The Dennigans of Tomiskey

In any case, sometime between January 1892 and March 1901, Laurence Dennigan and family moved from Corragarrow to Tomiskey. It seems likely to have happened around 1898.

A summary of the Dennigan household in Tomiskey in 1901 is as follows.

 

Note that Bridget is entered as a ‘son’ on the form.³⁰ The original form can be seen on Page 27.

Of the 10 children born to Laurence and Anne, 7 were still living and at home. The missing three were:

• Thomas John, who has been shown by other research to have joined the army

• The Bernard who was born in 1879 and died in 1884

• Elizabeth who was born in 1889.

On 17th December 1900 Laurence Dennigan purchased outright 44 acres of his farm from the landlord, Crofton.³¹ The cost was £504 and he received funds under the Land Act of 1891. On November 26th, 1901, he purchased a further 63 acres under the Land Act, this time for £306.³²  Records of these purchases can be seen on Page 29.

Laurence and Anne were still in Tomiskey on 3rd April, 1911, as shown by the Census of that year (see Page 33). The details are summarised below.

Surname	Forename	Relation to Head	Age	Occupation	Marital Status
Dennigan	Laurence	head	74	farmer	married
Dennigan	Anne	wife	65	---	married
Dennigan	Annie Ag	dau	29	---	Single
Dennigan	Laurence	son	27	Farmer’s son	Single
Dennigan	Bernard	son	24	Farmer’s son	single

 

30 This is clearly an error

31 1901 (308) Return of Advances under the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891, Section 33, in 1900-1901, specifying the situation, size, rateable value, rent, vendor, purchaser, purchase money, advance, and guarantee deposit of each holding; particulars of annuities in default; and amounts paid out of the Guarantee Fund and not repaid, &c (Land - Landlord and Tenant (Ireland): Advances: Advances under the Land Act of 1891), House of Commons Parliamentary Papers. Online at http://parlipapers.chadwyck.co.uk.eproxy.ucd.ie/home.do

32 1902 (334) Return of Advances under the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891, Section 33, in 1901-1902, specifying the situation, size, rateable value, rent, vendor, purchaser, purchase-money, advance, and guarantee deposit of each holding; particulars of annuities in default; and amounts paid out of the Guarantee Fund and not repaid, &c (Land - Landlord and Tenant (Ireland): Advances: Advances under the Land Act of 1891, House of Commons Parliamentary Papers. Online at http://parlipapers.chadwyck.co.uk.eproxy.ucd.ie/home.do