Welcome to our family historical and reunion website, the contents and genealogy of this site were originally created for our first family reunion back in 1999 in Mayo by John McCorriston, husband of Marge Gallagher and Michael Gallagher and his son Paul, the Daughter, Son and Grandson of Michael Gallagher & Margaret (Brennan) Gallagher, the reunion was to commemorate the 80th birthdays of both Michael and Margaret and bring their families and family history together. This reunion included visits to the family home places of The Gallagher’s in Tavnaglass, Midfield and The Brennan’s in Develesh, Kiltimagh. The new website was then created in 2021 by Pádraig Moran the son of Mary Theresa Gallagher-Moran and Éamonn Gallagher both the grandson’s of Michael’s brother Patrick.
Since our first reunion we have had further reunions 2005 in Philadelphia and then in 2010, 2016 and 2024 in Mayo. We plan to have another gathering in Mayo in 2029 to mark the 30th anniversary of the first family gathering back in 1999. Please keep an eye on this site which will have more updates and information about both previous and future events as we get it and family history as we uncover it.
This site is dedicated to the memories of Edward and Mary (Campbell) Gallagher of Tavnaglass and Martin and Catherine (Canavan) Brennan of Develesh and all their descendants globally, and particularly their grandchildren Michael and Margaret (Brennan) Gallagher who met and married on 2 October 1943 at the Brompton Oratory Church in London and then moved to Philadelphia between 1948 and 1949. The sacrifices they made for their family, and the help that they gave to their extended family members on both sides in their lifetimes, leaves us all in awe and has inspired countless numbers of us to do better in our own lives where possible.
I am sure you will find things here of interest and the cross-relations that you never knew we had, such as Tommy Kelly of Tavnaglass, who was a second cousin of Michael Gallagher, who married Mary (Brennan) Kelly also of Tavnaglass, who was a first cousin of Michael’s wife Margaret (Brennan) Gallagher.
We are in the process of building a family tree, once completed we will add a link on here.
Eamonn Gallagher
7 September 2021, update on 20 August 2024.