Re: George Devlin & Sarah Doherty - Burnfoot, Donegal
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George Devlin & Sarah Doherty - Burnfoot, Donegal
1/14/02
My family are from Letter fahan which is about 2 miles from Burnfoot.My great grandfather was called George devlin born 1857 . he was a farmer and would have inherited the farm from his father also George devlin.Iknow he had a brother Peter buried beside him in fahan.His first child a girl was named sarah which could have been after his mother!Another girl was named Ellen.His other children were Mary -Jane, peter,margaret, Bridget,George, and John my grandfather.Possibly your Ellen was a sister of these two brothers. It was the tradition to name your kids after parents and grandfathers.
everyone of the children has in turn had a George, a Mary,Margaret,John and the odd peter and sarah and ellen.
THese Two devlin brothers were the only 'fahan'Devlins.A different crowd came from Clonmany about 25 miles away