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My Wife,S GRANDFATHER WAS lORD lEITRIMS HEAD GAMEKEEPER WHEN HE WAS MURDERD.He also was wounded the same night and died a few days later

Dear Sir,

Concerning the murder of Lord Leitrim.

My great-great Grandfather, Patrick McCollum, changed the spelling of his name to Patrick McCallum and immigrated to the U.S. in 1894, family legend has it that he was under investigation by the authorities (British?) concerning the murder of Lord Liethman.

He was living in a cottage on College Street next to the Sheil Hospital in Ballyshannon. Supposedly, the British destroyed the house about the time he left or soon after.

The information we have is from a great aunt (Rose) who told the family history to the Donegal Association and it is published in a document, I can send to you if you wish.

As Lord Litmen was murdered in 1878 and Patrick and family did not leave Ireland until 1894/5, I don't see how he could have been the target of the investigation.

Aunt Rose claims he was not involved in the murder, but may have had some information about the murderer or their whereabouts?

The only connection I can think of was he suppossedly worked for Dr. Sheil (jr) and as one of the murders has the last name Sheil, could there be some connection?

Patrick is decribed as a "personal assistent" to doctor Sheil, but, as he worked on ships, as far as we can tell most of his life, I am thinking that he may have worked for the Dr.'s shipping interest, which I read were extensive.

He may have met someone on a ship or someone related to the doctor that knew about the Killing?

But, from reading your article it sounds like they knew who did the killing, so why would they still be investigating and threatening people 17 years later?

Patrick married a Rose Dolan from the area.

Any thoughts or knowledge would be helpful.

Richard McCallum (McCollum)

Great site. Very interesting.
Does anyone know anything of any Clements families from Donegal? My Clements family were in Fahan, Donegal from at least the 1780's through to the 1850's.

Thanks
Rob

I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TRACE MY FAMILY TREE FROM BESSBROOK,COUNTY ARMAGH TO ALBERTA, CANADA AND BACK TO MOHILL, COUNTY LEITRIM. I'M LOOKING FOR ANY INFO ON MY GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS, PETER AND SOPHIA (NEE MC KEON) MORAN. SOPHIA AND HER CHILDREN EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1887. SHE WAS BORN 1833.

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My name is William Clements, was born in Belfast in 1954 and came to Canada in 1970. I am very interested in Irish History of any kind.

Enjoyed the telling but the story typifies the way the English Goverment treated the Irish.

My G.Grandfather Bernard Cox was born near Cloone c1837 he was the son of Patrick and Mary Cox who emigrated to Preston in the 1850's wth their sons Bernard,Thomas,James and John and daughters Ann and Margaret.They possibly had a son Patrick and a daughter Mary as well.Bernard and Ann's baptism and the marriage seem to have been at Bornacoola RC Church and the other siblings baptisms in Cloone RC Church.Bernard married a Fermanagh girl RoseHannah Lunny in Preston in 1858 and the family may have moved to Fermanagh before arrriving in Preston as all their neighbours appear to be from Fermanagh.

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Dear Fiona,
Traveling through County Leitrim we discovered your wonderful book. Some of the stories I had heard about my great-grandfather (Frank Conlon) seemed to fit into a story I read in your book. Would it be possible to contact you more directly? Unable to reach you through the email address given on this site.
Sincerely,
Louis J. Licciardi

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Looking for information on my great grandfather Bernard Shiels older brother of Neill Shiels. I think this is a great site for information on my Irish ancestors from the Fanad area.

hi, i have been tracing my mcl(a)oughlin family in ireland for the last two years and have arrived at leitrim. three townships show up for mcloughlin,s, sratrissaun. bellageeher and clooncareen.my G/Granndfather,Charles, his wife Bridget and daughter Margaret b.1843. left there about 1848 for England.I would appreciate any information on mcloughlins at that period in time. thank you

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hi fiona,
my name is niamh and im doing my leaving cert history project on william clements!!i was wondering if you knew good sources of information re william clements!i have your book but im looking for something extra aswell for more detail like where he was born etc..i would really appreciate it if you could help me on this!

all the best,
niamh

I spent many an hour on the grounds of Lough Rynn just reading, napping in the sun or meandering about the acreage; an occasional walk with Seamus O'Callaghan's Black Lab "Rambo." Lough Rynn must be even more spectacular now than it was when I lived in Mohill 1988-90. Providing I can pay by check I would like to purchase this wonderful book.

After 3-years of research and contacting various people and help from The National Library of Ireland, I have gained extensive knowledge and insight into the Crofton family, and what happened to us. Today we are spread out all over the world, From Ireland to the UK, to the US, Australia and Africa.
I love to stop by this site now and again to see what's new. Keep up the wonderful work.

It is extremely rare to find a website which is knowledgable and interesting. As a Leitrim Lad, I find this site, by far, the best on the net to date.

Looking for info on a John Mahon my great great Grandfather, whom came to Canada in 1830'sTrying to find out whwt county he came from in Ireland.

Rod mahan

Hi, I'm so glad to have found this website! I was just talking to my great aunt, Pat McGranaghan (wife of Joseph McGranaghan), about this story today! I am a decendent of these McGranaghan men. I decided to see if I could find anything about this on the web, and was I surprised how well known this is!

I would absolutely LOVE to visit Ireland and if I like it when I visit I plan to live their eventually. My ancestors and family tree originated in Ireland and I would like to go back home so to speak. Don't let all of the B.S. fool you, America isn't all that it's supposed to be. Slowly, but surely we are losing the rights that earlier American patriots fought and died for mainly due to political correctness and the government wanting to maintain control of the people. God bless Ireland.

just trying to do research on my family name and where we came from.

it has been over 25 years since i have seen mohill i would love to see some up to date photographs on the web

I find the site very interesting. It gives me a little insight in the history of ireland. My GGGrandfather is Hugh Doherty and he married Bridget Sweeney from the Ballyheerin area.

Keep up the good work.

Regards
Julie from OZ

My family on my fathers side were Shiels of Kindum/Ballyhiernan. My grandfather, who died when my father was a boy, was a vet. The family house was in Ballyhiernan, on the hill just above the loch. I would like to find any information about my grandfather/grandmother or any extended family outside of the UK.