Bogstown Farm - Family History
The Bog(g)stown farm house was built around 1698 and was the home of Joseph & Sarah Boggs from 1742-1753 and then the home of Richard Laird (no children) until he died in 1797. Richard left half share of the farm to his nephew James Laird eldest son of John & Margaret Laird, James married Beth Boggs in 1806 and had a family of 10 children. Later in the 1850's William Laird & Ann Laird (from Carrygawley) raised their 5 children followed by Thomas Laird & Jeanie Neely in the 1890's along with Tom's mother Ann Laird and their 2 daughters Violet and Sarah.
The original thatched roof was covered over with tin and the walls a traditional rubble construction with whitewash.
When the house was demolished in the late 1960's a single Georgian penny from 1822 was discovered, inside a hidden stone staircase leading up to the loft which contained 2 old wood & rope bunks where the servants would have slept. more
It is now the site of Our lady of Lourdes Catholic Church shown bottom left which opened in March 1976.
