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Dec 18, 2023
Billy the Boy McManus
At 10pm. on the night of 25th. June, 1831, Sergeant Thomas Armstrong, of the staff of the Roscommon Militia, was returning home peacefully after visiting a friend in his home town of Boyle, County Roscommon, when he met in the street a local man of disrepute, namely William, alias ‘Billy the …




Sep 3, 2022
Roscommon Cemeteries Mapviewer
Roscommon County Council gets a lot of queries from people trying to find out where their relatives are buried and asking for information on historic graveyards around the county. In response to this, we have developed an online Cemeteries Mapviewer which we hope will assist people.

Sep 1, 2022
John McManus US Passport
This record, if from Kilgarve Townland in County Roscommon, at the Griffith Valuations and the census for the area and there are no McManuses living on the Townland.

Sep 1, 2022
Tennison Land Records 1836
Here is an article from our old journal about the Tennison land records and a Francis McManus from a Townland called Killgarfein was located, this maybe Kilgarve Townland.

Aug 25, 2022
Maguires, Descedants of Magnus
Maguires, One of the two principal septs of the name in Ireland

Jul 1, 2022
Haplogroup R-FT194071 Arigna
Family Tree DNA has introduced a new “Beta” webpage to view your Haplogroup in a new format.
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