My wife is Eleanor Callan Roberts. Her great grandfather was Richard
Callan baptized at St. Furcey's Church Haggardstown, County Louth. Richard Callan was
the son of HUGH
CALLAN shown below.
Patt CALLAN and Mary CONNER (CONNOR) of Dunmahon and Hainstown
(Haynestown), County Louth
1, Edmund CALLON (CALLAN) Bapt 1781 AUG1 St. Furseys Church
Haggardstown, County Louth
2. Margaret CALON (CALLAN) Bapt 1783 JUL13 St. Furseys Church
Haggardstown
3. John CALON (CALLAN) Bapt 1785 JUL24 St. Furseys Church Haggardstown
4. Elizabeth CALLON (CALLAN) Bapt 1787 OCT15 St. Furseys Church
Haggardstown
5. Mary CALLON (CALLAN) Bapt 1789 NOV17 St. Furseys Church
Haggardstown
6. HUGH CALLON (CALLAN) Bapt 1791 NOV18 IN ST. FURSEY'S CHURCH,
HAGGARDSTOWN, died 1860 AUG8 Lambertville, NJ
7. Patt CALLON (CALLAN) 1794 JAN13 Bapt St. Furseys Church Haggardstown
8. Peter CALLON (CALLAN) 1796 JUN16 Bapt St. Furseys Church
Haggardstown
HUGH CALLON (CALLAN) OF ARDEE BAPTIZED 1791 NOV18 IN ST. FURSEY'S
CHURCH, HAGGARDSTOWN, DIED1860 AUG8 LAMBERTVILLE, NJ AND ELIZA (BETTY, ELIZ, ELIZABETH)
MAGRODER
(MCGROODER, MCGROTHER, MCGRUDER, MCGRUADER, MCGREGOR), DAUGHTER OF RICHARD MCGRUADER AND
ANN CALLON,
MARRIED 1814 DEC20 IN HAGGARDSTOWN WITNESSES CORMICK HAGAN AND OTHERS
When my wife and I visited the Dundalk Library to look for Callan
information, we found the following information or derived information
from it:
HAGGARDS-TOWN
THE TOWNLAND OF HAGGARDSTOWN, A LITTLE MORE THAN 1400 ACRES, LIES BELOW DUNDALK, IS
BORDERED ON THE
EAST BY DUNDALK BAY AND ON THE SOUTH BY THE FANE RIVER. THE DUBLIN-DUNDALK ROAD RUNS
THROUGH IT. THE
TOWNLAND DERIVES ITS NAME FROM THE PLACE WHERE THE HAGGARDS WERE STACKED BY THE COLONISTS.
ACCORDING TO
LOCAL TRADITION THE CASTLE WAS SITUATED....ON GOLF LINKS ROAD, AND IN THE GROUNDS
SURROUNDING IT WERE
STACKED THE
HAGGARDS TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE NATIVE IRISH. IN THE PARISH RECORDS OF 1752 THE
FOLLOWING NAMES ARE
FOUND IN THIS TOWNLAND: McGEOGH, MURPHY, GOGARTY, KELLY, CALLAN, NUGENT, HALFPENNY,
McGUINNESS,
DOWDALL, CARROLL, CRAWLEY, McKEOWN, CONNOLLY, COURAHAN, CASEY, ROGERS, HANRATTY, McGEE,
McCORMACK,
FARRELL, GERNON, LAWLESS, AND DULLAHAN.
Haggardstown Church
SAINT FURCE(FURSEY) WAS THE PATRON SAINT. IN THE PARISH RECORDS IT WAS FOUND THAT HE IS
FIRST MENTIONED
AS THE PATRON OF THE PARISH BY THE REVEREND ANDREW LEVINS, P.P. IN 1789. BEFORE THAT DATE
THE REVEREND
LAWRENCE TAAFE, P.P., REFERS TO THE PARISH AS THAT OF "MARY IMMACULATE" THE
FESTIVAL DAY OF THE
PATRON, ST. FURCE, IS JANUARY 16TH. THE CHURCH RUINS ARE ABOUT 60 FEET LONG AND ABOUT 30
FEET WIDE AT
THE NAVE. THE WALLS ARE STONE 2' 9" THICK. THERE IS AN OPENING IN THE EAST
CORNER OF THE GRAVEYARD
WHICH WAS BELEIVED TO CONNECT UNDERGROUND TO FAIRYMOUNT.
1787 IN ST. FURCE'S(FURSEY'S OR FURSAS) CHURCHYARD CEMETERY.
LOUTH
IN THE LITTLE TOWN OF LOUTH LIES THE OLD ST. MARY'S "ABBEY" RIGHT NEXT TO
ST.MOCHTA'S HOUSE. THE
"ABBEY", ALSO A CHURCH, NOW IN RUINS DATES FROM 1142, THE "ABBEY" WAS
REBUILT AS ST. MARY'S PRIORY FOR
THE AUGUSTINIAN CANONS THE SAME YEAR IT WAS BURNED, 1148, BY DONNOUGH O'CARROLL, KING
OF ORIEL. IT WAS
REBUILT IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE 14TH CENTURY AND WAS FOR 60 YEARS THE CATHEDRAL OF THE
ARCHDIOCESE
OF CLOGHER. LOUTH WAS THE CENTER OF THE 11TH AND 12TH CENTURY KINGDOM OF ORIEL.
1761 ONE OF THE EIGHT CALLAN GRAVESTONES AT ST. MARY'S "ABBEY" READS:
"HERE LYETH THE BODY OF HUGH
C-LLA- WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MAY Y- -6 IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1761 AGED 61 YE---".
OTHER INSCRIPTIONS
SHOW THAT THE TAAFE'S, ROGERS', BOLTON'S AND CALLAN'S INTERMARRIED
(REF.4).
1766 IN THE LIST OF FAMILIES AROUND ARDEE AS PAPISTS IN ARDEE, PARISH I., IN 1766 ARE
FOUND THE NAMES;
PATT CALLAN(#381.), JOHN CALLAN(#382.), AND OWEN CALLAN(#383.), PATT CALLAN(#27.), AND
PATT
CALLA(N)(#76.) (REF.6).
6. A LIST OF FAMILIES AROUND ARDEE, 1766., COPIED BY THE LATE REV. L.P. MURRAY, P.P., FROM
AN ORIGINAL
IN THE RECORD OFFICE AT THE FOUR COURTS BEFORE THO DESTRUCTION OF THE RECORDS. IT WAS
PROBABLY COMPILED
BY THE RECTOR FROM THE PAROCHIAL TITHES BOOK. SEE L.A.J., VIII, P.127., LOUTH
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL JOURNAL, P.73+. DUNDALK LIBRARY.