County Mayo

Castlebar (Aglish Parish)

Surname Flannery

The first known record of a County Mayo Flannery came from the "The Search for Missing Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisements Placed in the Boston Pilot", volume III 1854-1856, edited by Ruth-Ann Harris and Emer O'Keefe.  The following ad appeared on 19 August 1854:

    "Of Martin and Bridget Flanry (sic), of co Mayo, Castlebar parish; when last heard from in March '52, were at N Orleans, La.  Information to be sent to John Flanry, 39 China Alley, Baltimore, Maryland."

Flannery Clan Central Archives records Flannerys from the Griffith's Vaulation, taken in 1854 in Aglish parish, now called Castlebar. See a full listing (including non-Flannerys) of Griffith's Valuation for Castlebar, County Mayo, courtesy of Pat Deese's outstanding "Deese Links" site.

County Mayo RC Parish Map
Map Source:  Local Ireland Family Hi

Nineteen (19) Flannerys were listed at that time.  The reader may use his own discretion to determine if those Flannerys from Co. Mayo found in Baltimore, Maryland in the mid-1850s are derived from or related to these families.  (In other words, the author has not yet proven a connection!)

Other Castlebar records:

• Flannery Baptisms in Castlebar (Aglish Parish)
• Flannery Marriages in Aglish Parish
• Flannery Tombstone Inscriptions in Castlebar (Aglish Parish)

In Castlebar, Aglish parish, Co. Mayo, in 1824, only three Flannerys were noted in the Tithe Applotment Books (also see Flannery Clan Central Archives).

• Peter Flannery and Mary Slavin  

  • Son Peter married Mary Conroy or Conway in Baltimore in 1855

    •  1 known son, John Edward Flannery, born in Baltimore in 1866

  • Son Patrick married Mary Burke in Baltimore in 1855

    • 9 children born/baptised in Baltimore between 1856-1872

• John Flanry, relative of Martin and Bridget Flanry of Castlebar Parish, County Mayo, living in Baltimore in 1854

POINTS OF FLANNERY INTEREST IN COUNTY MAYO:

• Flannery's Knitwear, Bellmullet, County Mayo
• Flannery's Bar and Restaurant, Ballinrobe (great food, drink and Flannery t-shirts; member of Flannery Clan -- be sure to join!)

HARD COPY RESOURCES FOR COUNTY MAYO: 

• (None identified yet)

RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET:

• Famine in County Mayo 1845-1849