Gathering Spotlight: Loughman Family of Tipperary

January 24, 2013 by Aine 2 Comments

Gorgeous Tipperary — from TheGatheringIreland.com

So, the LOUGHMAN FAMILY is getting together this summer for a gathering, and they are inviting ALL DESCENDANTS OF MICHAEL LOUGHMAN born about 1790 in COUNTY TIPPERARY, IRELAND to join them.

The Loughman Gathering organizers would be thrilled to hear from the American branch of the Loughman family tree. They know you’re out there, so get in touch! Please email them, even if you are unable to attend the reunion this summer. But, really, who could pass up an invitation like this? Read on to learn more about the Loughman Family and their Gathering!

The following appears on The Gathering Ireland website:

The Loughman Gathering is seeking to reunite the descendants of Michael Loughman (born c.1790) & his son, William Loughman (1828-1899) of Foilmacduff, Hollyford, Co. Tipperary. William married Mary Ryan (1836-1943) who lived to be 107 and was said to remember the night of the “Big Wind”. They had fourteen children in all, a number of whom did not survive beyond infancy, and there were two “double” marriages, i.e. brother and sister married brother and sister with the Harringtons of Milleen, Ailihies in Cork and the Tuohys of Knockroe, Annacarty, Co. Tipperary.

The US branch of the family is well-documented with a large family tree on the internet and reunions have taken place in Butte, Montana but never in Ireland….so now in the year of The Gathering, it is time to invite all the Loughmans worldwide (and all branches of the family: Harringtons, Touhys, Butlers etc.) to come back to Co. Tipperary.

WHAT: Loughman Family Gathering

WHEN: Friday, August 23rd – Sunday, August 25th 2013

WHERE: Dundrum House Hotel, Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland

GATHERING IRELAND: Click here for event listing

ORGANIZERS: Dolores O’Shea, Larry Cooney, Liam Loughman

FAMILY TREE: Click here and here

FACEBOOK: Loughman Gathering Page

EMAIL: Loughman2013@outlook.com

TELEPHONE: dial (011) 353 90 9741308 from the USA

OFFICIAL INVITATION: Click here to view the full agenda and details for the weekend

For information on The Irish in America’s genealogy and family history tour services, click here. We can help you plan your visit to Ireland around your family gathering. We absolutely love County Tipperary! In 2011 our family had a magical experience staying at Tipperary’s luxurious Lisheen Castle.

Author: Aine

I live in Saint Paul, Minnesota. My heritage pretty much covers the map of Ireland: great-great-grandparents from Cork (Crowley, Foley, Regan), a great-great-grandmother from Clare (Quinn), a great-great-grandfather from Fermanagh (McMahon) and his wife's parents from Mayo (McAndrew), a great-grandmother from Connemara (Hannon) married to my great-grandfather from Laois (McCormack), great-grandparents from Sligo (Flannery), and a great-grandmother from Kildare (Hill). All of those people ended up in Minnesota, where my four grandparents were born. Three and four generations after my people left Ireland for America, I retain all Irish heritage. So much for the melting pot...

2 thoughts on “Gathering Spotlight: Loughman Family of Tipperary”

Catherine
January 26, 2013 at 1:01 pm

The Bonmahom Copper Mines closed in 1866. They reopened briefly in 1906.
I have a photograph of this in an old book from Waterford.

- Aine
  January 27, 2013 at 5:46 pm
  
  Thanks for the comment, Catherine. I suppose there was a lot of emigration…do you know where to or know of Irish who emigrated from that area?
  
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