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What part of Ireland is your family from? (Original Post) IrishEyes Jun 2015 OP
Tyrone and Cavan; emigrated ca 1820. No Vested Interest Jun 2015 #1
Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon . . . Journeyman Jun 2015 #2
Londonderry Adsos Letter Jun 2015 #3
I'm still trying to verify. CBHagman Jul 2015 #4
Wexford. greatauntoftriplets Jul 2015 #5
Mine came from County Clare about 1650. n/t QC Aug 2015 #6
Kerry Denis 11 Sep 2015 #7
Tipperary & Louth; Kilkenny CountAllVotes Oct 2015 #8
My grandparents immigrated to Boston from County Mayo JFKDem62 Feb 2016 #9
Roscommon Native Apr 2016 #10
My father was Roscommon and mother from Cavan Narraback Jun 2016 #11
My great grandfather and grandfather were both born in Hilltown, County Down. PufPuf23 Jul 2016 #12
Donegal and Tyrone KatyMan Aug 2016 #13
According to pa, County Cork. Glamrock Aug 2016 #14
My family is from County Wexford Bill Hansun Jan 2017 #15
Cavan in the early 1800's - The Burkes and Fitzpatricks both new each other in Cavan, NBachers Feb 2017 #16
My grandma did the same. IrishEyes Feb 2017 #17
Definitely the west of Ireland, based on a DNA test... CBHagman Feb 2018 #18
I'm just starting to research it - County Leitrim is what we found for the most recent link. LisaM May 2018 #19
Limerick and Tipperary twogunsid Dec 2018 #20
County Louth Falcata Aug 2019 #21
Enniskillin, County Fermanagh radical noodle Aug 2019 #22
That is a very cool thing to have. IrishEyes Aug 2019 #23
My family traveled with another family radical noodle Aug 2019 #24
Westport, County Mayo MountCleaners Feb 2020 #25
south western coast on the bottom left. juxtaposed Feb 2020 #26
County Kerry luvs2sing Feb 2020 #27
Kilbeggan, County Westmeath Polly Hennessey Feb 2020 #28
Cork subterranean Feb 2020 #29
My mother's paternal grandfather County Armagh 1870's. Sneederbunk Feb 2020 #30
My mother was an O'Hollaren. MontanaMama Feb 2020 #31
Ha I just found this. a la izquierda May 2020 #32
Tyrone / Donegal slevdog Oct 2020 #33
Same here but 1912/14 TxGuitar Sep 2021 #37
Grandparents are from County Mayo. nt Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #34
Cavan franzwohlgemuth Dec 2020 #35
West Cork - Goleen/Schull and Drimoleague coeur_de_lion Feb 2021 #36
Donegal and near Belfast Tree Lady Dec 2022 #38

No Vested Interest

(5,156 posts)
1. Tyrone and Cavan; emigrated ca 1820.
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 02:33 PM
Jun 2015

Luckily, basic family genealogy was written by first generation in 1920, but many details have been lost.

Family name is second most common in Ireland, as well as Ireland's patron name for first name, so it's hard to trace with any exactitude.

CBHagman

(16,968 posts)
4. I'm still trying to verify.
Sun Jul 5, 2015, 01:50 PM
Jul 2015

I've yet to find a document to confirm family lore about our origins, so at this point I can only make educated guesses. Census and naturalization records only specify Ireland, nothing more.

CountAllVotes

(20,854 posts)
8. Tipperary & Louth; Kilkenny
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 04:17 PM
Oct 2015

Two great great grandfathers (one from Tipperary and the other was from Louth) and both great great grandmothers were from Kilkenny (different parishes). Seems they all arrived around the same time -- c. 1860 to New York best I can figure.

One thing is certain, they all enjoyed a good pint now and then!

There could well be more and I'll never know the answer to that -- they were first seen in America long before the Revolutionary War in North Carolina so who knows?



JFKDem62

(383 posts)
9. My grandparents immigrated to Boston from County Mayo
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 02:34 PM
Feb 2016

Ballyhaunis: Currane and Derrynacong.

I am half Irish and eligible to be an Irish citizen,
my siblings and first cousins have Irish passports in addition to American ones.

We have Irish cousins who still live next door to the house Grandma grew up in.

Narraback

(648 posts)
11. My father was Roscommon and mother from Cavan
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 02:48 AM
Jun 2016

Dads home place is near athleague. A fee miles outside Roscommon Town. My mother was from outside Blackloin Co Cavan. They are both lovely places!

Narraback

PufPuf23

(8,688 posts)
12. My great grandfather and grandfather were both born in Hilltown, County Down.
Wed Jul 6, 2016, 11:47 AM
Jul 2016

They came to north coast California in late 1870s and late 1880s respectively.

My great grandfather had abandoned his family and my grandfather came to California to find his father.

I visited "cousins" for 5 days in 1981 at the family farm and birth place of my ancestors near Hilltown and found out 3 things:

1. The story of my great grandfather's abandonment. My Dad didn't even know about his grandfather being in California. I found his grave in Siskiyou county afterwards.

2. That part of the family was Irish-Catholic. My Dad also did not know this about his heritage.

3. About the "troubles" in general. Bobby Sands died of the hunger strike in the Maze the day I arrived in Hilltown.

My paternal great grandmother was Scotch Irish but I do not know about where in Ireland but would assume the north. My paternal great great grandparents came to Virginia from Ireland, moved to Missouri, and then moved to what was then Klamath county, California (Klamath county is the one California county that no longer exists and is now parts of Humboldt, Siskiyou, Del Norte, and Trinity counties). They had 5 children, some born in Virginia and some in Missouri. That great great grandfather passed on in Missouri and one brother was killed by Native Americans near Tonapah, NV. The other three sisters (one my great grandmother) and their mother came to Klamath county in 1860s (that turned to Humboldt county for my great grandmother and Siskiyou county for her sisters) to join the remaining brother who had come West in the 1850s. My great great grandmother is the oldest woman in the pioneer cemetery at Forks of Salmon, Siskiyou county.

So I am 3/8s Irish and Scotch-Irish and my Dad was 3/4s Irish and Scotch Irish. He was nicknamed "Irish" as a youth. His non-Irish grandfather was a young Swede who jumped ship in San Francisco in the late 1850s and went to the gold fields.

NBachers

(17,001 posts)
16. Cavan in the early 1800's - The Burkes and Fitzpatricks both new each other in Cavan,
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 05:27 AM
Feb 2017

and followed the Canada- Nebraska - Sioux Falls - eventually to Chicago route. My mom scandalized the Irish family by marrying a non-Catholic German Protestant. Of course, Dad had to convert before they got married.

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
17. My grandma did the same.
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 11:12 AM
Feb 2017

She scandalized the family by marrying a non Irish Protestant in the 1930s. Grandpa was Scottish and English. Their children were raised Catholic. Strange thing was that I did some research on his side of the tree a few years ago and discovered that he had ancestors from Ireland so he actually was part Irish.

CBHagman

(16,968 posts)
18. Definitely the west of Ireland, based on a DNA test...
Sat Feb 10, 2018, 01:13 AM
Feb 2018

...and Northern Ireland, probably Dungiven, based on one of the surnames on my family tree.

LisaM

(27,759 posts)
19. I'm just starting to research it - County Leitrim is what we found for the most recent link.
Thu May 24, 2018, 06:39 PM
May 2018

Last edited Thu May 24, 2018, 08:08 PM - Edit history (1)

Though she may have moved to Dublin before emigrating to New York.

Charmingly, we found my step-great grandmother listed as having come from "the Irish Free State". I found that incredibly moving, since it must have been recorded very shortly after 1920.

radical noodle

(7,990 posts)
22. Enniskillin, County Fermanagh
Thu Aug 22, 2019, 12:10 PM
Aug 2019

They came to America in 1816/1817 and eventually settled in Indiana. I have the handmade trunk that they used to bring their belongings on the ship. It's a treasure.

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
23. That is a very cool thing to have.
Thu Aug 22, 2019, 12:30 PM
Aug 2019

I have piece of stone from the house my great grandmother's family lived in the late 1800s. She left home with her little brother for the US when she was 17 but her father and older brothers stayed in Ireland. She worked and saved money to bring her brothers over to US. All of them moved to the US except for her father and one brother.

radical noodle

(7,990 posts)
24. My family traveled with another family
Thu Aug 22, 2019, 12:41 PM
Aug 2019

the Mitchells. Our family name was Portteus. My gg grandmother was a Portteus.

MountCleaners

(1,148 posts)
25. Westport, County Mayo
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 10:28 PM
Feb 2020

My grandparents came over 1930-31. Most of my family are still there in the same area, but some are in Britain. My grandmother was the only one in her family to emigrate.

luvs2sing

(2,220 posts)
27. County Kerry
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 10:35 PM
Feb 2020

A little village that is now a park called Dobbins Glen. My 4th great-grandfather, Patrick McGlaughlin, came to America around 1790. My grandfather used to tell us he was an Orangeman, but I have no proof.

a la izquierda

(11,784 posts)
32. Ha I just found this.
Sun May 24, 2020, 07:04 AM
May 2020

My dad’s paternal line are apparently Ulster Scots who migrated during the 1700s (maybe) to County Monaghan. My great grandad migrated from a little town called Drumgoose in 1905.
My dad’s maternal line come from the border areas of Counties Galway, Offaly, Roscommon, and Tipperary. My great grandma came over in 1914 from Ballinasloe.

TxGuitar

(4,147 posts)
37. Same here but 1912/14
Sat Sep 11, 2021, 06:40 PM
Sep 2021

Both maternal grandparents were from Ireland, which is how MrsTxGuitar and I have Irish citizenship!

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