This is the ancestral home of the packenhammahon family who founded the town. Oral histories of the twentieth century, was published by kyle cathie in 2001. Grange lodge is a modern stonefronted luxury cottage, located on the strokestown to drumsna road overlooking grange lake, part of the river shannon. View tripadvisors great deals on vacation rentals, cabins and villas in strokestown, ireland. Cemeteries of county roscommon ireland are located across the county. Strokestown church of ireland vestry book transcribed. Strokestown in county roscommon is situated in a beautiful part of the county.
Strokestown house and famine museum to begin fresh chapter site to be taken over by irish heritage trust, which also runs fota house in cork mon, oct 5, 2015, 01. If you are looking for a comprehensive, singlevolume survey of irish history, i can recommend thomas bartletts ireland. Collectively this work means that strokestown is one of the first church of ireland parishes to have all of its principal historic records transcribed and available online. This collective work now makes strokestown one of the first church of ireland parishes to have all its principal historical records transcribed and available online. The new strokestown union was formally declared on 22nd february, 1850, and largely created from the northern part of. It is located at the junction of the n5 national primary route and the r368 in the north of the county notable features include the secondwidest street in ireland and the strokestown park house, an 18thcentury mansion with the longest herbaceous border in. Roscommon county council is the local authority for the county. As the vestry minute book for the years 1811 to 1870 was featured in the archive of the month in may 2018, and permanently available here. Roscommon in the west of ireland and is the home of the first landlord to be assassinated during the height of the great famine of ireland the 1840s. Her latest book, irelands green larder, a social history of ireland as seen through the prism of food and drink, was published by unbound in 2018. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Highlighted too is the important role played by the irish national famine museum at strokestown, from the foreword by mary mcaleese, former president of ireland. Of particular importance are the papers that relate to the great irish famine.
Strokestown park house is a palladian villa in strokestown, county roscommon, ireland, set on about 300 acres 120 ha. Strokestown is nestled in a tranquil valley with, to the south, sliabh bawn mountain the highest peak in county roscommon and, to the north, the caslin hills. County roscommon, ireland genealogy familysearch wiki. Strokestown house and famine museum to begin fresh chapter. Others saw it as revenge on a rapicious evicting landowner.
Four courts press strokestown and the great irish famine. Roscommon is the 9th largest of the 32 counties of ireland by area and the fifth leastpopulous county in ireland. A new book, strokestown and the great irish famine, has been published by four courts press. Fewer people would perhaps expect that strokestown park, a place which has become synonymous with the famine, would have had similar occurrences. Find all the transport options for your trip from dublin to strokestown right here. On 2 november 1847 the patriarch of the family and landlord of the surrounding estate, major denis mahon, was assassinated by several local men in an incident that became infamous across ireland and britain at the time. Roscommon and includes full names where possible, the year of birth, and the quarter in which the birth occurred. Rome2rio makes travelling from dublin to strokestown easy. Some saw it as part of a catholic plot to execute protestant landlords that would soon spread out of roscommon into other parts of ireland. Guide to county roscommon ancestry, family history and genealogy.
Explanation of and the names of districts for every county, plus link to find townland names in 1851. The strokestown archivist role was established in early 2019. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. We provide a professional genealogy research service, with each enquiry is individually researched by one. The house is open to the public, as is the famine museum on the grounds. Rathcroghan, near tulsk, a complex of archaeological sites, the home of queen medb, was the seat of kings of connacht and then to the high kings of ireland. The strokestown bumlin vestry book 1811 church of ireland. A local historian and native of roscommon, alan moran, has transcribed the entire content of. Roscommon bibliography strokestown was one of the new poor law unions created in ireland between 1848 and 1850. Dublin to strokestown 3 ways to travel via train, bus. Strokestown genealogy company, strokestown co roscommon. The man who made ireland by tim pat coogan, how the irish saved civilization.
This page features civil birth records for the district of strokestown in co. At the centre of the town is a picturesque roundabout adjacent to the infamous bawn gates, leading into strokestown park house. On 2 november 1847 major denis mahon was murdered by an assassin near his home at strokestown house. Surrounded by many lakes, strokestown is noted for its wide streets. The county roscommon heritage and genealogy centre has been offering a research service to people with roscommon roots since 1988. Listed here are cemetery records that have been published online. Georgian palladian mansion preserved with its original furnishings and fabrics and walled victorian. Apr 1, 2020 browse and book from the best vacation rentals with prices in strokestown. Strokestown town team community offices, strokestown. Popular irish history books meet your next favorite book.
We are the official genealogy research centre for county roscommon, and the designated centre of the irish family history foundation. Book percy french hotel, strokestown on tripadvisor. Beal na mbuilli, is a small town in county roscommon, ireland. Strokestown cemetery, strokestown, ireland burial records. It was set up in the wake of severe overcrowding in the workhouses at roscommon, carrickonshannon, boyle and longford. With free wifi access and free onsite parking, the property is 5 minutes drive from golf courses and strokestown park house and museum. The house was the family home of the cromwellian adventurer family the pakenham mahons from the 1600s until 1979. The strokestown park house archive project is an ambitious attempt to provide an extensive finding aid to this important collection of papers. Vacation rentals in strokestown, ireland tripadvisor. It is said that they were made this way because the second lord hartland wanted to make his village thoroughfare even wider than the ringstrasse in vienna. We are now examining these records to uncover the history, identify key themes and unlock the multiple stories contained within these documents. The history of strokestown park many people have heard of the evictions and clearing of tenants during the great famine 18451849. The strokestown park archive is one of the largest estate collections in existence in ireland, with more than 50,000 documents comprising rentals, leases, accounts, correspondence maps, drawings, architectural plans, and photographs.
Although still at an early stage, plans are firmly laid to develop the archive as a local history resource, and make its contents widely available. Strokestown park is a unique historic property in co. The strokestown park house archive history ireland. Strokestown genealogy project is a family research facility based in strokestown. Strokestown, historically called bellanamullia and bellanamully irish. The murder of major mahon, strokestown, county roscommon, 1847 padraig vesey four courts press, maynooth studies in local history, 9. Take a left turn at the post office onto the clonfree rd. Strokestown and the great irish famine by ciaran reilly. Strokestown park was the family seat of the mahon family from 1653 until 1981 and is infamous due to the events of 1847, when denis mahon was the first landlord to be assassinated during the famine period with repercussions as far as the vatican, rome and the british parliament, london. A searchable index of all available birth records is available here. While preparing a transcription of the strokestown bumlin church of ireland parish registers at the rcb library, i looked into the vestry minute book for the period 1811 to 1870 for information on the building of st johns church, the parish church located in the town of.
History of strokestown strokestown was the site of the estate of the angloirish mahon family from about 1671 until 1982. Archive of the month 01 may 18 the strokestown bumlin vestry book 1811 1870 by alan moran. We provide a professional genealogy research service, with each enquiry is individually researched by one of our team of. Strokestown church of ireland vestry book transcribed registers to follow the rcb librarys archive of the month for may is a presentation on the vestry minute book of the parish of bumlin, which covers strokestown and two smaller related civil parishes. Only 2 hours from dublin, strokestown is a heritage town in the irish midlands. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle.
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