Patrick, Catherine (Walsh) McManmon Family, Glencastle to Lowell, Massachusetts
by ionaddeirbhile
Patrick and Catherine (Walsh) McManmon with their family James 17, Francis 9, Peter 7 and Michael 5 emigrated from Bunahouna, near Glencastle, Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland. On the 30th March 1883, they stood on the shores of Barnagh Island, along with other local families. 
All were waiting, to be rowed out to another ship, which then ran up alongside the SS Nestorian anchored in the deeper waters of Blacksod Bay. The McManmon family were travelling to Boston, with an onward destination stated as Lowell, Massachusetts, where other family members had previously settled. Patrick Catherine and family also made their home in Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The surname McManmon, appears as McManaman, on the ship’s manifest.
Pictured above is Katherine May, a Granddaughter of John McManmon born in Glencastle and Jeannie Coggins Lockinger, Granddaughter of John’s sister Agnes, born in the United States. Katherine and Jeannie travelled from Massachusettes and Virginia respectively.
Many thanks, to Peter McManmon for leaving a comment on the site in 2017. “My great grandfather, Patrick James McManmon left Blacksod Bay on the Nestorian in 1883 for Boston. He ended up staying in Massachusetts”
Photographs, by kind permission of Katherine May.
Message from Peter McManmon. The photo of the couple is of my grandparents James j and Anne L Colins McManmon he was the eldest son of Patrick J McManmon and the one furthest to the left in the group photo
Blacksod Bay Emigration at Ionad Deirbhile Heritage Centre, is privileged to see so many descendants, travelling great distances back to the homeplace of their ancestors. Our www.blacksodbayemigration.ie and https://blacksodbayemigration.wordpress.com/ descendants’ site, were brought about by transcribing manifests and a great deal of continued Local History research, to form a focal point for descendants of the families of our communities.
Ionad Deirbhile Heritage Centre, Eachléim, Blacksod, County Mayo…Rosemarie
Blacksod Bay Assisted Emigration Sailings 
I was privileged to have visited your center in September of 2013 and your staff helped me connect to my cousin Patrick McManmon and family who emigrated from Blacksod during Tuke Fund Assisted Emigration effort. Patrick was the son of James McManmon and Mary Malone (my 2nd great grand aunt) who moved to Glencastle after marrying his wife. I discovered in his obituary that one of the supposed reasons the family was evicted was because he held one of the early meetings of the Land League with Michael Davitt in his cottage.
I still live in Lowell, Mass. where Patrick and family ended up living near my Malone ancestors. The Malones were tenants in Claggarnagh West, Glenhest going back to about 1823. John Malone, my 2nd great grandfather and some of his family then moved to Glengad near Glencastle around 1866 to probably live in the Bellmullett/Glencastle parish of his brother Rev. Father Patrick Malone. Father Malone is buried in a marked grave at old Glencastle cemetery. Around 1875 John and family preceded Patrick McManmons and settled in Lowell to seek work in the mills.
I am very glad to see some McManmon cousins also visited the center. I would be interested in touching base with them if amenable.
Tom Malone
Rosemarie
The photo of the couple is of my grandparents James j and Anne L Colins McManmon he was the eldest son of Patrick J McManmon and the one furthest to the left in the group photo. I sent you a photo of PJ. And Cate Walsh MCM. I guess without success. I will send again.
Thanks for all your work. Look forward to hearing from you.
Peter McManmon