Mullahy family

Nubley:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

I located the 1879 death record for Thomas Mullahy. It shows the informant as Mary Mullahy but does not show whether she was his wife or other relative. Likely Mary was the wife's name. 

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1879/06494/4869679.pdf

I did not find the baptismal record for John. I believe their parish was Kilconly/Kilbennan and the records for that parish start in 1872 so no baptismal record would be available.

Catherine Courtney's baptismal record was not located either and I believe for the same reason-- Kilconly/Kilbennan records not available.

Roger McDonnell

Hi Roger,

Thanks for your help. Yes sounds like you hit the same brick wall as I did. I wasn't aware about the records date for Kilconly/Kilbennan parish though so thanks for that.

Yes I think the informant Mary will have been Thomas's wife but the online Irish Genealogy records for births only run from 1864 to 1919. Marriages start at 1845 but can't find any record there either.

Your help much appreciated though,

David Mullahey

 

Hi Nubley

Link to death record of William Courtney Senior, William Jnr. present  https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1893/05982/4701476.pdf

 William Courtney Jnr. Marriage 1884  https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1884/10895/5979538.pdf

William Courtney family 1901 census in Lissananny (Ballyrou & Leegaun/Legan are associated areas)   http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Foxhall/Lissananny/1402216/

Glynn / Glinn Family also in Lissanny http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Foxhall/Lissananny/1402221/

Regards

 

Hi Gerard!

Thanks for the add-on records! Hope you are well!

Roger

Hi Gerard,

Thank you so much for your help.

The William Courtney records look especially promising,

Thanks again,

David Mullahey (Nubley)

David,

I believe i can help you out with William Courtney.. I believe his wife is a Turner....  Some records list her name as Mary.. but the challenge has been that there are two sisters that seem to go by this name.. Her parents were Peter Turner and Mary O'Donnell.

I descend from the Turner family.  My dad is a DNA match to two of the descendents of Catherine Courtney and John Mullahey.

Catherne's siblings were also invovled with the correspondance of the death of Michael Turner (1898) (brother of Mary Turner and brother of my ancestor Bridget Turner).. 

Which  of the Mullahy children do you descdend from?

Thanks,

Karen

Attached Files

Hi Karen,
Yes I also have come across the names of Peter Turner and Mary O'Donnell, who would have been my 3 x great-grandparents. However, I have very little information about them.
My paternal grandfather was John Mullahy and Catherine Courtney's son John (1898-1979), although I never knew him.
John Jnr joined the police in 1917 and was posted to County Kerry. He married Mary Glynn on Christmas Day 1920. Then in February 1921 he was shot and injured during an IRA ambush in Abbeydorney, which resulted in an immediate and horrendous reprisal. I have uploaded a couple of newspaper reports relating to the incident.
I believe my grandparents had a son James (born 1923) and possibly a second child before moving to Manchester, where my father, Albert Thomas Francis (1925-2005) was born, followed by three further children. At some point the spelling of the family name was changed to Mullahey (with an 'e') but why this happened is a mystery.
My father fell out with his family before I was born so I knew very little about them until I began my research last year.
I now know that Catherine Courtney died from puerperal fever in August 1900, two weeks after giving birth to her ninth child Bridget (aka Delia), who I believe also ended up in Manchester. John remarried, to Delia Fallon, in January 1902 and they had a son, Martin Joseph, in January 1903.
John Mullahy Snr himself died in March 1903 from what sounds like pneumonia and Delia returned to her parents' home with her son. John and Catherine's orphaned children were then raised by John's mother, Margaret (nee Farrell), who died in 1915, aged 81.
One of the few things my father did tell me about his family was that his grandfather was married three times, although I can only find two wives for John and one for his maternal grandfather, Thomas Glynn.
Obviously your line from the Turners is a different one from mine but I would be extremely grateful for any relevant information you have.
Many thanks for getting in touch.
Best regards,
David Mullahey

Hi Nubley,

I have recently found out I am a mullahy and would love some help with the family line. How many children did John and Catherine have and their names? Did they have any children? I am on the hunt for my grandfather ☺️

From what I have been able to find out is that Thomas was married to a Margaret Hanrahan born 1838 co Tipperary, he remarried not long after her death to Mary. Thomas was a Ric constable and moved back to mayo after Margaret's death to farm.

Attached Files

Hi Nubley, I was looking at my ancestry.com profile today and saw some suggestions that led me to this post. My dad (69yrs old) is from Tuam. My great-grandparents are John Mullaghy and Mary Glynn. Mary's brother Patrick left his farm to my grandmother Kathleen. Unfortunately, I don't think they've followed the family tree further back than you have. I've attached part of my family tree incase this helps anyone. 

Hi David, Sounds like my grandmother was your dads sister? I haven't asked my dad, but I was curious why she was left in Ireland when her family went to Manchester. I know they didn't have a lot of money and that she had 3 brothers, 2 of which unfortunately passed of a rare disease.

Kind Regards, Julie

Hi Julie/Sarah, I have met your Grandmother, Kathleen I'm assuming, married to Tom. This is David Mullahey in Australia. I found this page through something my cousin also David ( who I have not met) sent to my brother Stephan. I have a bit more info to add to the above but you may have already come across this. Drop me a line or i can post on her if you like 😊 I have met 3 of Kathleen's sons and her 3 (?) daughters . I live in Perth, Western Australia but born and brought up in Manchester. Cheers, Dave davidgmullahey@gmail.com

Hi Dave. Would be fascinated to hear anything you know about my late father's family. Unlike you, I never met any of them, although I have learned quite a bit from research (more than happy to pass anything on btw) and from Julie. I've also been helping Sarah to trace her grandfather, who we now know to have been James Anthony Mullahy (1929-2001), son of Thomas Mullahy and Mary Hardiman and first cousin of your dad and mine. I live at Prestatyn in North Wales, although I grew up in Cheadle Heath and Timperley. Other Mullaheys are my wife Tracy, son Patrick and daughter Lizzie. Yes, I have been in contact with your brother Stephen and I seem to recall that he suggested you probably had a stronger claim than him to being the family genealogist! I'll keep an eye on this message board or you can email me at dave.mullahey@gmail.com. Thanks. Best regards, (The other) Dave Mullahey