Family History

Hi Catherine,

Catholic records from Co. Kerry have been uploaded free of charge to the Irish Genealogy website. I did a quick search for Michael and Ester?s wedding and found this records:

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/e2023d0547132

It doesn't give a lot of information but does mention the names of the witnesses who must be somehow related to the couple. perhaps they are their brothers. It also mentions Taur as a place name. I could not find Taur anywhere, however there is a townland in Duagh called Toor, which I assume is just a different spelling:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/townlands/index.cfm?fuseaction=TownlandsInCivil&civilparishid=1117&civilparish=Duagh&citycounty=Kerry

I also did a search on the land record called Griffith?s Valuation to see who was recorded as living in the parish 1848-64. There are no Dee?s recorded however there are 3 Cronins-one of which is James:

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&PlaceID=582031&county=Kerry&barony=Clanmaurice&parish=Duagh&townland=%3Cb%3EToor%3C/b%3E

Here are the Michael Dee?s recorded in Griffith?s:

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&Submit.x=20&Submit.y=13&Submit=Submit&familyname=dee&firstname=michael&baronyname=&countyname=KERRY&unionname=&parishname=

Irish Genealogy also records the marriage of John Dee to Helen Larkin (variation of Ellen). It states John as being from Duagh and Ellen as being from Lismore. It also gives their father?s names and the names of witnesses:

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/528b130547724

Perhaps you may be able to find some more relevant records at this site that may help answer some of your questions or at least give you some new clues.

Kind regards,

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looking for information on Matthew 1773 and James Larkin 1778 born Duagh Co Kerry . Moved to Broadford Co Limerick, Tullylease Co Cork area about 1820.

Hi Staridian.

I could be related to a Matthew Larkin born approx 1825 Tullylease, Co cork on the border with Limerick, I think his daughter married my great grandfather , and there first daughter called Ellen(maybe after Margarets mother, also called Ellen), any questions contact nryan2020@gmail.com

 Matthew  1773 had a son Matthew born 1823 so we may be related. The family tree info I have is too large to post here so I will contact you by E mail .   Regards

I put up a post in 2014 and 2018 re Larkin brothers Matthew and James Larkin from Duagh they were born 1773 and 1778 respectivly. I now know that they had a brother John 1775 and he was buried in Duagh.  His is the oldest Larkin name on a large trible grave. The only Larkin grave in the whole graveyard. 

I can see from records that his decendants lived in Rathea and Listowel. I would like to make contact with anyone in the area interested in genealogy.  Better still if your name is Larkin.  I can be contacted at   staridian@gmail.com