Places   (Help with places, streets and buildings in Wigan.)

Hi Wigan friends:

Karen/Winnie: My mother was delighted to have connected with a Moran descendent. She moved to Ireland in 1951 and still lives in Sligo - only about 5 miles from Tullinaglug. You would probably not find a lot of information on Tullinaglug as it is a townland - a division of land made up of small farms in a rural area.
It is in the parish of Tourlestrane. My sister lives close by and is going to check out if there is any local information on the Morans or if there is any trace of where their house once was. Parish records in relation to them would be in the parish of Tourlestrane.
We grew up in Sligo but heard so many stories of Wigan and Hardybutts that we felt we knew all those people.
The row of houses on Hardybutts from the Black Bull to Roscoe Street is now demolished.
When my mother was living there 1923 - 1938 the houses (now demolished) were as follows:

140 The Black Bull
138 Whatmore
136 Moran
134 Gallagher ([previusly Henry first marriage)
132 Weller
130 Kelly -Mrs Kelly remarried Aflington.
128 Lavin
126 Ward (previously Beasleys)
124 Humphries
122 Norbett
120 Cawleys



Ron: My mother remembers Jane staying with Mother Griffin. She may have stayed with her for a short time while the family were moving. She may not have been her grandmother but as a child my mother presumed that she was - the children in the area called her Mother Griffin or Grandmother Griffin.


Patricia.

Patricia.