Church: Granard, Patrick Date 4 1839 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Longford Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Michael Blouir davidblouir@frontier.com July 20, 2013, 4:11 am Patrick Brannan 4 March 1839, Leinster, Longford Co. town of Granard, Ireland family bible, Lincoln, Logan Co. Illinois, USA. It appears the name might have been O'Brannan, in a book written by Robert Brannan about President Lincoln and his law office in Lincoln he wrote the Irish were not well received and the (O) on the name was dropped to make it more Scottish or American sounding.