Bridget McIntyre, Birth Registration 1881

Bridget McIntyre, daughter of Larry McIntyre and Mary Ginty, was born on August 1, 1881.  She was the twin sister of Mary McIntyre.  She was born in Lislea on the family farm.

Source: Ireland, Civil Registration Office

Bridget McIntyre - Patrick Haran Marriage Registration

Bridget McIntyre, daughter of Lawrence McIntyre and Mary Ginty, married Patrick Haran of Kincullew, son of James Haran.  Patrick was a laborer and his father was a farmer when Patrick and Bridget married on September 3, 1911.  Neither had been married previously.  They were married in the chapel at Toulestrane (St. Attracta Church) in the registration district of Aclare, union of Tubbercurry, County Sligo.  Bridget would have been about 30 years old when she married.

They were married by Fr. John O'Dowd.  Witnesses were John McIntyre (believed to be the brother of Bridget) and Kate Walsh.

Source: Ireland, Civil Registration Office

Mary McIntyre - Birth Registration

Mary McIntyre (Egan) was born on August 1, 1881 in Lislea, County Sligo.  Her parents are noted on the birth registration below as Larry McIntyre and Mary McIntyre, nee Ginty.  Mary Ginty McIntyre registered the birth on the 6th of September 1881 in the district of Aclare, union of Tobercurry, County Sligo.

I was able to get a copy of the birth registration when I was in Dublin in July, 2011.

Source: Ireland, Civil Registration Office

Ginty Farm, 2011

Photos of the land in Carrowbeg that John Ginty, Mary Ginty McIntyre's father, occupied in the 1850s and later owned.  The house is now owned by the Rowley family and they are unrelated to the Gintys.  In the 1850s there were 13 families living on the parcel of land.

The road in front of the Ginty farm

Driveway to the house where Sally Ruane Gilger lived, great-granddaughter of John Ginty

James Gilger, Sally's son, standing in front of the same property in 2001.

(Ginty)/Ruane/Rowley home in 2011

Fields across the road from the Ginty homesite

Photos: Elaine Beaudoin, August, 2011; Photo of James Gilger courtesy of Sally Gilger.

Killasser Church

Mary Ginty was baptized on September 3, 1850 and married Lawrence McIntyre on March 1, 1877 both in this Killasser Church.

Killasser Church, County Mayo

For more information go to additional postings in this blog:

Killasser Civil Parish

Killasser Catholic Church

Mary Ginty Baptismal Record 

Mary Ginty and Lawrence McIntyre Wedding Record



Photos: Elaine Beaudoin, July, 2011

Michael McIntyre, Died 1891

Michael McIntyre's death record shows Michael, father of Lawrence McIntyre, died on November 9, 1891 in Lislea.  It also states there was no medical attendant.  It is assumed he died on his farm in Lislea.  At the time of his death he was a widower, so Mary, his wife, must have died prior to November, 1891.  Given his age is listed at 86 years, his birth year would be around 1805.  The registration which was done in the Registrar's District of Aclare; Superintendent Registrar's District of Tobercurry, notes that a Thomas McIntyre was present at death and he is also from Lislea.  Thomas McIntyre (1878-1939) would have only been about 13 years old at the time of Michael's, his grandfather's, death.  It seems strange that a 13 year old would report the death.  At first I thought it could be another son of Michael's named Thomas or even a brother named Thomas, but neither of them, if they existed, would have been living in Lislea.  Curious.

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Document provided by the Registration Office, Dublin, Ireland, July, 2011.  Volume 4, Page 345, Entry, 73, 1892.

1911 Irish Census - McIntyre/Ginty

The 1911 Census of Ireland lists Laurence McIntyre and his wife Mary (Ginty) with two of their children Bridget, age 25, and John, age 19.  It notes that all but Mary were born in County Sligo, she was born in County Mayo.  At the time of the census, they were living on the farm in Lislea, Kilmacteige Civil Parish, County Sligo.

The census states Laurence and Mary have been married 34 years.  I have their marriage record from Killasser Parish, County Mayo with the date of March 1, 1877 which agrees with the information provided.  In addition, it states Mary had six children with five currently living.  Their daughter Catherine died young.  Although I don't have a death record for Catherine, all the rest of the children lived beyond 1911, so it must be Catherine who is deceased in 1911.

Laurence could not write and did not sign the census, but his son John was the witness to his "mark."  My belief is that it is John McIntyre's signature at the bottom of the census.

On associated 1911 Census sheets -- Form B. 1 - House and Building Return and Form B. 2 - Return of Out-Offices and Farm-Steadings -- it notes the McIntyres had three out-buildings including a stable, a cow house and a piggery.  The house itself had either a wood or thatched roof, was composed of only two rooms and had two windows in the front of the home.   Certainly a modest home in which to raise six children.

Daughter, Bridget, married P. Billy Haran and lived on the farm raising five daughters:  Mary (Crane), Annie (Brennan), Tessie (Cafferty), Bridget (Heffernan) and Josephine (O'Malley/Pointing).  Their daughter, Tessie, married Dominic Cafferty and they then lived on the farm.  Dominic died in the early 1980s.  They had no children.  In the 1990s, Tessie sold the farm to a neighbor and moved to live with her niece, daughter of Bridget (Heffernan), in Cheekpoint, County Waterford.  I am told she eventually went to England, probably to be near her sisters, where she died in 2004.

So, after more than 150 years, no longer were there any descendants of Michael McIntyre (c1830-a1854) living on the farm.