Caseys of Magherabaun & Minogues of Dromore

Hi Megan:

Many thanks for your query to Ireland Reaching Out. 

I attach the link to the Clare County Library website for your reference:  http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/don_tran/bmd/marriag…; In addition, they have a lot of other material that may help you find the Caseys and the Minogues.

There are three headstone inscriptions in the Feakle graveyard that you can view through the Library website.  They appear to be the two families that you are looking for.  The Casey Family is one inscription, Joe Minogue & Denis O'Grady are another inscription, and a Dan & Bridget Minogue are the third inscription.  You can look through them by townland as Dromore is mentioned in the column on the right as you scroll down. 

In addition, the Calendars of Wills is available through the National Archives, and this may shed some light as to who took out probate.  You will have to look through years from 1922, which can be a little bit cumbersome, but may be worthwhile. 

I believe that I may know of the family or someone with more information for you.  I will make inquiries and you might email me at:  tulla@irelandxo.com whenever you get the chance.

Kind regards,

Jane.

Dear Jane,

Thank you for your reply!  I will email you shortly.

Megan

Hi Megan! 

1861 is a bit late for Ellen's birth... That is probably coming from the 1901 census where she is shown as 40 years old.  But in the 1911 census she is 59, which would put the birth year at about 1852!  A big difference, but not unheard of.  I have seen a several big age jumps on other people between the two census.  

You unfortunately are not likely to find the birth record because as you know we only have Feakle from 1860. 

But I can see the death record in the civil records:  Registered 1924-04-24 in Maugherbaun, 72 years, widow of farmer Jeremiah Casey.  Son James present at death.  

I will send you a snip on your email! 

Kindest regards

Richard 

HI there

i came across this post while researching magherabaun and the caseys -   I currently live in the caseys house - bought from sean casey who was the nephew of  james and michael casey - sons of ellen and jerry casey 

I bought the house in 1995 and it had been empty since 1977 which is when i presume james ( or michael ) casey died and past on the house to sean.

Ellen casey remained in the old family home across the road,  ( which still remains as ruins )  -  when this house was built in 1929 ..    at some point in the 1920"s i believe the road was put into magherabaun and that is when the two houses became seperated  - interestingly also splitting the ' fairy fort ' which is marked as a monument in this area.

I am intersted to find old maps or any other information that shows when the road was put in to magherabaun if anyone can help

kind regards

julia 

PS - re reading your above correspondance actually - i am now a bit confused as i believed Ellen to have survived later than the building of this current house which i believed to be 1929 - and i can see from you above info that you have places Ellens death record as 1924 ..

if there is any other infomation you could pass on i would be mnost grateful

julia 

hi there again - i realise now i have the casey families mixed up - and the family i am interested in is actually james and winifred casey - 6 children . house number 21 and 19 - not sure which was the older and which the new though -

it was the grandmother of james and winfred that stayed in the old house after the road ws put through - possibly 1880 - but am still trying to clarify this date and also when the ' new ' house was built 

any help appreciated

julia 

Hi Julia:

I have just seen this message and I also have the message to the Tulla email address.  I will reply to you today.  Apologies for the delay.

All the best,

Jane 

Hello Julia,

I am very excited to learn of your connection to any of the Magherabaun Caseys!  I am the OP of this thread, and my Caseys were the cousins of the Caseys about whom you are seeking information.  I do have a public tree viewable on Ancestry wtih all the information I was able to gather regarding the family, which admittedly is not much beyond what was available in vital records and census records.  My great grandfather came to the US in 1907, and he died in 1966.  At the time of his death, he still held some sort of interest in the land.  My dad remembers his dad placing a phone call to Ireland, which was a big deal in those days.  His dad was on the main extension downstairs, and his two uncles shared the extension upstairs so that all could participate in the conversation.  He knows that they were talking to a James Casey, letting him know that they wanted to pass their father's interest in the land to him.  I would love to be able to make contact with any descendants of this James, or any of his relatives, and add those details to my tree.  It has been exceedingly difficult trying to locate any Casey descendants from that branch!   Please feel free to email me at mzep824 at gmail dot com if you would like the information that I have, or if you have any that you would be willing to share with me.  

Take care,

Megan