The Gauls of Knocksquire

Margaret about 1901

Margaret Gaul was my Grandfather, Martin Curran’s first wife, she was from Knocksquire or Knockguire(that’s what it says on the ordanance survey map) which is 3 ½ miles as the crow flies south of Drumphea. Like most people in the area, Margaret was from farming stock. Her father James Gaul(c1815-1894) and mother Margaret Quirk(1833-1913) had six children...

Name	DOB	DOD
Margaret	1868 all Knocksquire	1903 Dublin
Bridget	1865	1930
Anne	1866
Phillip	1871
Mary	1872
Michael	Abt  1876

Other than Margaret, I only have a small amount of info for Bridget, who married Patrick Healy about 1885, they had plenty of kids, so I am pretty sure there are modern descendants.

James Gaul and Margaret Quirk, Bridget Gaul and the Healys are all buried in Rathanna Cemetery. Michael Gaul, from the list above can be seen in the 1901 census, living with the Curran’s at 23 Eastwall as a Boarder.

Margaret Gaul herself, married Martin around 1891, they had six children, of which three died in infancy, the story about them is on my blog referring to my Grandfather.....

 http://genealogy-ireland.blogspot.com/2011/05/now-for-my-grandad-on-curran-side.html

I can go back with the Gauls too, Margarets father, James’s fathers name, was John, and James also had a brother John too. There was also another group of Gauls living locally who were the descendants of James's brother John.