Gilshenans of Ireland

16/06/2024

If you believe in social justice and hope that giving a helping hand to someone in need is better than just thinking about what's in for you, then have a read of Laurence Gilson's efforts in establishing Laurence Gilson: The founder of the Gilson Endowed School Oldcastle https://laurencegilson.wordpress.com/about/ ...Important then and more important NOW!

Some of you may be wondering who Laurence Gilson was. A native of Oldcastle, he bequeathed a very sizeable sum 200 years ago to endow a school in his home town. His generosity enabled generations…

10/06/2024

HELP NEEDED TO FIND MY GILSHENANS
Visiting Mullagh, Co.Cavan and surrounding areas 4-5 August 2024 from AUSTRALIA!

Looking for someone to show us around and hopefully shed light on the families of my Michael Gilshenan and Mary Farley, Farrel, Farrely?
I am in the process of publishing a new FREE EBook on the families of Mullagh and Killenkere and surrounding parishes in the 1800's and the knowledge gained will only enhance this publication.
Looking forward …Terry Madden…terrymadden924@gmail.com

06/06/2022

For all Gilshenan, Gilsenan families and all its spelling varieties, please feel free to introduce yourself here on this page. If you have a story of your Gilsenan family to tell of where they came from in Ireland and where the various families are today, please feel free to tell your tale...be brief! It will be one way of finding our connections! EXAMPLE My Patrick Gilshenan of Michael Gilshenan Mary Farrel, Farley, Farrelly, Mullagh, Cavan was seeing his cousins off on the ship The Flying Cloud to Australia in 1864 when someone from the boat offered him a ticket...off he went to the unknown without a penny to his name. He married Mary Portley from Doon, Limerick in colonial Brisbane and started many a Gilshenan in Queensland. However, his biggest regret in life was that he never said good bye to his Mum...Terry Madden

23/02/2022

I initially established this page to provide a simple way of finding our Gilshenan( with all its spelling variations) roots in Ireland and on the way make Gilshenan Connections. Since self interest is a driving force, I particularily wanted to know all about my Patrick Gilshenan from Mullagh Cavan and his parents Michael Gilshenan & Mary Farrell(Farley, Farrely, their children and where their descendants are today…a long winding road?
This EBook is an avenue on that road - a way of discovering your Gilshenan stories through others and making Connections.... a resource and research tool that could provide answers for All Gilshenans!
I will in time provide hints and directions for your search from those who are far more learned than I am – a way of using this EBook The Gilshenans of Ireland 1750-1911 to find your connections. I am not a researcher for you but a page for all Gilshenans to come together, raise questions & give answers – make connections!
For now I wish to thank these sources:
National Library of Ireland – Catholic Parish Records : https://www.nli.ie
National Archives of Ireland – Census, Wills & Valuations : https://genealogy.nationalarchives.ie/
Irish genealogy.ie – Civil records BDM : https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/
Ask about Ireland – Griffith’s Valuations : https://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/
Subscription sites: Findmypast, Ancestry, FamilySearch Ireland Marriages 1619-1898 (FREE), RootsIreland

The ebook is available to be viewed via the National Library of Australia's Trove portal https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3031830812/view
…Terry Madden

Madden, Terence. (2022). The Gilshenans of Ireland ...1750-1911 : ...an index for your road to discovery Retrieved March 3, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3031830812

11/02/2022

These images of Irish towns are the introduction to each county section of the book. They provide a relevance of where your Gilshenan family lived around the late 1800's early 1900's. I wish to thank the National Library of Ireland and their associations with Flickr Commons for their availability. https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland
To view the book, Gilshenans of Ireland 1750-1911 go to https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3031830812/view

10/02/2022