Menlough Pictures from the Past

30/04/2026

Galway Genetic Genealogy Conference Saturday May 2 in Abbeyknockmoy Co Galway

cousin Steve and his wife Nancy are the perfect example of how genetic genealogy can work

Via a DNA test we were able to connect John Curley 1857-1938 , Steve's great great grandfather, with the Curleys in Guilka and Brierfield, and then via documents to John's parents Patrick and Mary nee Gordon

Galway Genetic Genealogy Conference Saturday May 2 in Abbeyknockmoy starting at 11 AM with a great line up of speakers and topics

BONUS 20 free Family Finder test kits available on the day !!

PLUS limited amount of Y-DNA tests for Co Galway Leonard males

see more in the Press release shared by

Anyone who has done or is interesting in doing a DNA test is invited to come along to the Galway Genetic Genealogy Conference in Abbeyknockmoy Community Hall on Saturday May 2nd from 11am until 4pm. An interesting and informative series of talks by local experts will help to show how using genetic g...

26/04/2026

Looking forward to your company this evening

Hopefully lots of interaction as people recognise their family in census and share a story or two via pictures or the chat

6:30 in Menlough Hall

A chair for everyone !!

24/04/2026

please bring along some of your old pictures this Sunday May 26th Menlough Hall 6:30 PM

It would be great to connect faces to the census records

pic of Ellen Carty Casey Ballinamona and Guilka and her son Michael Casey thanks to Mary Ellen Casey Doyle via Sinead Doyle

this is part of the Fred Warren Collection which was digitised by Martin Curley in 2019 and shared locally

23/04/2026

Dubois | Debloise of Menlough

these and others will feature in the presentation in Menlough Hall this coming Sunday Apr 26th at 6:30 PM

thanks to everyone who has been in touch already regarding this event which will hopefully provide the community with new insights and connections to their family story

17/04/2026

after possibly 3,000 years of continuous use in the area the language that described the everyday places and featured in daily life was slowly being replaced by the 'stranger's tongue'

Tar éis b'fhéidir 3,000 bliain d'úsáid leanúnach sa cheantar, bhí an teanga a chuir síos ar na háiteanna laethúla agus a bhí le feiceáil sa saol laethúil á cur in áit de réir a chéile ag 'teanga an strainséara'

What will the 1926 Census reveal

Cad a mbeidh i Daonáireamh 1926

Dé Domhnaigh 26 Aibreán i Halla Mhionlaigh

Sunday Apr 26 in Menlough Hall

Cur i láthair ag Grúpa Oidhreachta Mhionlaigh ar dhaonáireamh 1926 don cheantar

Presentation by Menlough Heritage Group on the 1926 census for the area

17/04/2026

in 1911 the spade and horse were dominant in the lives of our ancestors as they tilled and toiled on the land

what changes happened in your family by 1926 ?

tractors were still a long ways off but comparisons of their out buildings will help see if they were able to generate a better income a decade or so after many became owners rather than tenants

how were your family doing in 1926 ?

Sunday Apr 26 at 6:30 PM in Menlough Hall

Presentation by Menlough Heritage Group

17/04/2026

In 1911 most families lived in a 3 roomed thatched house with 3 windows in the front

Find out what changes there were by 1926

Sunday Apr 26 at 6:30 PM Menlough Hall

Presentation by Menlough Heritage Group

17/04/2026

who made up your family in the 1926 census?

Find out who was in the house the night of the census and how they were related to one another

Sun Apr 26 at 6:30 PM Menlough Hall

Menlough Heritage Group

16/04/2026

Is your surname there ?

check out the way it was spelled by the family in the 1901-1911-1926 Census

this and more at the Menlough Heritage Group Talk Sun Apr 26 at 6:30 PM in Menlough Hall

16/04/2026

What's the place of birth that surprises you the most?

see what is revealed in the 1926 Census

Come along to Menlough Hall Sun Apr 26 at 6:30 PM for a presentation by the Menlough Heritage Group