ANYONE WITH CONNECTIONS OR INFO ON THE BURNS FAMILY LIVING ON ACHILL ISLAND.DATES BETWEEN 1800-1890.
JOHN BURNS (1800-1891)? (FATHER)
MARY KILBANE (1800 -1891)?(MOTHER)
CHILDREN:
AUSTIN BURNS 1858(m.ANN CALLAGHAN)
MICHAEL BURNS 1847(m.ANN FADIAN)
MARGARET BURNS 1850
DENNIS BURNS 1852 (DIED 2 YRS OLD)
THOMAS BURNS 1856
ANNE BURNS 1861
ELLEN BURNS 1864
DATES GIVEN BESIDE EACH NAME WAS THE BAPTISM DATES IN THE CHURCH OF IRELAND.
SOME TIME LATER, MOST, IF NOT ALL, CONVERTED TO R.C.
IT IS THOUGHT THAT MICHAEL BURNS HAD AT SOME TIME BEEN TO AUSTRALIA OR AMERICA.
NOTHING IS KNOWN OF ELLEN BURNS BUT ANNE BURNS IS BELIEVED TO HAVE MARRIED A MAN WITH THE SURNAME OF HENRY AND LIVED ON INNISBIGGLE ISLAND.
JOHN BURNS IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN MARRIED TWICE, FIRSTLY TO A LADY NAMED MARY-ANN O'SHAUGHNESSY AND SECONDLY TO A MARY KILBANE FROM (DOOEGA). AGAIN IT IS BELIEVED THAT JOHN BURNS CAME FROM LIMERICK (THIS IS UNCERTAIN) AND THAT HE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACHILL MISSION WHICH WAS FOUNDED BY REV EDWARD NANGLE IN THE EARLY 1800'S