Parish of Kilronan, Roscommon
- Ireland
- November 9, 2021
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Parish of Kilronan which includes the main villages of Keadue, Arigna and Ballyfarnon in County Roscommon.
- County: Roscommon
- Civil Parish: Kilronan
- Townland:
Related Surname Info: It has long been the belief that the name McManus in the Parish of Kilronan, North Roscommon, Ireland, is mutually inclusive with the name O’Conor in the royal line of Kings of Ireland and Connaught. See a paper I wrote some time ago at:
Turlough Mor O’Conor
Turlough Mor O’Conor was the 48th King of Connaught and the 181st elected Monarch of all Ireland in 1136. After fifty years reign, twenty as High King of Ireland, he died in 1156. Turlough Mor O’Conor had several wives and eighteen sons (Annals of the Four Masters). The McManus’ descend from his son, Maghnus. The old annals tell us that the family of Maghnus, the son of King Turlogh O’Conor, were given land which equates with the modern-day parish of Kilronan, Roscommon and they adopted the surname, McManus.
Big Y 700
The Big Y 700 results at Family Tree DNA are just in for McManus Kit H1547 and the result is clear - Haplogroup R-FT 194071. Two of the four testers in this haplogroup have clear evidence of family origins in the Parish of Kilronan, North Roscommon, Ireland so the haplogroup provides a good template for those who test as this haplogroup and were unaware of the geographical location in Ireland of their emigrant ancestors.
Of course this doesn’t preclude other very closely matched McManus’ from historic origins in Kilronan, it simply gives our project a good template for future testers which associates the parish with a haplogroup. Testers in the subgroup ‘Descendants of Maghnus Miogharan O’Conor……’ of the ‘McManus Project’ are all very closely matched and it is reasonable that all can assume the connection to Kilronan. These McManus testers also match very closely with the O’Conor Don Royal tester at Family Tree DNA. Maghnus O’Conor was also half brother of the last King of Ireland, Rory O’Conor.
Current Day
Kilronan parish in North Roscommon is the only parish in County Roscommon in the Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnois. It is bounded on the south by the River Feorish, a tributary of the Shannon, and on the east by the Shannon and Loch Allen. On the north it borders County Leitrim and on the west County Sligo. The parish is approximately 66 square Kilometres in area. It has three Villages Keadue, Ballyfarnon and Arigna. The Parish is named after St Ronan one of the two Patron Saints of the Parish the other is St. Lasair.
Kilronan Parish
- Kilronan Parish Church Locations
- Kilronan Parish Map of Townlands
- Kilronan Parish - Keadue
- Kilronan Parish - Arigna
- Kilronan Parish - Ballyfarnon
- Kilronan Parish - St. Lassair’s Well
- Kilronan Parish - Kilronan Through Time
- Kilronan Through Time PDF
Graveyard Search
- Kilronan Parish - Graveyard Search
- Kilronan Parish - Arigna Graveyard Search
- Kilronan Parish - Kilronan Graveyard Search
Kilronan Book
A new book titled ‘Kilronan – then and now’ was released in 2012. The book which features a collection of heritage, history, folklore and nostalgia from Kilronan Parish.The book is now on sale in local shops and is also available from The Parish House in Keadue and Arigna or by mail from Parochial House, Keadue, Boyle, Co. Roscommon.
The publication is priced at €20; postage extra, UK and Europe €10.75, U.S. and rest of the World €16.60
