Moore of Loughall, County Armagh

Moore of Loughall, County Armagh

  *****   ***** My wife Ally was born a Moore family. It is thought that her family moved from Scotland to Ireland in the second plantation of Ulster after the 1641 rebellion was crushed by General Monroe’s army. Others propose that they came in the wake of...
The Harringtons – From the Beara to Butte City, Montana

The Harringtons – From the Beara to Butte City, Montana

An off-shoot of the Harrington family of the Beara Peninsula in West Cork who made their way from Milleens near Eyeries, via the copper mines of Montana and the silver mines of Colorado, to the verdant pastures of Tipperary where they turned to cattle farming....
Ronaghan of Monaghan

Ronaghan of Monaghan

Some notes compiled by Turtle, with multiple assistance from the late Lorcan Ronaghan.   Origins   The Ronaghan family have been associated with County Monaghan for many long centuries, specifically with Oriel, an ancient kingdom that embraced Monaghan as...