Cloonreliagh

At the corner where the Cloonreliagh 'triangle' roads meets the actual settlement of Cloonreliagh are the remnants of Bernard Dempsey's house. This is where Mariah (and siblings) would have been born and lived.

Plot #3 is on the right. Thomas Dempsey is #3b, Bernard is #3a. Though not labelled on the map, 3a is the structure just left of 3b.

The Derreentighe house is in much better shape, but that was lived in until at least 1940 (without electricity or running water, yikes).

This house was left much earlier. We know Patrick Dempsey (Mariah's brother) dies early, leaving his widow Mary Waldron Dempsey to marry William Dempsey in 1887. When Mary dies and William re-marries in 1917, he is not living in this house (although is still farming the land).

The 'shop' area of Cloonreliagh:

On Griffiths in 1867, this would have been plot #3c, belonging at the time to Daniel Moran.

PJ's great grandparents built this house, to the left of the shop:

 

Thanks to PJ for showing us around and to Finola for climbing through the remnants with me!

Best way to navigate to Griffiths:

https://www.townlands.ie/roscommon/castlereagh/kiltullagh/ballinlough/cloonreliagh/