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Surnames: Carroll O'Carroll Lynch Balfe Ryan Higgins Lawler Delmore English
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Kevin....Yes, Lurgan is the Civil Parish that St. Matthew's Church is located in. My
Carroll ancestors were from the very area you are referring to in your question about
Thomas Carroll and Margaret McMahon. Unfortunately, I have not seen any connection to
this couple at all in my research of the church records. There is another Catholic Church
very close to St. Matthew's, across the border, in Carnaross, County Meath. It too
was used by the people near the borders of Meath and Cavan. You're right...the more
we search, the more questions we have! With regard to the Plunkett family...I have no
proven connection to that name, but I suspect that another family of Carrolls from the
area and I may be related. The DNA test will prove or disprove that. There are Plunketts
in their family. I mentioned it in one of my posting on the outside chance that I'd
be able to make a connection through that surname to my Carrolls. Sorry, I don't have
any photos of the Plunkett family!
. I do know that there was an Anne Plunkett of Westmeath who married a Richard Carroll
of Edenburt in 1844. As far as I know, the Plunkett that married into the Carroll family
had always lived in Ireland. The location in England doesn't seem to fit. Thanks for
asking though!