Kelly family

Hi Rose,

I think you may have the wrong county and parish.

The Quiet Man was mostly filmed in Co. Mayo, there is actually a pub in Cong Co. Mayo that has been named the Quiet Man and it plays reruns of the movie everyday!

Also, if you use www.logainim.ie you can see that Cloonfane is a townland in the civil parish of Kilbeagh, Co. Mayo and Bracklaghboy is a townland in the civil parish of Bekan Co. Mayo.

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/townlands/index.cfm?fuseaction=TownlandsInCivil&civilparishid=1756&civilparish=Kilbeagh&citycounty=Mayo

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/townlands/index.cfm?fuseaction=TownlandsInCivil&civilparishid=1743&civilparish=Bekan&citycounty=Mayo

I suggest that you join both of these parish pages and leave your message on them so that our volunteers in the areas will be able to see them and hopefully assist or advise you.Here are the links to the parish pages:

http://www.irelandxo.com/group/kilbeagh-mayo

http://www.irelandxo.com/group/bekan-mayo

Remember to post as much information as you can with regard to the people you are researching. The more information you post, the more likely it is that one of our volunteers will be able to advise or assist you. Also include information concerning which sources you may have already used so others may further your search.

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support

Hi EmmaThank you ever so much for that info.The thing is my GGGrandfather was Michael Kellyand his Wife Catherine O'Neill lived and had all 7 children in Dunmore rc parish.I know this as i have baptisms for the children the thing is Michael and Catherine were not born or married there.Looking at the sites some people say clonfean orClonfane is about 5 miles out of Dunmore and about half a mile from the boarder of Mayo.they say the name has changed and it is now,Cloonfane.I am not sure where to look.I am very grateful for you for the info and if you can help me any further it would be great.I have joined the Parishes you suggested already  but no messages as yet.Here goes the children Sarah b 1835.Bridget b 1836,Patrick b 1837,John b 1838-1839,John my GGrandfather b 1840,Michael b 1842 and Mary b 1843.John 1840 came to the North East of England  married a Bridget Allan from Newcastle Upon Tyne but i don't know what happened to the rest of them apart from Patrick married Catherine Conneely in Taum in 1859.If you can help i will be in your dept forever.Thank You .Rose

Hi Rose,

According to the Irish Times website parish records for the parish of Dunmore do not begin until 1833, so unfortunately it may be possible that Michael and Catherine were born and married in the parish but there are just no records of it.

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Galway&CityCounty=East%20Galway&parish=Dunmore&churchid=1061

Otherwise it may be difficult to find the records without knowing what parish they may be in. There are a couple of places where you can search online, however it may be difficult to discern whether the results are relevant to your family or not without more information:

www.familysearch.org has a huge database of genealogical records including some church records for Ireland.

www.rootsireland.ie have a large collection of Irish Church records, however you have to pay to use this site.

It may be an idea to contact the East Galway Family History Society to see if they can be of any further assistance, however a fee may apply for their services. Here is their email:

galwayroots@eircom.net

With regards to the children, civil registration began in Ireland in 1864 so any births, deaths or marriages in the family after this date would be recorded in these records. Civil records are available from the General Register?s Office in Dublin. Here is their website:

http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

You can search the indexes to these records online at:

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408347

You could also try searching in the 1901/1911 census records to see if you can find them or their families there:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

I am very sorry that I could not be of more assistance. Hopefully someone from the area may see your message and be able to help further. In the meantime Please be patient - as our programme has only begun to rollout across the island of Ireland and volunteers in some areas may not yet be organized.

Kind regards,    

Emma

Hi Emma,Thank you for all your help.I have tried all the sites you have given me apart from the groireland,I am going to try that site now.Once again thank you and very kind regards.Rose

hi,

I have already answered this enquiry on a different thread.

http://www.irelandxo.com/group/aghavea-fermanagh/messages/kelly-family

re: I can't find a marriage or birth for them in Dunmore

There are no official records of Births or Marriages before 1864 for Catholics in Ireland. They were not recorded.There are marriage and birth records from 1833 for Dunmore RC Church.

Try contacting the Church at DUNMORE.

Priest: Fergal Cunnane PP, Parochial House,
Dunmore 093-38124.
Email: newsletter@dunmoreparish.ie

The eldest child was born in 1835, so the parents probably married in 1833/4.

I cannot find a Townland called Clonfean/Cloonfean, there is a CLOONFANE though in the Parish of Dunmore which is possibly the right one.

There was no correct way of spelling any Irish words until it was formalized, before that it was recorded by the scribe as they heard it phonetically.

In 1855 there were five Michael  KELLYs in Dunmore, and there were also O'NEILs in the area.

http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/galway/dunmore.php

The townland of Cloonfane is about 4 miles WNW of Dunmore town and, at its northernmost point, is about a half-mile from the Mayo border (only Cloonbrusk townland interposes).The civil parish of Dunmore is composed of at least six discrete parcels. The townland of Glen in this parish is located in one of the southern-ish outlying parcels, 5 miles SW of Dunmore town.This places Glen about 5 miles due south of Cloonfane.

Regards,

SEAN