This house was once owned by Hugh Murray who married Ann Cleary (Tam) from Cavanreagh. They had no children so they brought Ann`s niece, Annie Cleary, to live with them at a very young age. In 1901 Annie is listed in the family as being 11 years old while Hugh was 70 and Ann was 55. Felix McCann, from Tullybrick, was working there as a servant. Years later, when Hugh and Ann passed away, Annie married Francis McCullagh, from Glenchiel in Glenelly. They had four sons, John (1918 – 1995) , James (1923 – 1993), Louis (1926 -2001) and Francis (jun) (1919 – 1997). They also had one daughter, Mary (1921 – 2004).who married Jim Scullion from Knockloughrim. John who was a builder and Louis who was a pharmacist lived in Belfast while James went to Dublin. Francis (Jun) married Mary Lagan from Lisnamuck and took over the farm. They had two sons , Gerard and Frankie who both live in the parish with their families.
The last residents of this house were the family of Francis
The last residents of this house were the family of Francis (jun) McCullagh, his wife Mary and their two sons Gerard and Frankie.
We can see that some modifications were made to this house which would have been lime rendered and whitewashed with the older traditional type of windows, in earlier times. The Moneyconey road passed the top of the lane but the house could have been accessed from the main Sixtowns via a path with right of way and a footbridge across the Moyola.
Francis McCullagh born 1882 in Glenchiel
Francis McCullagh, born 1882 in Glenchiel, Glenelly. Died in Moneyconey on March 19, 1964.
Francis as an older man
Francis, as an older man
A more detailed account of the family tree is listed below.
