Straide, County Mayo

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The baptismal records for Straide/Templemore RC parish start very late-- 1888 so if Hanoria was from that parish, a baptismal record will not be available.

Roger McDonnell

I'm not sure whether this wil be any help, but thought I would share the info for what it's worth.  My great-grandfather, Patrick McDonnell, had two brothers, John and Terrance, each of whom married a Mulroy sister and lived not far from Strade.  John married a Margaret Mulroy, and Terrance married a Mary Mulroy.  Margaret and Mary's father was Eneas Mulroy.  Eneas was a latinized form of the name Aonghus (Angus), often used by priests in parish registers.  Their mother was named Bridget, but we're not sure what her maiden name was.

They all lived in the parish of Killasser, in a townland called Callow, which is 4-5 miles from the townland of Strade (In Irish, An tSráid).  You can read more about Strade at thiis link:  https://www.townlands.ie/mayo/gallen/templemore/bellavary/strade/

I believe that Patirck, John, Terrance, Margaret, and Mary were all born in the 1820's or early 1830's, to judge by the ages of their children (for most of whom we've located baptismal records), so in theory Margaret and Mary could have been your Martin Mulroy's sisters (possibly indicating that he was from Callow).  I looked back through all of the baptismal records we have, to see whether a Martin Mulroy acted as sponsor for any of Margaret and Mary's 18  children, but didn't find him, so it may be likelier that he was a cousin or a more distant relative.  There were a fair number of Mulroy's in Mayo, and I'm only mentioning all of this because the ones in my family lived relatively close to yours..

In case you're interested, MacLysaght, in his Surnames of Ireland, says that the surname Mulroy originated in what is now Mayo, although there is also an unrtelated Mulroy family in Longford.  The Irish form of the name is Ó Maolruaidh, which has been interpreted as meaning "descendant of the red-haired chief".  The maol part does not actually mean "chief", but became used for that purpose in surnames (he gives an involved etymology as to how that happened).   It was usually anglicized as O'Mulroy, but has also been anglicized as Mulry and Milroy.  Personally, I have also seen it misread or mis-transcribed as Mulloy and Malloy in some records, when people were trying to read old handwriting.  The Ó Maolruaidh were a sept (sub-tribe) of the Uí Fiachrach, about whom you can read at Wikipedia at this link:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U%C3%AD_Fiachrach

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Thank you for all your information. My 2nd cousin still lives on the Mulroy farm. There have been many generations of Mulroys there. The property abuts the Straid Abbey cemetery, where many of my relatives are buried.