Patrick Lanigan/Catherine Kennedy

Martin:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

I searched on the subscription site Roots Ireland and found Michael's 1831 baptismal record in the Dunkerrin RC parish (which is the same parish as Moneygall) records. I also located a record for Nicholas in 1835 and John in 1836. See below.

Here is the parish register  https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0762  You may want to scan for other possible records. The family lived in Knockaun townland in Durrow civil parish.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Roger McDonnell

Name:Michael LaniganDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:28-Mar-1831Address:LoughaneParish/District:DUNKERRINGender:MaleCountyCo. Offaly
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Pat LaniganMother:Catherine KendyOccupation:
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Informant 1:Sally McDonald Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:"n/r" 

Name:Nichlas LaniganDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:09-May-1835Address:LoughaneParish/District:DUNKERRINGender:MaleCountyCo. Offaly
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Patt LaniganMother:Catherine KennedyOccupation:
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Informant 1:John Kennedy Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Mary Kennedy 

Name:John LaniganDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:09-Jun-1836Address:LoughaneParish/District:DUNKERRINGender:MaleCountyCo. Offaly
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Patt LaniganMother:Catherine KennedyOccupation:
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Informant 1:Malack Brennan Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Nancy Tierney 

Thanks for your help,

I've googled all the places in the baptism records and they all seem to be scathered across ireland, how did you come up with Knockaun townland in Durrow civil parish?

Martin:

So I see I made a mistake, my apologies. It should be Loughaun townland in Durrow civil parish

Here is how I came up with Loughaun

Generally the spelling of townlands in the 19th century was "flexible" In addition, the priest's handwriting was not always the best so the Roots Ireland transcriber did the best they could with the spelling. Usually an RC church may have as many as five civil parishes that fed into the RC parish service area. I have a research book that shows which parishes were connected with a certain RC parish. I looked at the townlands in each parish and saw that Durrow had a parish called Loughaun.

Roger

Dear Martin: 

Thank you for your post.  I have forwarded this query to one of our local volunteers in the community.  They are an extremely active group and will reply shortlly.  Please feel free to let us know if you have any further questions. 

Kind regards, 

Jane

I would like to thank everybody that's helping, this is great

This has been a brick wall for years, even just finding Nicholas and John was exiting. BTW i might of found Nicholas decendants on Ancestry, just trying to tie it together with some records

Could someone do me a favor and do a search for me?

One of my DNA Matches on ancestry has a Lanigan ancestor, but i have hit a wall with the resources i use.

His ancestor is a Mary Lanigan (1790-1868) daughter of Matt Lanigan and Maria Darcy, I have found 4 other daughters (Marg, Bridget, Anne, Judy) to Matt and Maria but no sons. Mary Lanigan would be about the same age as my Patrick Lanigan (b. late 1700 early 1800)

could you search  1. Do Matt Lanigan and Maria Darcy have more children?

                              2. Patrick Lanigan and Catherine Kennedy (Marriage record) I've been unsuccesfull in finding one

My theory on this is Matt Lanigan is either Patrick Lanigan's father or uncle 

Martin:

I looked for Lanigan children of Matthew around 1800 in Co. Offaly and there were no records on the subscription site Roots Ireland. Dunkerrin/Moneygall records do not begin until 1820. I then expanded the search to all of Ireland and found three children up in Kilkenny town. The three records on Roots Ireland were Mary 1790 Denis 1802 Judith 1806. All three records were in St. Canice's church. The transcription for Denis' record shows mother as Mary Devy which I believe is Mary Darcy. The family lived in Butts Cross for both the Denis and Judith records.

I did not find a record for Marg, Bridget or Anne and no record for Patrick either.You would think there would be more children between 1790 and 1802. You can scan the parish register for St. Canice's  https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0990

Roger McDonnell

Name:Denis LaniganDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:13-Dec-1802Address:Butts CrossParish/District:ST. CANICE'SGender:MaleCountyCo. Kilkenny
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Matthias LaniganMother:Mary DevyOccupation:
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Informant 1:Richard Butler Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Judith Docer 

Notes:

[S] [CHILD GIVEN AS DENNIS] [FATHER GIVEN AS MATHIAS]

Could someone look this up for me, I found a possible brother for Catherine he lived in the same area and even had Catherine's children listed in his household in one census. Im trying to prove that Catherine is his sister

Michael Kennedy(abt.1815-1876) son of Nicholas Kennedy and Honorah Hardy (as per his Marriage certificate)

Could you also look if they're more children for Nicholas Kennedy and Honorah Hardy, and if Catherine (Cath) is their daughter?

Any help is appreciated, Thanks