Lally Family Tree

The Lally Family Tree

Have you ever wondered what your Great grandparents were like. What kind of a life did they live and how different it was to yours. We tend to look at the past trough a nicely tinted magnifying glass and its often referred to as the Good auld Days. I am sure the past holds as many bad as good memories but it’s happy memories that are always remembered. There wasn’t an awful lot of change in rural Ireland from the time our tree begins in the 1850’s until the 1950’s.

Over the past 65 years we’ve seen fundamental change in Irish society and Irish family life. The introduction of electricity in the 1950’s to rural Ireland being the biggest of them all. The way of life in Ireland for generations was changing forever. Other major changes affecting the rural community in the early 1960's, had seen Tractors replacing the horse on the land and the Irish housewife was enjoying the luxury of piped water in her kitchen as well as the miracle of the electric light which had replaced the candle and lamp. The hard times were now gone, some would say they are on the way back, that’s another story. The introduction of the TV set in the corner had done away with the art of conversation, craic and card playing, once a part of Irish life, now gone forever. Everyone who grew up in rural Ireland has their own recollections of life, of how things were from day to day. As I did not live in rural Ireland I have only put down names and date’s for reference.In today’s fast moving world there is a desire to know more about ourselves as individuals and where we came from. I recently completed my own family tree and turned up some fascinating information. This in turn has me busy on a number of trees to uncover some more family gems. I started researching the Lally tree a number of years ago and this is only an attempt to put together some of the information in one paper. Researching the Lally tree seems to have taken forever to compile and yes it nearly drove me doo-lally at times, pardon the pun. It was also very interesting due to the wealth of information that still exists. Families from rural Ireland seem to have a tradition of handing down information through the generations. I am sure not all the information in the tree is 100% correct. This tree is a work in progress that’s never complete.

It can always be updated and a new copy printed, so don’t panic if I got your details wrong. If you have any additional information to go into the tree feel free to pass it on. I would be only to glad to add new details.

 

Below is a copy of the booklet which can be downloaded for you to read.

 

I would like to thank all the family members that have submitted information and hope you enjoy the read.

 

Regards Anthony

e-mail : anthonyk135@gmail.com