Billy the Boy McManus
At 10pm. on the night of 25th. June, 1831, Sergeant Thomas Armstrong, of the staff of the Roscommon Militia, was returning home peacefully after visiting a friend in his home town of Boyle, County Roscommon, when he met in the street a local man of disrepute, namely William, alias ‘Billy the Boy’, McManus.
Kilronan Outrages 1845
The following are from The House of Commons Reports abstracts of police reports of some of the principal outrages in County Roscommon during 1845 Kilronan Parish.
John McManus, 88th Regiment of Foot
Born Parish of Kilronan, near town of Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Roscommon Occupation - Labourer
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.
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):
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
Where Rests Our Genesis
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