Derreentighe

So great to walk the actual ground of the home of Thomas Grady & Mariah Dempsey Grady!

First four pics from Ellie:

Looking down to the well.

Below two are Kath's pics:

Plate above fireplace:

Griffith's 1867, Derreentighe:

The Grady plot is the 'duck bill' triangle in near dead center, plot #2.

Gr-gr-grandfather Michael Grady's plot in 1867 is #6, to the right.

At the end of the Grady driveway, turn left onto Derreentighe Rd.

Make left onto Trien Rd, R361.

Stop at first house on right. The woods to the left and behind this would have had Michael's house, 1867.

According to Joe Flannagan (a cousin somehow!), the current house is his brother's.

But plot #6 was land re-forested in the late 40s/50s. Part of the re-forestation was to remove any structure remaining. So remnants of Michael's house are long gone. Note the current house is NOT on plot #6 (so wasn't Michael's). Current house would have been #5a on Griffiths.

Make next right off R361 onto first road in Trien. Go to 3rd house on right. This is plot #21 on map.

This would have been Mary Ganly's house, who widows young and marries Michael Grady. (so, gr-gr-grandparents).

Questions:

1. when does Michael & family move from plot #6 to plot #2? Somewhere between Griffith's in 1867 and first census of 1901.

2. Trien vs Granlahan: more research needed

Note plot #19a directly above and to the right of the duck bill would be what becomes Harry Grady's house.

Harry's house today. Before he died, John Grady was sending money home from Rotherham to build this house for his parents.

I understand the direct links to Griffiths don't work.

So, go to: 

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

Scroll down to: 

• Search Griffith's Valuation (1847-1864) for Derreenteige

zoom in to Derreentighe (not easy!)