Leitrim

Aug 12, 2024
Patrick McManus Arrest
The Protection of Persons and Property (Ireland) Act 1881 allowed for internment without trial of those suspected of involvement in the Land War in Ireland.


Aug 25, 2022
Maguires, Descedants of Magnus
Maguires, One of the two principal septs of the name in Ireland

Jan 12, 2022
Carrick on Shannon Workhouse
Carrick-on-Shannon Poor Law Union was formed on 2nd September, 1839, and covered an area of 207 square miles.

Jan 12, 2022
M.J. MacManus Summer School
From Heart and Hand, Journal of The McManus Family History Society. Journal No. # 7.

Jan 1, 2022
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.



Nov 26, 2021
McMaghnuis
McManus aka McMaghnuis, is an Irish surname. It is derived from the Irish Gaelic “Mac Mághnais”, in modern Irish “McMaghnuis” which means “Son of Magnus”.

Nov 22, 2021
Cathal Óg MacMaghnusa
Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa (February 1439 – March 1498) was an Irish historian. He was the principal compiler of the Annals of Ulster, along with the scribe Ruaidhrí Ó Luinín. He was also chief of the McManus clan from 1488 to 1498.