Growing up in Fanad, Co Donegal, I lived near my father Peter McConigley's family home in Kinnalough. I knew my Granny, aunts, uncles and cousins in the area. Granda John McConigley and Granny Mary McCulloch had come from Scotland with their family in 1912, to John's family home. Granny was born in Coatbridge in 1879. The town was named IRON BURGH as it was the most industrialised area of Scotland.
The story of our family begins in the early 1800s outlining four ancestral lines.
¥ McCullochs: Patrick McCulloch married Helen McGuire, both born in Ireland, lived in Scotland. They had a son Peter.
¥ Kellys: Jeremiah Kelly married Ellen Quigley, both born in Ireland, lived in Scotland. Daughter Mary married Peter McCulloch.
¥ McConigleys: John McConigley of Kinnalough, Fanad, married to Brigid Callaghan. Son Thomas married local woman Nancy Clinton.
¥ Clintons: James and Giley ClintonÕs daughter Nancy, married Thomas McConigley.
The book describes ancestors and descendants of the McCulloch family from Coatbridge, the McConigley family from Kinnalough, Fanad, and an outline of the Clinton family of Glassagh, Fanad. Six family tree charts clearly map out different family groups. Chapters include historical aspects of life and times in Coatbridge, Atlantic City and Fanad. Stories and memories, old and new, and over 300 treasured photographs and images, are now available to all.
In the Genealogical Section, comprising 48 pages at the back of the book are details of the main ancestral groups shown in sequence though the generations: names, dates, relationships, children and locations of particular family groups, up to seven generations from the earliest known ancestor. It contains the names of more than 900 people, linked to different family branches.
Family history is a perishable commodity, it is fitting to preserve it for the next generation. Accompany our ancestors on an epic journey through the centuries, ÔIron Burgh to Atlantic ShoresÕ.