monaghan, was on the roster of the Orange Lodges in county Monaghan in 1848. Otherday.com, available on the website of the Godfrey Memorial Library.

Civil Parish of Ematris

The civil parish of Ematris is immediately southeast of the civil parishes of Aghabog and Killeevan and immediately west of the northern one third of the parish of Aghnamullen West. The parish is in the barony of Dartree.

Patrick McGeough is listed in the parish of Ematris in 1796 by the flax seed entitlement lists.

Terence McGeough is listed in the parish of Ematris in 1796 by the flax seed entitlement lists.

Coolkill East

Coolkill East (H668 227)is a townland on the northeastern corner of the civil parish of Ematris, and the eastern boundary of Coolkill East lies on the western boundary of the civil parish of Ballybay. Coolkill East is 4 1/2 kilometers west by northwest of the town of Ballybay, and 11 kilometers northeast of the town of Cootehill.

373 Bernard McGough Coolkill East Ematris Monaghan G 1858

Bernard McGough and Rose Dailey are listed by the IGI as parents of Margaret McGough, born at Dawsongrove, Monaghan, on January 14, 1865.

Corravacan

Corravacan (H648 203) is a little over a kilometer north of the town of Rockcorry, a little over 6 kilometers west of the town of Ballybay, and a little over 6 kilometers northeast of the town of Cootehill.

374 Owen McGough Corravacan Ematris Monaghan G 1858

Dawsongrove

The Dawsongrove Demesne (H595 162), in which is located Dartry House, includes the northwest shore of Inner Lough. A Church of Ireland place of worship on the northwest shore of Inner Lough is 3 kilometer north of the town of Cootehill in county Cavan, and was apparently used as a place of registry of birth in the surrounding countryside. Dawsongrove Demesne has been identified as the site of a McMahon castle.

The IGI lists the following births at Dawsongrove:

Bernard McGough and Rose Dealey are listed by the IGI as the parents of Mary Anne McGough born at Dawsongrove, Monaghan, on January 15, 1864.

John McGough and Rose Reilly are listed by the IGI as the parents of Ellen McGough born at Dawsongrove, Monaghan, on November 5, 1869. According to the baptismal records of the Catholic parish of Aughnamullen West at Latton, county Monaghan, Ireland, these McGoughs lived in the townland of Lisgillan. See. Baptisms and Marriages in the Catholic Parish of Aughnamullen West.

John McGough and Anne Sherry are listed by the IGI as the parents of Mary McGough born at Dawsongrove, Monaghan, May 17, 1864; James McGough born at Dawsongrove, Monaghan, on September 11, 1865; and Ellen McGough born on March 11, 1870 in Monaghan, Ireland.

John McGough and Rose Nowlan are listed by the IGI as the parents of Mary McGough born at Dawsongrove, Monaghan, on March 15, 1864; and John McGough, born at Dawsongrove, Monaghan, on January 8, 1866.

John McGough and Martha McGough are listed by the IGI as the parents of Rose McGough born at Dawsongrove, Monaghan, on November 17, 1869.

Thomas McGough and Anne McGivern are listed by the IGI as parents of Mary McGough born at Dawsongrove, Monaghan, on March 18, 1864; and as parents of Mary McGough born at Cootehill, Monaghan, on May 7, 1865.

Civil Parish of Tedavnet

The civil parish of Tedavnet is in the barony of Monaghan. The parish lies immediately south of the western part of the parish of Errigal Trough. The town of Scotstown is roughly in the center of the civil parish of Tedavnet, in the townland of Carrowhatta Scotstown (H610 370 on sheet 28, Monaghan, or sheet 28A of the Discovery series), is about 8 kilometers west by northwest of the town of Monaghan.

Ann McGeough Harney reports (on Genealogy.com): "There is a Terrence McGeogh buried in the old Tydavnet churchyard in Monaghan, just down the road from Tyrone. He died in 1775 age 67."

Corblonog

The townland of Corblonog (H583 382) is a little more than 2 kilometers northwest of Scotstown.

481 Peter Mageogh Corblonog Tedavnet Monaghan G 1860. He rented a house, offices, and about 9 acres of land from Sir George Foster, Bart. House, offices and land at £4.10.0.

Peter McGough and Mary Daly are listed by the IGI as the parents of Mary McGough born in Scotstown, Monaghan, on May 1, 1865. The father is probably the Peter Mageogh who held land in the townland of Corblonog in 1860.

Peter McGough, born in Scotstown about 1845, married Mary Woods in Scotstown, Monaghan, in 1870, according to the IGI

Derrycrossan

The townland of Derrycrossan (H586 398) is less than 2 kilometers north of Corblonog, one townland removed from Corblonog, and 4 kilometers north by northwest of Scotstown..

482 Thomas McGeogh Derrycrossan Tedavnet Monaghan G 1860. He rented a house, office and about 13 acres of land from Sir George Foster, Bart. for £6.15.0. He shares 5/8ths of an acre with Bernard McAleer; according to Sheryl Bansfield: donb@shorenet (See: Griffiths Valuation of Ireland—Tedavnet, County Monaghan.)

Clontycasta

The townland of Clontycasta (H623 418) is on the north-central boundary of the Catholic parish of Tedavnet, county Monaghan. The townland of Mullaghselsana in the parish of Errigal Trough is 8 kilometers to the north. Clontycasta is 6 1/2 kilometers west by southwest of Emyvale, and 6 kilometers north by northeast of Scotstown.

Patrick McGeough was the grandson of Arthur McGeough of the townland of Mullaghselsana in the parish of Errigal Trough, and the son of John Joseph McGeough and Bridget Moan of the same townland. See McGoughs, McGeoughs and McGeoghs in the Baronies of Dartree and Monaghan under Mullaghselsana. Patrick McGeough married Sara-Agnes McHugh and raised a family in (I assume) the townland of Clontycasta. Their grandson, Hugh McGeough, was born in Clontycasta, probably between 1940 and 1950. Hugh continues to reside in Ireland. Hugh's parents were Patrick McGeough and his wife Cassie. This Patrick died in 1987 in Clontycasta. More on this family will be found on my page Hugh McGoughs in History under "[1940?] Hugh McGeough."

Derrynasell West

The townland of Derrynasell West is at the northern tip of the Catholic parish of Roslea, and on the western edge of the civil parish of Tedavnet. It is in county Monaghan—on its western edge, just east of the border with county Fermanagh and Northern Ireland). Over half of the Catholic parish of Roslea lies in Fermanagh, but this part is in county Monaghan. Compare the map of the civil parishes of county Monaghan published by the Ulster Historical Society with the map of the Catholic parishes in the diocese of Clogher. (See also: Claire's Ancestry.) There is a small scale local map on the web page: geograph. H5432 : Rosslea Parish Church (RC). Derrynasell West is 7 kilometers north of the town of Rosslea, which is in county Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, and about 18 kilometers west by nothwest of the town of Monaghan. Scotstown is about half way between Derrynasell West and the town of Monaghan. Derrynasell west is at Irish grid reference H532 392 on map 28A (Cavan Fermanagh Monaghan Tyrone) of the Discovery Series published by the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, and Sheet 27 (Upper Lough Erne) of the 1:50 000 series published by the Ordnance Survey of Nothern Ireland.

On October 24, 1875, Thomas McGeogh was born to John McGeogh and Mary Moyna in Derrynasell (St. Tierney's (Roslea) Births 1875/1876). (The church is in the town of Roslea (spelled Rosslea on modern maps), which is in county Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.)

On March 25, 1878, John McGough was born to John McGough and Mary Moyna in Derrynasell. (St. Tierney's (Roslea) Births 1877/1878/start of 1879).

Here is an entry from The parishes of Monaghan and a wee bit of their history:

"Roslea:— More than half of this parish lies in Co. Fermanagh, and Smithboro is the main population centre in the ‘smaller half’ that lies in County Monaghan, although its ‘off-shoot’, Magherarney, seems to be catching up on the ‘mother village’, as far as housing and population are concerned, in recent years. Always an industrious area, the turkey processing business has made it well-known, both nationally and internationally, in recent times. First founded by a ‘Planter’ landlord named Smith, he established a monthly fair here that became very popular right up until well into the 19th century. A crannog on nearby Lough Ooney is one of the best preserved crannogs in the county."

Civil Parish of Tehallan

The civil parish of Tehallan is in the barony of Monaghan. The spelling of the Catholic parish is Tyholland. To the south is the civil parish of Monaghan; to the north, the civil parish of Donagh; to the northeast, county Armagh; and to the east, the civil parish of Clontibret. Ann McGeough Harney has published on her website a map of the baronies of county Monaghan with the parishes shown in each barony. For another map showing the relative location of the civil parish of Tehallan within county Monaghan, go to The Civil Parishes of County Monaghan published by the Ulster Historical Foundation. For a similar map and a list of place names in Aghabog, with a summary of the records covering it, go to Irish Ancestors.

A map of the townlands of the parish of Tehallan (the Catholic parish is called Tyholland) will be found at page 72 of Landscapes of South Ulster—A Parish Atlas of the Diocese of Clogher by Patrick J. Duffy (The Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University of Belfast 1993). The town of Scotstown is roughly in the center of the civil parish of Tedavnet, in the townland of Carrowhatta Scotstown (H610 370 on sheet 28, Monaghan), is about 8 kilometers northwest of the town of Monaghan.

Alkill

The townland of Alkill (H745 345) is about 7 kilometers east of the town of Monaghan, and 3 kilometers west of the Monaghan-Armagh border.

483 James McGeough Alkill Tehallan Monaghan G 1860. James was born in Ireland in 1821 and died on August 4, 1899, in Lynn Massachusetts. His parents were Barney McGeough, born in Ireland in about 1820, and Margaret McGeough. James married Mary Sherry, who was born in Ireland about 1830, and died in Lynn, Massachusetts on January 27, 1923. James and Mary Sherry McGeough emigrated to Lynn (Essex County), Massachusetts, in 1877, with their nine children. Sheryl Bansfield of Lynn, Massachusetts, is the great-great granddaughter of Peter McGeough, the third of the children of James and Mary Sherry McGeough. Sheryl Bansfield has furnished much of the above information and the following information regarding the children of James and Mary Sherry McGeough:

Bernard McGeough was born in Ireland in 1852. He died in Lynn, Massachusetts, on April 7, 1908. He was naturalized on November 25, 1881. He married Maria A. Carbin who was born on April 5, 1866, and died in Lynn, Massachusetts on November 27, 1890. ((Bernard McGeough married Maria A. Carbin on January 1, 1883, in Rhode Island, according to Rhode Island Marriages, 1636–1930 on Ancestry.com.) They had a son, James McGeough, who was born in 1885 and died on April 9, 1889. Bernard married a second wife, Kate Collier Campbell, in 1907.

John J. McGeough was born in Ireland in 1854 . He died in Lynn, Massachusetts, on December 12, 1932. He was naturalized on November 25, 1881. He married Celia Gallagher who was born in Ireland 1859 and died in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1935. Their children included Mary C. McGeough; Margaret A. McGeough who was born in 1889 and died in 1890 in Lynn, Massachusetts; and Andrew T. McGeough who was born in 1888 and died in 1958 in Lynn, Massachusetts.

Peter McGeough was born in Ireland on November 17, 1857, according to his naturalization papers. (His death certificate said November 17, 1855.) He died in Rockland, Massachusetts, on April 27, 1917. On March 28, 1880, he married Mary Ann Harrington, who was born on March 14, 1858, in Lynn, Massachusetts, and died there on June 18, 1893. He was naturalized on October 20, 1880. He is the great-great grandfather of Sheryl Bansfield of Lynn, Massachusetts. The children of Peter McGeough and Mary Ann Harrington were: Willie J. McGeough, who was born in February of 1881, in Lynn Massachusetts, and died there on June 1, 1881; Helena Mildred McGeough who was born January 4, 1883, in Lynn, Massachusetts, and died there on June 21, 1958 (She married Charles Arthur John Jenkins on May 5, 1904, in Rochester, New York); Maize P. McGeough who was born in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1886, and died there in 1970 (She married George Stetson).

Anna McGeough was born in Ireland in July of 1862. She died in Lynn, Massachusetts, on January 22, 1892.

James Joseph McGeough was born in Ireland on July 12, 1863. He died in Lynn, Massachusetts on January 22, 1943. He married Margaret J. McCabe who was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, 1866 and died there on April 20, 1942..

Catherine (Kate) McGeough is shown by the IGI to have been born in Castleshane, Monaghan, Ireland on October 25, 1864. Married a Murphy. She died in January of 1934.

Andrew J. McGeough was born in Ireland on December 1, 1866 (listed in the IGI as born in Castleshane). He died on October 15, 1944. He married Josephine L. DeLoury. He was naturalized on October 19, 1888. The had a son, William McGeough, who was born in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1902, and died there on June 5, 1906.

Susan McGeough was born in Ireland in 1869. She died in Swampscott, Massachusetts on October 7, 1958. She married James O'Hara. James McGeough and Mary Sherry are listed by the IGI as the parents of Susan McGeough born in Monaghan, Ireland, on March 28, 1869. In a posting on Genealogy.com on October 12, 2000, Susan Croteau says that this Susan McGeough was her great-grandmother.

Patrick McGeough was born in Ireland around 1873. He died in Swampscott, Massachusetts, on February 5, 1943. He married Christine M. Connors.

[James McGough, age 48, born in Ireland in 1832, married, a machinist, is listed as a head of household in the 1880 census of Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. Lynn, Salem, and Swampscott are three contiguous towns at the southernmost part of Essex County, Massachusetts, on the Atlantic coast, roughly 15 miles north of Boston. There is a web page on Researching in Essex County.]

 

Carrowkeel

The townland of Carrowkeel (H730 340) is 5 kilometers east of the town of Monaghan.

Bernard McGoghey Carrowkeel Tehallan Monaghan T 1832

484 Edward McGeough Carrowkeel Tehallan Monaghan T 1832

485 Nicholas McGeough Carrowkeel Tehallan Monaghan T 1832 [Peter McGough, born in county Monaghan in 1842, the son of Nicholas McGough and Ann Boylan, opened account number 59296 in the New York Emigrant Savings Bank on June 8, 1867. He had arrived in the US in 1854. He was a carman who resided at 251 West 35th Street.]

486 Nicholas McGough Carrowkeel Tehallan Monaghan G 1860. This may well be the same Nicholas McGough who held property in the adjoining townland of Gibraltar at the same time.

487 Patrick McGough Carrowkeel Tehallan Monaghan G 1860. He married Bridget Carbery. The IGI shows three daughters born to Patrick and Bridget McGeough/McGough and Bridget Carbery/Carbary. The births were registered at Castleshane (H734 318), a village less than 2 kilometers south of Carrowkeel in the adjoining civil parish of Monaghan:.

[Note: This Patrick McGough may be another Patrick McGough, married to Ellen Duffy, and father of James McGough born 20 Apr 1866 near Castleshane; and Bridget McGough born on September 5, 1867, in Monaghan (IGI). The McGough/Carbery connection is more likely.]

Bridget McGough is shown by the IGI to have been born in Castleshane, Monaghan, Ireland, on August 27, 1864. This may be an erroneous entry of the birth of Bridget McGeough on August 23, 1866, but more likely this Bridget died in infancy, and another daughter was also named Bridget two years later.

Bridget McGough is shown by the IGI to have been born in Castleshane, Monaghan, Ireland, on August 23, 1866, to Patrick McGeough and Bridget Carbary.

Ann McGeough is shown by the IGI to have been born in Castleshane, Monaghan Ireland on September 11, 1868.

Other sources show these additional children born to Patrick McGeough and Bridget Carbery:

Mary McGeough was born in county Monaghan in 1860 and died in 1901 in Lynn, Massachusetts. She married Owen Donnelly, and they had six children, all born in Lynn, Massachusetts: Frank, Mary, John, Charles, Rose and James. A Genforum posting by Maureen Duso of June 14, 1998, says:

"I am looking for information about my great grandmother Mary (McGeough) Donnelly. She was born in Ireland and died in Lynn, MA in 1901. She married Owen Donnelly and they had six children all born in Lynn, Ma - Frank, Mary, John, Charles, Rose and James. Her death certificate states that she was born in Monaghan County, Ireland. Her Father was Patrick McGeough and her Mother was Bridget Carberray. She had siblings named Margaret, Theresa and Peter."

Margaret McGeough

Theresa McGough

Peter McGeough

488 Rose McGough Carrowkeel Tehallan Monaghan G 1860.

Garran Otra

The townland of Garran Otra or Gibraltar (H725 345) is 6 kilometers east of the town of Monaghan, is immediately west of the townland of Alkill, immediately east of the townland of Carrowkeel, and lies between Alkill and Carrowkeel..

489 Nicholas McGough Gibraltar Tehallan Monaghan G 1860. This may well be the same Nicholas McGough (#486) who held property in the townland of Carrowkeel at the same time.

Civil Parish of Monaghan

Castleshane

The town of Castleshane, and townland of Castleshane Demesne, (H735 318) in the civil parish of Monaghan is about 6 kilometers east by southeast of the town of Monaghan. To the immediate east of the Castleshane Demesne is the parish of Clontibret. Less than a kilometer to the north is the civil parish of Tehallan. The townlands of Alkill, Carrowkeel, and Gibraltar are close enough to the town to be given a Castleshane address, as is the townland of Moyles in the civil parish of Monaghan. In addition to the McGoughs identified as listed in Castleshane in the townland of Alkill and Carrowkeel, above, here are other names from the IGI:

Bernard McGough and Bridget McMahon are listed in the IGI as parents of Catharine McGough, born in Castleshane, Monaghan, on July 11, 1864; Thomas McGough born in Castleshane, Monaghan, on September 27, 1865; and Mary McGough, born in Castleshane, Monaghan, on September 9, 1869.

Patrick McGough and Bridget McArdle are listed in the IGI as parents of Bernard McGough born on May 11, 1864, in Castleshane, Monaghan.

Patrick McGough and Mary McArdle are listed in the IGI as parents of Catherine McGough born on December 7, 1866, in Castleshane, Monaghan, Ireland.

Patrick McGough and Ellen Duffy are listed in the IGI as parents of James McGough born on April 20, 1866, in Castleshane, Monaghan, and John McGough. (also listed by Family Search's Ancestral Files) born on December 7, 1869. Patrick McGeough and Ellen Duffy are listed by the IGI as the parents of Michael McGeough born in Castleshane, Monaghan, Ireland, on September 3, 1871.

Town of Monaghan

441 Andrew McGeough Town of Monaghan Monaghan G 1860

Moyles

The townland of Moyles (H705 318) is 4 kilometers east by southeast of the town of Monaghan.

442 Art McGeough Moyles Monaghan T 1826

443 Ban (Bryan?) McGeough Moyles Monaghan T 1826

444 Patrick McGeough Moyles Monaghan T 1826

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