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
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
Carrownanalt, Arigna, in the Parish of Kilronan, Co. Roscommon. This is the ancient ground (Tir Tuathail) of the McManus Clan in North Roscommon.
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):
Sweet Sixteen and True Love Waits
My Granma, Catherine Cairns, was born in Milburn Street Crook, County Durham in 1872.
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