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From: KayB <>
Subject: Re: [Gallagher] Gallaghers; Kinaffe, Swinford, Killasser
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 15:41:34 -0600
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Dear Kathleen,
Here is the information I have on Francis:
THE FRENCHMEN'S GRAVE
This is a true story. Francis Gallagher and his father were standing on the road
and saw some soldiers coming. It was a lovely harvest day of 6th August 1798.
The soldiers were marching very quickly and as they came near the Gallaghers two
of them fell. Francis and his father ran to help them. They had collapsed with
fever and exhaustion. The French soldiers were coming from Castlebar where they
had beaten the English. They were on their way to Ballinamuck in Co. Longford 70
miles away.
Well, Francis knew no French and the French captain knew no English and Francis
was what was known then as a hedge schoolmaster. He knew Latin and so did the
Frenchman. So that was the way they communicated.
They moved on and Francis went in to the village and got the priest and buried the
two men in the field above the house.
Gallagher's store is the house where great grandmother was born. It has passed
out of the Gallagher family now, but the Frenchman's grave is still to be seen in
the field above the house. The Frenchmen's Grave is in the care of the National
Trust.
In the words of Mary Convey of Swinford, Co. Mayo in 1981
Francis Gallagher married an woman, name unknown. They had a daughter named Mary
Gallagher who married John Kennedy. They had 5 children that I know of: Mary,
Biddy, John, an unknown female, and Patrick Kenendy. Patrick, my ggrandfather
married Bridget Salmon and had 9 children. These Gallaghers obviously all stayed
in Ireland. I don't know if this helps at all.
--
Katheleen Brennan Mammoser
Researching Brennan, Kennedy and Gallagher in Co. Mayo and Brennan in Co. Sligo
Kathy Jackson wrote:
> Dear Kathleen --
>
> As with many of us I am trying to find my roots. My brick wall is my
> Gallagher line. Due to family circumstances there was a break in the
> family which makes my task more difficult than usual. My father lost all
> contact with his Gallagher ancestors due to an unfortunate family
> breakup. What I have been told is that my Gallagher line comes from county
> Mayo and that my great grandfather Francis Joseph Gallagher emigrated to
> the US, entering through the port of New Orleans. I don't have a year but
> would guess it is probably late 1870's-early 1880's. He married Margaret
> McCaffrey of county Sligo in Louisiana and they came north and settled in
> southern Ohio. Their oldest son was my grandfather Francis Xavier Gallagher
> born in 1886. Their other children were Joseph, William and Julia.
>
> The reason I am writing to you is that I am curious about the Francis
> Gallagher you mentioned from Esker, Swinford, Co. Mayo. Do you have any
> information on this family line? From what I know of Irish naming customs
> certain names were handed down in families with the first son being named
> for the father's father and the second son being named for the mother's
> father and so on. Francis seems to be a family tradition in my Gallagher
> line. Therefore I am wondering whether your Francis Gallagher from county
> Mayo could be any connection with my Gallagher line. Is it
> possible? Thanks for any help you can give me.
>
> Kathleen Gallagher Jackson
>
>
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