Mary MacIntire was my great great grandmother.

She was born in Redford, near Culdaff, on the Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland.

She married John Crumlish, and they lived in the townland of Mossyglen - a wild and hilly place between Moville and Culdaff.

Mary had at least two, and probably four or more children. John was born about 1844 and died in 1934, and Daniel was born in 1852. The baptism records of the time show the couple to be living in Mossyglen.

James and Patrick are believed to be the names of two other sons. Although Mary was born into the Church of Ireland religion, John and Daniel (at least) were raised as Roman Catholics.

I have no information about Mary's death, although it is likely that she is buried in St Marys, Ballybrack, County Donegal.

 

NOTE

In most cases, the surname was spelled Crimlisk until the early part of the twentieth century.

Richard Griffith's Primary Valuation in 1857 shows a Mary Crimlisk and a Patrick Crimlisk living almost beside each other in Mossyglen. In the adjacent townland of Glennagiveny, there are three Crimlisks - Mary senior, Mary junior and Neil. Mary Crimlisk senior, in particular, occupied a number of plots of land.

There is no mention of John Crumlish/Crimlisk in the Valuation. It may be that he died some time between 1852 and 1857.

 

 

Note: On his marriage certificate, John's surname is shown as Crimlisk. Griffiths Valuation of tenements in Ireland, taken in 1857, shows no "Crumlish" in the parishes of Upper or Lower Moville, but it does have six entries in Moville Lower with the surname "Crimlisk".

On his daughter's marriage certificate, in 1908, the surname is shown as "Crumlisk" for three seperate people - the bride, the father and one of the witnesses. By 1920, on my mother's birth certificate, the name is "Crumlish"