Good day to everyone-
Cahaley is my family surname. It has had various spellings over the years, so it makes it difficult to find my family in Ireland. A kind gentleman steered me from Rosecommons to Drumgoon in Cavan because I see John and Peter Cahaley were baptised in 1847 and 1845 respectively. John Cahaley is their father, and Catherine Murphy is their mother. If anyone has a connection with this family, please let me know.
We will be visiting IRE in 2014 and would like to spend time where my ancestors lived.
Thank you.
Don Cahala
Greenfield, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
dcahala
Sunday 24th Nov 2013, 04:07PMMessage Board Replies
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I looked in the 1901 Irish census and there?s no-one spelled Cahaley, Cahaly or Cahala. Those spellings were evidently unknown in Ireland at that date. However spelling did vary a lot, and so that doesn?t mean too much. The spelling often changed again when people moved overseas.
There were 2 Cahilly households in the 1901 census, both in Cavan. One was a farm in Tullyunshin, and the other a woman living alone in Croley. You might be interested in those families and townlands.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cavan/Cootehill/Tullyunshin/1045736/
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cavan/Shercock/Croley/1055258/
Cahilly is also found in Griffiths Valuation. There were 8 in Drumgoon parish and a few others elsewhere in Ireland, in 1857.
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=nameS…
Ahoghill Antrim
Sunday 24th Nov 2013, 06:27PM -
Thank you so very much. Those are clues I can work with. Appreciated very much.
Don Cahaladcahala
Wednesday 17th Sep 2014, 07:50PM