Looking for info on FLATLEY/Fitzmaurice

Hi my 2x great grandmother was Margaret Fitzmauice. Margaret married a James Duggan and they lived in Lissaniska. Lissaniska is a townland, in the Bekan parish. There is a book detailing the Bekan Parish if you are interested. 

Peter Fitzmauric Largonboy
Patrick Fitzmaurice Reask
John Fitzmaurice Reask
Mary Fitzmaurice Reask
James Fitzmaurice Bekan
Thomas Fitzmaurice Blackloon, North
David Fitzmaurice Blackloon, North
Micheal Fitzmaurice Blackloon, South

This is the Fitzmaurices and their townlands in the Bekan Parish in the Griffiths Valuation.

There was a sponsor of Patrick Fitzmaurice for one of our family.  Hope this helps.

Hi 

Have you seen the other messages for Fitzmaurice

Maureen NZ

This may confuse rather than help you but here goes. I could not find John in the baptism records but parts were marked not legible by the transcriber and some dates are missing. Here is what I did find. Frequently the godparents were relatives. 

Michael of Michael Flately and Catherine Fitzmaurice. godparents John and Catherine Fitzmaurice.baptised March 27 1859. No date of birth listed.

These were done in Latin.

Marie of Michael Flately and Maria Fitzmaurice sp (godparents) Joannes Flately Honora Fitzmaurice born 23 Apr 1855 baptised 29 Apr

Timothius of Michael Flately and Mary Fitzmaurice sp Joannes Fitzmaurice Catherine Fitzmaurice born 2 Nov 1860 baptised 16th

Maybe the last 2 used other names than their baptised names. 

Brigid, Another son, Peter (?), was born to Michael Flatley and Mary Fitzmaurice and baptised in Beklan parish on 28 September 1872 (sponsors: Martin Flatley and Kate Flatley). Transcript gives Gorteen More as the townland - this is north-east of the town of Ballyhaunis. According to the 1901 Census - you can check it online - Mary (aged 70) was living in Gorteen More with her son Thomas (47), a teacher and his wife Kate (29). By 1911, Kate was a widow with 6 children. Best wishes, Mike

Hi

Just noted this record on the Bekan Parish Messages.

From my records and noting the details outlined to you previously, there is a good chance that your Flatley ancestry was based in the 19th century in Gurteenmore (Gorteenmore) district area or at least in the environs.

From my details, there were possible and likely siblings as outlined below with the plausible possibility that an earlier born sibling Michael died previously.

Mary, born in 1855

Michael, born in 1859

Timothy, born in 1960

Michael, born in 1965

Patrick, born in 1967

Catherine, born in 1972

You could check the website www.rootsireland.ie for more focussed details.

Both surnames were popular in the northeast part of the Ballyhaunis district noting that up to 1893, the Ballyhaunis district was primarily spilt between two parishes of Annagh and Bekan. Guteenmore was part of the Bekan parish up until 1893. The village was changed from the Bekan parish and thenadded to the realigned parish of Ballyhaunis(Annagh).

Presuming that Gurteenmore is the area, this village was also part of the old postal and school district of Brackloon in the Ballyhaunis Civil district. The Old school records for this school were all collated as part of a Brackloon Heritage/Gathering Project 2013 and listed in a Heritage book publication 'Brackloon'. (Available ONLINE on a few souces such www.mayobooks.ie). The publication notes a Register roll Book record in 1871 of a John Flatley, son of Michael, age 14. Likely to be your ancestor.  

God bless.