This illustrated, well indexed book, was created exclusively to help you find
your family in County Monaghan, Ireland. Focusing specifically on families
within the county, it includes an introduction to research and sources in
Monaghan. The most numerous families from birth records are given, as well as
rather rare Monaghan families found in heraldic records. Included you will find
a full page county map from the Atlas of Ireland, along with a listing of modern
parishes and old townlands, along with the address and location of records for
more research.
This work includes copies of actual records (some worn, torn and faded), as well
as including rough sketches of family coats of arms and notes from centuries
past - seldom found elsewhere. The resources provided here will help research
any family in the county, including old Irish families, and settler families
from England, Scotland, Wales and the continent. This book is a hands on guide
for finding your family in Monaghan - some family history is included - but not
a large collection of family histories, for that see 'The Book of Irish Families
Great and Small'.
That book gives family histories from all over Ireland including hundreds from
County Monaghan, and the surrounding areas. "Genealogy and Family History of
County Monaghan" expands upon that coverage with added families and new
resources just for Monaghan. In this way both books work together, but can be
used independently.
The most numerous families here in the 19th century were:
Duffy..Duffey..Duffie;
Connolly..Connelly..Conolly;
McMahon..MacMahon..McMahone;
McKenna..MacKena..McKinna;
Hughes..Hugh..Hughs;
Murphy..Murphey..Morphy;
McCabe..McAbe..Macabe;
Martin..Martyn..Martyne..Gilmartin;
Smith..Smythe..Smyth;
Kelly..Kiley..Keily;
Quinn..Quin..Quinne;
Maguire..McGwire..McGuire;
Murray..Murry..Morray;
Woods..Wood..Wode
Some of the old Irish families of Monaghan were : O'Byrne; Boylan; McWard;
Treanor; MacArdle- MacArdell; MacGilmartin; Callan; McNany-McNeny; Mc Gowan
(Smith); Finnegan; Cassidy; McPhillip also changed to Phillips. Settler names
included Davidson; Stewart; Buchanan; MacKenzie; Cameron; Walker; Patterson;
Sinclair; and McCutcheon.
Contents:
- List of Books
- Illustration from an earlier work
Part One
- Introduction to Sources; Birth Index
- National Resource List
- Local Resource List
- Names in the County
Part Two
- The Complete Existing returns from the 'census' of 1659, showing the
methods of spelling family and place names at that time
Part Three
- Coats of Arms and Genealogical Notes
- Arms connected in some way to the county, as taken from the "Irish
Book of Arms"
Part Four
- Family history notes from older works including O'Hart's "Irish
Pedigrees'
Part Five
- Finding Locations
- County Map
- Index of Place Names, Ancient and Modern
- Index
