McDonagh, Bridget nee Finn, Gurteen, Sligo, Ireland OH MFM

Name: Bridget McDonagh nee Finn (also known as Biddy)
Date and place of birth: C1840 Clooneen, (near the Owenmore River) Co. Sligo, Ireland
Names of parents: John Finn and Catherine Cain (from book Paddy Finn’s children)
Marriage: 23 February 1866 to John McDonagh at RC Church, Bunninaden, Killshalvey, Parish, Co. Sligo, Ireland
Occupation: Farmer’s wife
Military service: N/A
Address: Gortygara townland, Gurteen, Co Sligo, Ireland
Date, place and cause of death: After 1911 (On Census aged 71) Gortygara townland, Gurteen, Co Sligo Ireland
Date and place of burial: Mt. Irwin RC Cemetery near Knockmore Abbey Ruins outside the village of Gurteen, Sligo, Ireland
Details of will: Doubtful
Memorial inscription: No headstone. Grave marked by a yew tree (as told to me on a visit to the cemetery in 2009.)
Children: Unknown Son from John’s 1st marriage
John 1866 (coal miner, Bishop Auckland Co. Durham, UK,);
Matthew Patrick C1867 (farmer Ben Lomond, NSW, Australia),
James 1869 (San Francisco, California, USA),
Mary 1871 (Married John Finan, farmer, Carntary, Sligo),
Michael 1874 (married Delia Gormley, stayed on family farm Gortigara, Gurteen),
Francis 1877 (lived Gortigara too),
Sarah Jane 1879 (married John Brennan, farmer, Ballyfahey, Sligo)