William Flynn son of James and Margaret FLYNN

Hi there,

Thank you very much for your query. I'm sorry to hear that you did not get a chance to visit the grave you were looking for. If you are looking for marriage, birth and death records for the mid 19th century, you should be in luck. Most of these records are held by the General Register Office (GRO). If you are looking for burial locations, i would suggest you write to the parish priest of the area, who should be able to assist you. Of course, the local community on the IRO website might be able to give these details also. If the GRO does not have the records you are looking for, try writing to the parish priest who should be able to help you.

In the meantime, keep checking the IRO website. Someone from the community should be able to help you out in time.

Kind regards,

Sinead Cooney

Hello Sinead,

thank you for replying to my post.  I have written to the parish secretary in Dunhill but did not receive a reply of any sort.  My best hope is that they become aware of this Ireland Reaching Out Project and get involved.

With respect to the GRO are their records accessible to me here in Australia over the internet or do I need to actually visit their Offices to access their records do you know?

Kind regards

Rob Flynn

Hi Rob, 

I stumbled across your post here and I live in the area:  the parish has a very good website now that is always being added to: www.dunhillandfenorparish.ie.   If you register with them they have a list of the graveyards in both Dunhill and Fenor (neighbouring village), but part of the same parish.  The current church on this site was built in 1884 but there was buildings there before.  I did out of curiousity look at the list of the medieval parish church of Dunhill but there were no Flynns there.  

I don't know what type of records you already have and what detail they give, but it might be worth looking at Fenor village graveyard too (on the same website) as there are a lot of Flynns there and it is a common name in the village.  One of the more noted Flynns in Fenor reclaimed bogland which is now the GAA field.  

Hope this helps a bit. 

Kind regards, 

Emily 

Hi Emily,

After a long time I registered so that I can access Dunhill Parish community and came across your comment. I'm sorry it has taken me this long to respond. You were very kind to go to the trouble to assist me. Thank you. You are certainly on the money with your suggestion about Fenor as I have now got a little more information about my great grandfather William FLYNN that shows he was born in Tramore, Co Waterford on 20 December 1842, and baptised a year later on 21 January 1844 in the Parish of Dunhill. As his father James FLYNN farmed a small 2 acre parcel of land along the road between Annestown and Fenor, it seems most likely that Dunhill parish baptism was in the church at Fenor, which I found when I was there last year was only a mile or two along the road. I would love to have been able to check the parish register but was unable to get hold of the parish priest. So I will follow up your suggestion and try and get contact with him or the parish secretary through the parish website. Just to finish the story for you, William FLYNN joined the British navy on 5 May 1859. He deserted a few years later and made his way to Australia, where we descendents now live.

Kind regards

Rob Flynn

Hello Rob

I recenetly came across your post of quite a few years ago re your gr grandfather William Fynn and his mother and father James and Margaret Fynn and wonder if you have found any more infrmation concerning your Flynn Family.

I also live in Australia (Queensland) and my gr gr grandparents were James and Margaret Flynn (nee Casey). My gr grandmother was Hanora Flynn b 25.10.1840 baptised 29.10.1840 Dromtariff Cork, Church of St John.

My James Flynn was born 1812 in Co Waterford (father possibly Matthew Flynn, Mother Joanne Sullivan) and Margaret Casey born 1820 Knockeen, Co Waterford.

My gr grandmother Hanora Flynn married a Simon Flynn from Dromragh, Cork in 1860 and with their 2 young children emigrated to Queensland Australia in 1865 in the "Sultana" arriving in Maryborough 27 Feb 1866 and eventually settled in Bundaberg and had 14 children in all including my grandmother Bridget and a son named William born 20.06.1875.

Do you know if your gr grandfather William had siblings and if one of them was named Hanora/h?

Thanks for your time Rob

Margaret

Hi Margaret,

We know that our great grandfather William Flynn did have siblings as his youngest son Edward visited his cousins in Cork whilst he was in Europe serving in the army in WW1, but we have no further details of who these cousins were. He is dead now and no one in the family is alive who knows any details about these Flynn cousins in Cork. As William Flynn left Ireland at the age of 17 (in 1859) when he joined the Royal Navy our family did not have much contact at all with the family left behind in Ireland. Going by family names there is no Hanora (or Nora). There were only 3 daughters for William and his wife Jane (all the rest were boys) and their names were Margaret (after his own mother), Mary and Dapne Nellie May. The boys were William, John, James,Mark and Edward.

My further research since that early post you have seen has shown that James and Margaret Flynn were married in St John's church in Waterford. James's father was William Flynn whose brothers were Michael and Thomas Flynn.This close knit, extended family grouping were farmers in and around Kilmacomb, a townland in the Roman Catholic parish of Killea and Crooke. They lived along the Dunmore Road in the Barony of Gaultiere, in the County of Waterford. But there is a possibility that there is a connection between our two families. A photo I have of William's youngest daughter Nellie bears a strinking resemblance to your Hanora. What do you think? The second picture is of my grandfather William Flynn Jr who was William Flynn senior's eldest son.

kind regards

Rob Flynn

Hello again Rob - yes I CAN  see the resemblance between your Nellie and my Hanora(h). I would be very surprised if our famiies were not connected - specially as your William visited his cousins in Cork where my Gr grandmother Hanora(h)was from. Do you know what part of Cork?   My Flynn family names handed down are: Simon, Margaret, Maryanne, Patrick, William, John, James,  Michael, Daniel, Elizabeth, Catherine, Bridget. Mind you these were extremely common names in the whole of Ireland in the 1700's &1800's and according to Griffiths Valuation there were thousands of Flynn families just in Cork! and most were farmers having large families and using the traditional naming system.

I have been attempting for many years to find any of my Flynn relatives as I lost touch with the few my Dad kept in touch with in Bundaberg and Brisbane after he died in Year 2000 just too early for DNA testing.  My brother is currently undecided whether or not to do DNA testing. Have you done any DNA tests Rob?

All the best Rob and pls feel free to email me personally:  margannm@gmail.com

Margaret

Just read your posts. Robert Flynn owns the farm in Whitefield Annestown which is between Fenor and Annestown. That address would find him. His brother William was the one who reclaimed the bog land mentioned previously. Most of the Flynn’s are buried at Fenor Church. The Casey’s also live on the main road going down to Annestown from Fenor.