STANTON FAMILY from Aughagower, Westport, County Mayo, Ireland
Westport originates and gets its name in the Irish language from a 16th-century castle – Cathair na Mart (meaning “the stone fort of the beeves” and surrounding settlement, belonging to the powerful local seafaring Ó Máille clan, who controlled the Clew Bay area, then known as Umaill.
AUGHAGOWER,a parish, partly in the barony of MURRISK, but chiefly in that of BURRISHOOLE, county of MAYO, and province of CONNAUGHT, 4 miles (S. E. by S.) from Westport; containing 12,045 inhabitants. It is situated on the confines of the county of Galway, and on the road from Westport to Ballinrobe: the greater portion is mountain, about one-tenth only being under tillage; about 100 acres are woodland, and there are large tracts of bog. The system of agriculture is in a very rude and unimproved state, spade husbandry being still prevalent to a considerable extent. Lead mines have been opened in the mountains, which are the property of the Marquess of Sligo, but they are not worked at present; and there is a large quarry of slate of a very heavy quality, which is not now in operation. Mount Browne House, now the seat of J. Browne, Esq., was, during the disturbances of 1798, the seat of the Right Hon. Denis Browne, brother of the Marquess of Sligo, and was for some time in the possession of the insurgents.
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There are six schools, situated respectively at Ayle, Ardygommon, Cushinkeel, Aughagower, Triangle, and Lanmore, in which about 700 children are taught; and there is also a hedge school at Carranmore of 50 boys and 40 girls. The only antiquities are a round tower in the village, and the remains of an old castle at Doone. St. Patrick founded here the monastery of Achadfobhair, and placed St. Senach over it: it afterwards became the parish church.
Transcriptions from Aughogower Cemetery Archives include a Walter Stanton who died in the year 1937. We must assume that Walter is a direct ancestor of our Walter born circa 1800 in the same Parish.
Map of Mayo
Thanks for posting on Derrygorman. My ancestors, the Coynes, are also from Derrygorman. One of them married a Stanton and moved to Philadelphia. Exchange information?
Would love to hear more about your line Jim. Please e.mail direct on quilietti@blueyonder.co.uk.
Hi – stumbled across your website as I was getting ready for a visit to Aughagower for the first anniversary of my Mum’s death. She is nee Gibbons and her Grandmother was a Stanton (Staunton).
From what I gather on the Staunton/Stanton side there were one couple that married that were both Stanton’s and not cousins/close relations.
There are quite a few Gibbon’s in the graveyard in Aughagower.
How lovely to hear from you Michael. Of course there are many with the surname in the area and all with the same family forenames. Can be quite a challenge when trying to research. Sorry to hear about your mum. It is a haunting cemetery with many old stones now unreadable. Thank you so much. You can send me more on your mum’s side for me to include if you wish
I have been doing a lot of research of the Gibbons from Derrygorman but I have not been able to connect those born in the early 1800s. Too many Thomas, Patrick, and Myles. I believe my direct ancestor was Thomas Gibbons who married Honoria Coyne. Mary Stanton married Owen Coyne, who was their son’s (Patrick Gibbons) cousin.
I am trying to connect Thomas and Honoria to the Myles Gibbons who married Mary Moran, to the Myles Gibbons who married Bridget Flynn, and to the Peter Gibbons who was born in 1815. I suspect that they were cousins or brothers but cannot find anything going back that far.
Hello Adam,
I am descended from Myles Gibbons and Mary Moran. Myles raised a family and lived in Cushinsheeaun, Mayo until his death in 1905. He supposedly took care of the horses and dogs at Westport Manor. The 1901 census had him listed as a farmer. His wife was likely from the Kilmeena area (possibly Collanmore Island).
I’ve also noticed a DNA link to Myles Gibbons and Bridget Flynn. The father of Myles Gibbons, husband to Bridget Flynn, was Patrick Gibbons from Derrygorman. I found his father’s name on wedding certificate from 1871.
Who is Peter Gibbons (b. 1815)?
Hope this helps.
Hello,
Thank you for posting this about the Stantons. I have been trying to connect my 4th GG Richard Stanton to my 3rd GG Murtagh/Martin Stanton.and thus confirm exactly where my Stanton/Stauntons originated. I have seen various documents mentioning this area but cannot pinpoint their origin especially as there are so many Stanton/Malley and Gibbons living locally!
I currently have Richard or maybe Ed as the Tuam records are not decisive, marrying Bridget Mally/O Malley in Oct 1821 and having a son in 1822. Murtag then emigrates to england and marries Seragh Gibbons. Any assistance would be appreciated..