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Patrick McManus 1846 - 1930

• Kevin McManus
• Ireland

My great grandfather, Patrick McManus, was known as Paddy Mac. He was born in 1846 in Keadue, County Roscommon, six miles from our current family home in Drumshanbo, County Leitrim.

Patrick McManus 1846 - 1930

• Kevin McManus
• Ireland

My great grandfather, Patrick McManus, was known as Paddy Mac. He was born in 1846 in Keadue, County Roscommon, six miles from our current family home in Drumshanbo, County Leitrim.

St. Lassair Clay

• Pat Gralton
• Ireland

I thought that the two people who slid out of the big cream car had come to admire the progress we were making at the church in Keadue. “Where would a man get Saint Lasair’s clay around here” was the man’s salute to us in a strong Donegal accent. He and his wife showed little interest in the big task we had undertaken but both were very interested in Lasair.

1855 Carrownanalt, Arigna

• Kevin McManus
• Ireland

Carrownanalt, Arigna, in the Parish of Kilronan, Co. Roscommon.

This is the ancient ground (Tir Tuathail) of the McManus Clan in North Roscommon.

John Strong's Will

• Michael McManus
• Ireland

Elizabeth Gallagher McManus, (RIP) Arigna, Ireland.

You And The Cow Shall

• Rose and Peter McManus
• Ireland

‘You And The Cow Shall Not Pass’, Says Mick, Stripped

A Calendar of Kilronan McManus

• Michael McManus
• Ireland

Circa 1617 - Calendar of The Patent Rolls of The Chancery of Ireland at the time of James 1st. (1566-1625):

John and Jane McManus

• Michael McManus
• Ireland

John and Jane McManus of Keadue East

King of Spain

• Michael McManus
• Connections

Evidence can be found the eighteenth century of a connection between Kilronan McManuses and the kings of Spain.

Sweet Sixteen and True Love Waits

• Michael McManus
• England

My Granma, Catherine Cairns, was born in Milburn Street Crook, County Durham in 1872.

James McManus

• Michael McManus
• Ireland

James McManus, my great great grandfather, was born shortly after the Battle of Ballinamuck, which took place on the borders of Counties Longford and Leitrim in 1798, when the French Army under General Humbert and the Irish Rebels were brutally defeated by an English Army of 29,000 men under Lord Cornwallis and General Lake

Where Rests Our Genesis

• Michael McManus
• Ireland

Where rests our Genesis: An historical note on the noble and ancient clan McManus of North Roscommon, Ireland, together with nominal references from five Catholic Parish es: Aghanagh Ardcarne and Tumna, Boyle and Kilbryan, Kilronan, and Kill