Village Bell 228
June 2022
A selection of articles:
The Goffs of Harpfields
William Henry Goff was born to a protestant family in County Roscommon in Ireland in 1842. Little evidence can be found about his upbringing.
It was known that a Mr Goff – likely his father – was assistant schoolmaster at the workhouse in Roscommon. Local newspapers in their regular reports about the workhouse eagerly reported fl oggings of pupils and other inmates, William Goff’s family was likely related to a wealthy Rev Thomas Goff, who among other properties owned an estate called ‘Carrowroe Park’ near Roscommon.
See page 13.
