This page is maintained by
Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin
(Kevin Cryan) who can be contacted
through his art website at
http://gaelart.net/
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Early History
According to E. MacLysaght (Irish Families) (O)Cryan,Crynes
are Co. Roscommon versions of Crean - "O Crean,Crehan - According to MacFirbis,
O Crean and O Cregan are synonymous, Crehan being a variant of Crean. In Irish
Crean and Crehan are O Croidheain (spelt O Craidhen by the Four Masters) ...
These families formed a minor sept of the Cineal Eoghan belonging to Donegal,
with a branch in the neighbouring county of Sligo. They are twice mentioned by
the four Masters as wealthy merchants, ... in 1506 as of Donegal; in 1572 as of
Sligo. The Clongowes manuscript gives them a higher status : the then head of
the family was John O Crean of Ballynegare, and inanother place in the
manuscript O Crean of Annagh is stated to have been one of the leading families
of Co. Sligo in the sixteenth century. According to the "Annals of Loch Ce" the
Bishop of Elphin in 1582 was an O Crean, but he was "removed" in 1584. Father
Daniel O Crean (d. c. 1616) of Holy Cross, Sligo was Provincial of the Dominican
order in a period of intensive persecution."
Sligo Abbey Abbey Street Sligo
Founded in 1252 or 1253 for the Dominicans by
Maurice Fitzgerald, 2nd Baron of Offaly, who was also founder of the town.
Having escaped the ravages suffered by the now destroyed Sligo Castle in the
13th and 14th centuries, the Friary was accidentally burned in 1414, but was
rebuilt two years later by Friar Bryan MacDonagh with assistance from (the
other) Pope John XXIII.
In a recess in the north wall of the nave is the O'Crean tomb dated to 1506,
bearing panels in front with the Crucifixion in the centre, the Virgin Mary and
St. John on either side; other figures are probably to be identified as St.
Dominic (in friar's robes), St. Katherine (with remains of a wheel), St. Peter
(with keys), St. Michael (with shield and raised sword), and there are other
unidentified figures.
O'Crean Tomb, Sligo Friary
Choir Of Sligo Abbey. Drawn For Colonel Cooper from an
original sketch and partly finished from a photograph July 1882.
Copyright Sligo County Library
Modern Image of O'Crean Tomb
Sligo Friary, County Sligo.
Copyright Sligo County Library
Research Centres, Sites and References
There are references to the early Creans in Mary O Dowd's book "Power,
Politics and Land: Early Modern Sligo 1568-1688"; M. Woodmartin's "History
of Sligo" and T. O Rourke's "History of Sligo - Town and County".
If you would like to find out more about your own family write to either
The Sligo Heritage and Genealogical Centre, Stephens St., Sligo or The
Roscommon Heritage and Genealogical Centre, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon.
Cryan's pub, Carrick-on-Shannon
My Cryan Genealogy
My great great grandfather, John Cryan, married Margaret Dolan in Boyle, Co.
Roscommon in 1858 and spent his life in Croghan, about 5 miles south of Boyle,
working as a National School teacher (where he is still remembered as Master
Cryan) until his death in 1906. From his age on his Death Certificate I believe
he was born around 1833 and a reference to a family who had a son, John, at that
time has been found. This was a couple, John Cryan and Catherine Drury, who
married in 1829 in Croghan and had three sons John (b.1833 in Boyle), James
(b.1842 in Boyle) and Patrick (b.1831 in Croghan). I do not know what happened
to Patrick and James. Does this information sound familiar to you? Have you ever
heard talk of a Master Cryan in your family? Maybe these names have been passed
down through the generations as they have in my family. Please let me know at
caoimhghin@yahoo.com
Crean's pub,
Oldcastle, Co. Meath
Miscellaneous Files
The
following list contains files, pictures and
information that has been gathered from many different sources, including
Internet websites and lists, the National Library, the National Archives, the
Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths, Registry of Deeds, Military Archives,
Roscommon and Kerry County Libraries etc.
Croghan Throne pictures
Crean / Cryan Stone Memorials
from 1500s-1900s
Cryan et al
pictures/drawings 1
Cryan et al
pictures/drawings 2
Mormon: Cryans and variants Part
1
Mormon: Cryans and variants
Part 2
CRYAN DEATHS 1864-1983
Links to Cryan
(and name variants) pages
Carrowreagh Cryans - Patricia
Buker
John Cryan's pub, Boyle, Co Roscommon
The Irish Times 17 Feb 1951
Roscommon
Herald Articles
The
following notes are all the Cryan and variant references culled so far from microfilmed
Roscommon Heralds in the
National Library in Dublin:
Roscommon Herald Cryan
references
Collected articles containing Cryan (and
variants) references:
Roscommon
Herald Articles 1 - 85
Roscommon
Herald Articles 86 - 132
The Roscommon Herald 28-12-1895
The Rootsweb CRYAN-LIST
The CRYAN-LIST on Rootsweb was set up in early 1998
and has been a great source of information for Cryan researchers. For those who are newcomers to the List and would like to find out
the contents of previous emails, the following CRYAN-LIST files contain 95% of
all the emails posted since Leslie Poche set up the List.
Remember the CRYAN-LIST
contains much information on many variants of the O Croidheain surname: Croidheain, Craigen/Creighan, Crawn/Craun, Crane,
Crean, Craen, Creen-e, Cre(a)g(h)an, Cre(a)han, Cro(u)ghan, Crain-e,
MacCroghan/McCrohan, Crowen, Cryan-s, Crion, Creyon, Krine, Crine, Cryne,
Crehen, Craheen
Copy the files into a Word document and use the Search
and Find command to find the surname variant, townland, or any other keywords you are researching.
To join the Cryan List click
on the following link:
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/c/cryan.html#CRYAN
The Roscommon Herald
19-4-1902
The Registry of Deeds
This archive has come to form an
invaluable resource for genealogical research. It is a unique reference library
for the study of the social and economic history of Ireland. The memorials
mirror all important dealings with property in Ireland, especially in the 18th
and 19th centuries prior to the opening of the Land Registry.
http://www.landregistry.ie/index.asp?locID=140&docID=-1
The Irish Times June 1970
The Land Register
The register of titles operated by the
Land Registry is divided into 26 parts, each representing an administrative
county. The land in each county is subdivided into folios, one for each
individual ownership or title. Each folio is numbered sequentially within the
county division.
http://www.landregistry.ie/index.asp?locID=18&docID=-1
The Irish Times 9
September 1946
Valuation Office
Our public office team provides inspection facilities for members
of the public to view all current and archive rating records and maps. Our
archives contain the original books and surveys carried out in the 1840s, books
and maps of Griffith's Valuations in the 1850s, and documentation showing the
subsequent revisions up to the current position. The archive is unique in that
it can relate people to a particular property. In addition, the property
location is outlined on a valuation map. The Valuation maps are also archived so
it may be possible to locate the exact position of a house or property of a
particular family back to C.1850.
http://www.valoff.ie/Research.htm
National Archives
The National Archives holds a wide
variety of records, many of which are relevant to Irish genealogy and local history.
Archives acquired from private sources. Some of the most frequently consulted archives in our Reading Room include the
following record collections:
Census 1901
Census 1911
Chancery
pleadings
Chief
Secretary's
Office
Registered
Papers
Church of
Ireland
parish
registers
Convict
Reference
Files
Dáil Éireann
records
Departmental
records
Famine
Relief
Commission
records
relating to
the Famine
Ferguson
manuscripts
Genealogical
abstracts (Betham,
Crosslé,
Tenison
Groves,
Grove-White
and Thrift)
General
Prisons
Board
Incumbered
and Landed
Estates
Court
rentals
Irish Record
Commission
calendars
Lodge's
manuscripts
National
School
applications,
registers
and files
(pre-1922)
Office of
Public Works
Official
Papers
Ordnance
Survey
Outrage
Reports
Probate
records
Quit Rent
Office
Rebellion
Papers
Society of
Friends
Famine
Papers
State of the
Country
Papers
Trade Union
archives
Valuation
Office and
Boundary
Survey
records
Will books
and grant
books
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/
National Library
Every year thousands of people visit the
National Library to carry out family history research. Library material used by
family history researchers includes the microfilms of Catholic parish registers,
copies of the important nineteenth century land valuations (the Tithe Applotment
Books and Griffith's Valuation), trade and social directories, estate records
and newspapers.
http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx
General Register Office
Oifig An Ard-Chláraitheora (General Register Office Research Room)
Joyce House, 8/11 Lombard Street East , Dublin , 2.
Our Research Room is open from Monday to Friday, (excluding public holidays)
from 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. for the purpose of searching the indexes to birth,
death and marriage records and obtaining photocopies / certificates. Joyce House
is situated near the junction of Pearse Street/Westland Row.
http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm
1901 Census
All the 1901 census records for Counties
Leitrim, Roscommon, Mayo & Sligo are now entered in the 1901 census database on
LEITRIM-ROSCOMMON Genealogy Web Site. You can
search on-line here:
http://www.leitrim-roscommon.com/1901census/
The Irish Times Archive search
Archive Search contains both Digital and Text
Archives. The Digital archive contains exact
reproductions of all articles published by the Irish
Times from 1859 onwards, while the Text archive contains
material published on ireland.com from 1996 onwards.
http://www.ireland.com/search/
Family History Sites
Rootsweb
Irish Family
History Foundation (Heritage Centres)
Cyndi's List of
Genealogy Sites on the Internet
GRENHAM'S Irish
Recordfinder
Irish Roots
Magazine
Roscommon/Sligo Homepage
County Roscommon Family History Society
Lyle's Home Page
Cregan & Variants Home Page
Learning about Irish Genealogy
For a good general book on Irish genealogical resources
see John Grenham's 3rd edition Tracing your Irish Ancestors, (Dublin, Gill &
Macmillan 1992, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993)
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