Cawley Farmhouse, Knockahoney, County Sligo, photo taken 2011
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About John Walsh and Bridget Cawley
John "Jack" Walsh, possibly son of Patrick Walsh, and Bridget Cawley were both born in the Townland of Knockahoney, County Sligo, Ireland. Although exact birth or death dates are not known for either, from various documents, John was born c1830 and died before the 1901 Irish Census. Bridget Cawley Walsh was born c1840 and was alive and listed in the 1911 Irish Census, possibly dying in 1919.
They had nine children: Mary (b 1858), Patrick (b 1860), John (b1864), Anne (b 1867), Catherine (b 1870), James (b 1872), Bridget (b 1875), Danny (b 1878) and Ellen (b 1881-d 1941).
The video at the end of this post was taken from the Walsh family farm, July, 2011, and is looking over what had been the Cawley family farm in Knockahoney, County Sligo, Ireland. The photo at the top of this blog is the gabled house that is referred to in the video and is copied again in this post.
When the camera scans from the Cawley farm to the Walsh farm, it ends on the home built by John O'Hara and Bridget Walsh, c1941.
Photo Credits: All photos and video were filmed by Elaine McIntyre Beaudoin, July 2011
Jack and Bridget Walsh's daughter, Bridget Walsh, married Austin Cawley in 1900. They are listed in the 1901 Irish Census as living in Killure, Kilmacteige Civil Parish, County Sligo. Living with them at the time is Bridget's sister Ellen. It is only a guess, but since Bridget's first son, John O'Hara, was born shortly after the 1901 Irish Census, sister Ellen may have been staying with them to assist Bridget with her pregnancy/child birth.
