http://mctiernan.com/3links.htm 2-3-2023
The link between the Mount Allen / Heapstown
McTernans,
the Rockfield McTernans and the Sligo O'Connors
The O'Conor Sligo are of the line of Brian
Luigneach who was a son of Turlough Mór O'Conor High King of
Ireland and claimed the Tuath of Cairbre
North Sligo, lands and titles they held until the 17th century.
Above kindly furnished by Austin McTiernan
Much of this information here-in comes from an obituary published in
the Sligo
Champion Newspaper in February 1880
which was part of a package that the former Chief Libraian of Co.
Sligo, John C. McTernan mailed to me.
The previous owners of the Mount Allen Estate in Co Roscommon before
the McTernans were the O'Connors
I think this O'Connor family from Sligo
descends from the
O'Connor family that were the past kings of Ireland
The Rockfield McTernans family seat was the townland of Gortgarrigan,
Co
Leitrim
A pamphlet written in 1845 by James
MacTernan, 1805--1855, of the Mount Allen MacTernans who settled at Heapstown,
Catholic parish
of Tawnagh, Kilmacallan civil parish, Barony of Tirerrill, PLU of
Boyle, Co. Sligo entitled
"An Address to my
Fellow
Countrymen", in which he claimed descent from Tiernan O'Rourke,
Prince of Breffni.
[Found by John C. McTernan]
Notes below to be done:
Find the ancestrial line of Con McTernan of Rockfield
Find the ancestrial
line of Patrick O'Connor from Edenbaun,
Co Leitrim
female 1 McTernan below is the sister of Con McTernan and the 1st
cousin of Charles O'Connor of The Glen, Co Sligo
male 1 McTernan below was the first cousins to Charles O'Connor,
1804-1884, the great American jurist, who was the
grandson of Charles O'Connor of Mount Allen and also a 1st cousin of
James
McTernan, 1805-1856, of Mount Allen and
Heapstown
figure /\/ denotes much
greater distance than implied
MountAllen
Rockfield
Sligo O'Connors
?
_____|_______
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________________1st cousins____________________
Hugh
James
/
|
Rodger
McTernan
McTernan /
|
O'Connor
1708-1781
/
?
|
of Sligo
Sweetwood
/
_________|_____________
|
|
Co Leitrim
/
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|
|
/\/
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/
Con
female 1 ? =
male 1 ?
|
Hugh
/
McTernan
McTernan
| McTernan Michael
O'Connor
McTernan /
1747-1830
|
The Glen,
Co Sligo
1760-1832 /
_________|____________
|
|
|
/
|
|
|
|
|
James /
James
Patrick
Lawrence
|
Charles O'Connor, Esq
McTernan
1790-1872
c1793-1834 McTernan, Esq
|
The Glen, Co Sligo
1805-1856
Royal
Navy Royal Navy 1806-1862
/
/
MountAllen
Surgins
Surgins
_______________|______
/
|
|
|
|
/
Captain Hugh
Cpt Constantine
Michael
Rosanne =
Owen
McTernan
Lemon Hotham
McTernan
McTernan
/
O'Connor, <-1880
1837-1911
1831-1864
O'Connor
1844-1880
/ Castlegal,
Heapstown
_____ /
Co Sligo
|
/
Henry
James
Matilda = Patrick O'Connor, Esq
1876-1962
O'Connor
| Edenbaun,
Cloone,
Colgagh Cottage
1843-1880
| Co
Leitrim
|
|
Hugh Murrough
|
1911-1980
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