18/04/2026
We are still in our 1926 census bubble! just a little update, we had a look, In the 1926 census there are 27 people living in Annagelliffe itself. Bradys of course, Conatys, Burns, Mulvany, Breslin, manahan, Connollys, Galligans and Mastersons.
we looked up some of the later burials in Annagelliffe Graveyard and found some of this history of those buried there.
1) Mary brady who passed in 1927, just one year after the census, living in Connolly street with her husband Bernard who was a Pork butcher and her young daughter Ellen.
2) Henry Humphreys who lost his wife just three years previous, in 1926 is living with two servants in pullamore working his own farm.
3) Bernard and Bridget Whelan (Nee McCabe) who are both buried with family in Annagelliffe, in the 1926 census are merchants from pearse street, they are in this census with three of their shop assistants. Bridget is noted as their employer.
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4) Patrick Donohoe, who was the last burial in Annagelliffe in 1973, In this census with his Father Patrick who is also buried in Annagelliffe. They were another farming family, along with Patrick Jrs two other brothers in 1926.
how is your research going?
