On This Day

22nd March 1839 - Claud Lammie marries Anne Reid in Glassford, Lanark.

22nd March 1861 - John Lambie, son of James and Janet Spence McIntyre, dies in Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada.

22nd March 1944 - Sgt John M Weir has first training flight in a Lancaster, W4241 at LFS Hemswell. (Photo courtesy of www.sonsofdamien.co.uk)

22nd March 1945 - Janet Spence Lambie, daughter of James and Janet Spence McIntyre, dies in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

BOYLAN - A History...

A wee history of the Boylans...There are references in Irish annals in the 11th and 12th centuries to the Ui Bhaoigheallán (O'Boylans) as lords (tigherna) of Dartraige (see below). In 1297 the sub-chiefs of the Airgíalla included the lord of Dartraighe, named as the king's brother Roalbh Mac Mathghamhna. The Ui Bhaoigheallán never recovered control of Dartraighe hereafter.[4] It was held by the Mac Mathghamhna (MacMahons) of Airgíalla. The O'Boylan (O'Baoigheallain, in Irish) or O'Boyland sept came from Airgíalla, having their principal stronghold in the barony of Dartrey in County Monaghan. They soon spread to reach eastern County Fermanagh across County Monaghan and southern County Armagh into the northern part of County Louth. They also established themselves to the south of their original territory, in County Cavan and County Meath. The name is still found most frequently in those areas, but invariably with the prefix O.

From the 8th century, The O'Boylan (O'Baoigheallain) sept are cited as early kings of Dartraige in present-day Monaghan. The territory of the O'Baoigheallain during early medieval times stretched from Fermanagh to Louth before being reduced to the region of Dartry by the MacMahons after the Norman invasion. They did, however, remain powerful, and in O'Dugan's fourteenth-century "Topographical Poem" they are called "the bold kings of Dartry," and are praised for their horsemanship ..."

Our own maternal line descends from County Antrim, most probably around Red Bay, Cushendall. the family moved to Mullabrack, Armagh to work in the limestone quarry, before emigrating to Greenock, Scotland and marrying into the Lambie family.

On This Day

21st March 1820 - John Weir, son of James and Catherine Brown, is born in Carnwath.

21st March 1961 - Sarah Kinsella, wife of Alexander Lambie, dies in Vancouver, Canada.

Latest Press

Yet more football reports from Patrick's early Arsenal matches! 
'A clever pass from Boylan" setting up the final goal!'

London Evening Standard 13/10/1896

On This Day...

20th March 1877 - Fanny Margaret Blake, daughter of Joseph and Mary Eaton, is born in Castlefin, Donegal.

20th March 1897 - Patrick Boylan plays for Woolwich Arsenal reserves v St Mary Grays in the Kent League.

On This Day...

A new section now for our wee family history blog! I have been collating dates into a family calendar and will post daily updates as we go along. Starting today, Sunday 19th March 2017...!

19th March 1887 - Peter McGourty, father of Nora, is pensioned off from the Royal Irish Constabulary.

19th March 1913 - Kurt Pauli, uncle of Ursula Piech, is born in Boblingen, Germany.

19th March 1930 - Christina Campbell, wife of Captain John McTavish, dies in Roseneath, aged 75.

Latest Press

Here's a match report from the 01/04/1897 match between Rest Of Kent v Woolwich Arsenal, featuring our very own Patrick Boylan.

Reproduced here courtesy of The Sporting Life, published on the 2nd of April 1897.