• General Notes

  Hi Megan,
  
  Mary and her son, Robert, came from Dunnaluck, not Derrylusk:
  
  1901 Census:
  Residents of a house 2 in Dunnaluck (Drum, Monaghan)
  Surname    Forename    Age    Sex    Relation to head    Religion    Birthplace    Occupation    Literacy    Irish Language    Marital Status    Specified Illnesses
  Mackay    Robert    55    Male    Head of Family    Presbyterian    Co Monaghan    Farmer    Read and write    -    Married    -
  Mackay    Jane    55    Female    Wife    Presbyterian    Co Monaghan    -    Read and write    -    Married    -
  Mackay    Mary    90    Female    Mother    Presbyterian    Co Monaghan    -    Read and write    -    Widow    -
  Mc Avinney    Patrick    19    Male    Servant    Roman Catholic    Co Monaghan    Labourer Agricultural    Read and write    -    Not Married    -
  
  Gone by 1911.
  
  And his father was a William not an Edward:
  
  Church Marriage Record
  Date of Marriage:    01-Mar-1888         
  Parish / District:    Currin        County:    Co. Monaghan
  Husband        Wife
  Name:    Robert    MacKey        Jane    Stewart
  Address:    Dunnaluck, Currin Parish        Aghareagh, Currin Parish
  Denomination:    [not Listed]        [not Listed]
  Occupation:    farmer        [not listed]
  Age:    Full Age        Full Age
  Status:    Bachelor        Spinster
  Husband's Father        Wife's Father
  Name:    William    MacKey        George    Stewart
  Address:    [not Listed]        [not Listed]
  Denomination:    Not Recorded        Not Recorded
  Occupation:    Deceased farmer        farmer
  Husband's Mother        Wife's Mother
  Name:    [not Listed]    [not Listed]        [not Listed]    [not Listed]
  Address:    [not Listed]        [not Listed]
  Denomination:    Not Recorded        Not Recorded
  Occupation:    [not listed]        [not listed]
  Witness 1        Witness 2
  Name:    William    Lawson        Eliza    Stewart
  Address:            
  Notes:
  Rev. William Armstrong.
  
  This is them in the GV, where William held Plot 10 of just over 9 acres:
  
  Griffith's Valuation Record Information
  Tenant
  Family Name 1    MACKEY
  Forename 1    WILLIAM
  Landlord
  Family Name 2    QUINN
  Forename 2    JOHN C.
  Prefix    REV
  Location
  County    MONAGHAN
  Barony    DARTREE
  Union    COOTEHILL (PART OF)
  Parish    CURRIN
  Townland    DUNNALUCK
  Place Name    DUNNALUCK
  Place Type    TOWNLAND
  Publication Details
  Position on Page    37
  Printing Date    1858
  Act    15&16
  Sheet Number    17,22
  Map Reference    10 A,B
  
  And Dunnaluck adjoins Drumborisk!!  So, although this is clearly not Mary McGrath, I would not write this family off as not having a connection.
  
  Regards,
  
  B

Details of Robert's family with Jane Stewart