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M.J. MacManus Summer School

M.J. MacManus Summer School

From Heart and Hand, Journal of The McManus Family History Society. Journal No. # 7.

MJ MacManus Family
Patrick McManus 1846 - 1930

Patrick McManus 1846 - 1930

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

St. Lassair Clay

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

1855 Carrownanalt, Arigna

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

John Strong's Will

Elizabeth Gallagher McManus, (RIP) Arigna, Ireland.

You And The Cow Shall

You And The Cow Shall

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

A Calendar of Kilronan McManus

A Calendar of Kilronan McManus

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

John and Jane McManus
King of Spain

King of Spain

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

Sweet Sixteen and True Love Waits
James McManus

James McManus

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

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