Mulkeen, Greenwood, Ballyhaunis

I'm not sure how much of this info you already have, but Ballyhaunis is in the Catholic parish of Annagh. The parish records which are available online go back to 1851 for baptisms, so you should be able to find some or perhaps all of the children there.  The records are available at this link:

https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/1040

The marriage records go back to 1852 (with a few earlier ones), so if the birth year you have for Mary Lyons is correct, you may be able to find her marriage record as well.  In case youu need to look for anyone in a nearby parish, you can use the interactive map at that site to move to a different parish.  Claremorris (Kilcolman) and Bekan have baptismal and marriage records going further back.

If you find a relevant baptsmal record, it will usually state the name of the townland where the family lived.  You can then locate more info for that townland at this site about Ballyhaunis, which lists all of the townlands and has links to more info about them:

https://www.townlands.ie/mayo/ballyhaunis/

Hi,

I'm just another searcher here on this board...not a volunteer who answers all the questions, but when I saw you are looking for a Mary Mulkeen of Ballyhaunis, it peeked my interest as I am exploring someone with the same name from there. Turns out the Mary I am looking for is older than what information I found for you. I have a subscription to RootsIreland.ie, and knowing the parent's names, you can filter to find their children. When I plugged in James Mulkeen and Mary Lyons, I found their seven children....the bad news is, your grandmother is not one of them!

Here is what I found: Bridget (1853), Martin (1857), Thomas (1859), John (1862), Mary (1865), James (1868), and Michael (1872). All were born in Ballyhaunis, and the baptisms took place in the Bekan parish. Interestingly, there is a person named Anne Mulkeen as one of the Baptism sponsors for Michael. Could this be her?

Perhaps your Anne is a sibling to James, and not a daughter...just a guess.  Are you familiar with the Irish naming conventions that were popular until about the mid 19th century?  The children's names are given in a certain pattern which means there are a lot of people with the same name!

I hope what I found is accurate, and doesn't cause you more confusion. The Mary Mulkeen I am searching for married a Thomas Gallagher about 1865, and my great grandmother, Margaret Gallagher was then born in Ballyhaunis in 1866.....but her parents are a guess at this time. 

Best,

Carolyn Toohey

I located the same baptismal records that Carolyn located. I also found a February 13 1854 marriage record in Bekan for a James Mulkeen and a Mary Lyons which is a little unusual since Bridget was born September 17 1853 and baptized on the 21st.

I did find a death record for young James Mulkeen. He died at 14 days on November 7 1868.

Roger McDonnell

Hello All,

Thank you so much! Roger , we were unable to find a death certificate for James but we did believe he had passed prior to age 1. This now confirms that thank you

Carolyn , thank you! Anne's year of birth would be 1854. I do have the record of birth for her .I don't however, have a Bridget or a Martin listed.Myself and 3 others are  all actively researching this family. We are all direct descendants and ironically all stuck at the same point. Somethings seems to be off as we all truly believed that what we had was accurate. The repetitive names are really driving me crazy! It's practically impossible to tell whose who.

Hi Kevin, I am not familiar with that link, thank you! I will check that out. We do have what we believe is all the birth records but what we are trying to accomplish is what happened to the siblings. I can't help but think that my Anne 3x grandmother, left Ballyhaunis never to see her family again. With that said we would like to know where the remaining children ended up. Especially Thos Mulkeen as his records of birth was the only thing we could find out about him. We know he lived to at least adult hood based on stories from relatives but we don't know where is final resting place is .

Thank you all! I'm very happy I joined this site.

Hi Roger ,

Is it possible for you to post the photo or link of the marriage? I can't seem to find it on Irishgi .

Thank you!

Hill Boston:

This link will take you to the page on the Bekan register which has the marriage of James Mulkeen and Mary Lyons   https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000632016#page/88/mode/1up

The top of the page shows 1853-1854 and then there are entries for three December marriages (presumably 1853) followed by a number of February entries including the James Mulkeen/Mary Lyons marriage. It is possible that the marriage occured in February 1853 which would make more sense with Bridget's baptismal record. You will also notice that on the same day, there was a marriage entry for a David Mulkeen and Margaret Smyth. Possibly David was a brother to James?

Roger

Thank you Roger! I can't seem to find anything else about Bridget Mulkeen. I'm wondering if there are a duplicate of James and Mary Mulkeen in Ballyhaunis. Bridget does not come up on my Ancestry.com tree, and I can't seem to find anything else ie.Marriage or death. Could you tell me, how would one go about finding records for early 1800's? I'm finding it impossible to untangle the Mulkeen and Lyons, as they all have the same subset of names, born around the same time. I'd like to find Mary Lyons-1833 parents and the parents of James Mulkeen -1821.

Hill Boston:

The subscription site Roots Ireland has a October 26 1829 baptismal record in Bekan for a Mary Lyons with father Patrick Lyons and mother Mary Nolan Sponsors were Andrew Crosby and Sabina Crosby. I have some doubt about the year 1829 because the NLI parish register shows records starting in 1832  https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/1050  and the index on Roots Ireland shows  baptismal records starting in 1832. So be cautious with this record.

There was also a March 16 1834 Mary Lyons record in Bekan with father Anthony Lyons and mother Bridget Lyons  Sponsors Thomas McHugh and Mrs. Lyons.

The earliest James Mulkeen record in Bekan was in 1833 

Roger

Hi we are researching my paternal grandfather, Michael Mulkeen from Aghamore and Coogue. My Mothers Cousin still lives there and has a lot of information, her mother was my grandfathers sister Mary Mulkeen. You can contact nualag29@hotmail.com

Hi Cathrat,

I sent You an email but have yet to hear a response. If you didn't receive it, please email me at Shill_boston@yahoo.com

I am new to this site and don't know if anyone is checking this thread, but I think we are related.  My grandfather, Michael Mulkeen, grew up (was born?) in Brickens, near Ballyhaunis.  He was born around 1901 and emigrated to the US in the 1920s. Through his sister, Nora, he met my grandmother, Elizabeth Kelly, from Holywell in Ballyhaunis.  They married in NYC (early 1930s?) and had three children, Thomas, Elizabeth, and Anne.  I am the third child of Elizabeth. 

I am trying to track down my grandfather's birth certificate and appreciate the links above.

Eileen:

Could you provide the names of the parents of Michael Mulkeen? Thanks!

Roger McDonnell

Thanks Roger -- sorry just seeing this.  The names of my maternal great-grandparents were Thomas Mulkeen (b 1841) and Mary Connor (b 1851).  My grandfather, Michael Mulkeen, I believe, was born in Brickens, County Mayo in 1904.  His sister, Nora, was good friends with my grandmother, Elizabeth Kelly, from Ballyhauns, born in 1907. 

Eileen:

Michael was baptized on September 2 1900 so he was likely born a few days earlier. Families were supposed to register a birth within 30 days of the event. Looks like they registered Michael's birth late and so to avoid the fine they registered the birth in May 1901 and indicated his birth date was April 15 1901. See seventh record.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1901/01950/1753180.pdf

You can see from the 1901 census taken March 31 1901 that his parents said he was six months old which would correspond to a late August 1900 birth.

Norah was born in 1904. See second record

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1904/01823/1712966.pdf

Roger McDonnell

Thank you so very much, Roger.  This is incredible information - and so hard to find on my own.  It also corresponds with my knowledge of my grandfather (minus the birth year), as he was born August 1st. 

To your knowledge, would this be enough information to request a copy of his birth certificate?

Eileen:

The record I provided above is the official birth record. You can ask for an official birth certificate which would cost around 25 euros, however, the Irish Registrar's Office will show his birth date as April 15 1901 rather than the actual date which was likely in late August 1900.

Roger