Tighe Family

Hi Erika

Welcome to IrelandXO.

Catherine Tighe died in 1937. Her daughter Catherine Tighe listed as present at death. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_retu…

Patrick Tighe died in 1941. His Nephew Michael Tighe, Cloonacross is listed as present. Possibly all his own children had emigrated at that time. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_retu…

Regards

Hello Erica,

To add to the information that Gerard kindly provided, you can write to the postmaster of the Milltown Post Office, to see if any Tighes are still living in the Cloonnacross area. The post office (known in Irish as Oifig an Phoist), is in Ryans Daybreak petrol station near St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Ryan’s Petrol is just 2.2 miles south of Cloonnacross, according to the Google Map at: https://is.gd/A9VBZM

See the Google Street View of Ryans Daybreak and the post office at: https://is.gd/srqykI

For another Google Street View of Ryans Daybreak, see: https://is.gd/JK85E1

I had a friend from Massachusetts whose ancestors came from Cobh (formerly Queenstown) in County Cork. He wrote to the postmistress there and asked if any of his people were still in the Cobh area. He hit the lottery with this letter, as the postmistress was his third cousin, a cousin he had never heard of before.

The other thing you may want to consider is writing to the parish priest of Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church in Milltown, located just north of the post office, and ask if he can place a notice in the church newsletter or on the church bulletin board stating that you are looking to communicate with Tighe family living in the area, as you may be a relative. The parish priest is Father Frank Conlisk. For contact information go to the church website at: https://is.gd/5Y3RDX

Saint Joseph’s Church is in the Archdiocese of Tuam. The Archdiocese has a facebook page and as Twitter page where can also post an enquiry about any Tighe family that may still be living in the Cloonacross, Miltown, and Glenamaddy areas. See:
https://www.facebook.com/archdiocesetuam
Tuam Archdiocese (@tuamarchdiocese) / Twitter

YOUR GRANDMOTHER ELLEN TIGHE

According to her civil registration birth record found at the free irishgenealogy.ie website, your grandmother Ellen Tighe was born in Cloonacross on 5 April 1903. Her father is Patrick Tighe, a farmer residing in Clonacross. Ellen’s mother is Catherine Tighe, formerly Trears. Ellen’s mother Catherine reported the birth to the Assistant Registrar, John Shiel, who recorded the birth in the “Glennamaddy” Registration District on 14 May 1903. Ellen’s birth is Number 66 in the birth register at: https://is.gd/0WE4z6

Before being allowed to access the birth register entry you’ll see a prompt such as “Capcha/I’m not a robot.” Tick/check the box. The next thing you have to do is type your first and last name, and tick/check the box, and then click “Submit.” You’ll then be able to see the register where Ellen’s birth record is.

Also at the irishgenealogy.ie website, I found the civil registration marriage record for Patrick Tighe and Catherine “Trayers.” I don’t know if you already have their marriage record, but in case you do not, they were married in the Roman Catholic Chapel of Glynsk, Galway, on 23 February 1895. Both were of “full age” when they married. Patrick had been a bachelor and Catherine a spinster, meaning they had not been previously married. Patrick’s occupation was farmer. His address at the time of marriage was Cloonacross. His father was John Tighe, also a farmer.

No occupation is listed for Catherine Trayers. Her residence at the time of marriage was Curragh. Her father was Laurence Trayers, a farmer. The priest who married Patrick and Catherine was Father Michael Coogan C.C. The initials C.C. stand for “Catholic Curate,” which is one step below a parish priest. The witnesses to the marriage were John Tighe and Celia Connelly. John Tighe may have been Patrick’s brother.

The Deputy Registrar, John Shiel, recorded the marriage in the Glennamaddy Registration District on 26 February 1895.

The marriage for Patrick and Catherine is the first one in the marriage register, Number 113, at: https://is.gd/vYsdH2

After finding the marriage record for Patrick and Catherine I was a little confused, as in their daughter Ellen’s birth record, her mother Catherine’s maiden name is spelled, “Trears,” but in Patrrick and Catherine’s 1895 marriage record her maiden name is spelled “Trayers.” I decided to look into this difference in maiden name spellings a little later, but first I wanted to see if I could locate the Catholic Chapel of Glynsk, where Patrick and Catherine were married, and the townland of Curragh, where Catherine had been living before she married.

According to the IreAtlas (https://is.gd/ukOAw4), there are at least two townlands in County Galway named Glinsk. Glynsk would be an alternate spelling. The next thing I did is to see which townland named Glynsk/Glinsk was closest to Catherine’s residence of Curragh.

I found two locations in County Galway named Glinsk on a Google Map. One Clinsk is located in West Galway. The other Glinsk is much closer to Cloonnacross, Curragh West, Curraghmulmurry, Glenamaddy, and Williamstown. This Glinsk is in east Galway near the border with Roscommon. The Glinsk in east Galway near the border with Roscommon would be the location of the church where Patrick and Catherine were married. See the Google Map at: https://is.gd/vQ5glf

A closeup Google Map of the same area shows there is also a townland called Curragh East near Glinsk: https://is.gd/K5CIng

According to another Google Map the church in Glinsk is called St. Michael’s. This is likely the church where Patrick and Catherine were married in 1895: https://is.gd/4Prf7D

For a Google Street View of St. Michael’s Church, see: https://is.gd/dqRJVm

Back at the irishgenealogy.ie website, I next wanted to see if I could find the civil registration birth record for Catherine Trears/Trayers, daughter of Laurence. Her age in the marriage record is not recorded, and so I looked for her birth record in the 1860s and 1870s. Civil registration birth records, also known as statutory births were not recorded in Ireland by the government until 1864. Death records were not recorded until 1864 either. Marriage records were recorded by the government beginning on 1 April 1845, but these were for civil marriages and Protestant marriages. Marriages for all religious denominations in Ireland weren’t recorded until 1864.

Catherine’s birth record, in addition to the spelling of her last name, would also record the townland of her birth. I wanted to see if she had been born in Curragh East, Curragh West, or perhaps Curraghmulmurry.

I found her birth record showing that Catherine Trears was born in Curraghmulmurry, Parish of Ballinakill, on 11 September 1867. Her father is Laurence Trears, a farmer residing in Curraghmulmurry. Her mother is Catherine Trears, formerly Kean. Catherine reported the birth to the registrar, James Lynch, who recorded the birth in the Glenamaddy Registration District on 17 September 1867. Catherine’s birth is Number 402 in the birth register at: https://is.gd/7cdXQH

I looked for Catherine’s church baptism record at the National Library of Ireland website (https://registers.nli.ie/), but didn’t find it. I also looked for the civil as well as church marriage record for her parents, but again without results.

Catherine’s birth record shows she was born in Curraghmulmurry. For a Google Street Views of Curraghmulmurry, go to: https://is.gd/EjrIPn

For the next search I wanted to see if I could find Catherine’s father, Laurence Trears/Trayers leasing a house and land, as recorded in an Irish property tax record known as Griffiths Valuation.

Griffiths Valuation was enumerated in the 32 counties of Ireland between 1847 and 1864. The valuation for Curraghmulmurry, and surrounding townlands, was completed by the year 1856.

Unlike a census, Griffiths Valuation did not enumerate individual members of a family, such as husband, wife, and children in a household residence. Those named in the valuation were individuals who paid to lease property, such as land, houses, and outbuildings. Each person who paid to lease the property was called an “Occupier.” The other person listed in Griffiths Valuation was the person who owned the property, or who worked as the middleman collecting the rent on Gale Day for the owner. This middleman was called the “Immediate Lessor.”

You can access Griffiths Valuation transcriptions and original copies for free at the askaboutireland website link at: http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml

I found that Laurence Trayers did lease a house and land in Curraghmulmurry, Civil Parish of Ballynakill. He leased his own house, but he also leased over 83 acres of land in common with four other Occupiers, who were Patrick Tighe, John Kearns, Sally Joyce, and Thomas Joyce. The property was leased from an Immediate Lessor named John Cheevers.

I don’t know if the Patrick Tighe in Curraghmulmurry was related to Patrick Tighe’s father John in Cloonnacross.

Also leasing property in Curraghmulmurry were Thomas and Michael Trayers, as well as Edward Keane, and Patrick Keane, who may have been related to Catherine’s Trear’s mother, Catherine Kean.

PATRICK TIGHE

The 1895 marriage record for Patrick Tighe and Catherine Trayers shows that Patrick had been living in Cloonacross, and that his father was John Tighe, a farmer. With this information I located Patrick’s birth record at the irishgenealogy.ie website, which shows he was born in “Cloonacrisha,” Parish of Bovenagh/Bevenagh, on 13 March 1866. His father is John Tighe, a Herdsman residing in Cloonacrisha. Patrick’s mother is Mary Tighe, formerly Collins. John Tighe reported the birth to the registrar, John Lynch, who recorded the birth in the Glenamaddy Registration District on 30 March 1866. Patrick’s birth is the last one recorded in the birth register, Number 22, at: https://is.gd/jJopq6

Cloonacrhisha is a reference to Cloonacross. Bovenagh, or Bevenagh is a reference to the civil parish Boyounagh, where Cloonacross was located. The Catholic Parish is called Boyounagh & Templetoher.

The next search involved looking for Patrick Tighe’s baptism record. I initially found a baptism transcription for him at the Find My Past (FMP) website, which is mainly a subscription-based or Pay-As-You-Go website, with the exception that FMP does not charge to search Irish Catholic baptisms, marriages, and available church burial transcriptions for all of Ireland for much of the 19th century.

The search engine for the FMP baptism transcriptions can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/jnmqmuv

The search engine for Catholic marriages can be accessed at: http://tinyurl.com/jzylkjy

For Catholic Parish burial transcriptions go to the search engine at: http://tinyurl.com/j9qe5p9

Attached to each FMP baptism, marriage, and burial transcriptions are links that will take you to copies of the original parish registers held by the National Library of Ireland in Dublin.

The FMP transcription shows that “Patricius” Tighe was baptized in the Boyounagh Catholic Parish on 28 March 1866. In the transcription his and his father John’s (Joannis) first name are written in the Latin. His mother is Maria Colins. The transcription also shows the alternate names for the Catholic Parish were Boyounagh and Glenamaddy, Glenamaddy, and Williamstown.

See the transcription at the following FMP website link: https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=IRE%2FPRS%2FBAP%2F6165533

Attached to the transcription is a link that takes you to the Boyounagh register where Patrick’s baptism is located. The register is held by the National Library of Ireland. Go to the next link to access the Boyounagh baptism register: https://registers.nli.ie//registers/vtls000632019#page/24/mode/1up

You’ll see there are two facing pages of the register. You can enlarge the pages by means of round icons in the upper center/ right of the screen. The icons are white with green backgrounds. You can also access the full-screen function by clicking on the last icon on the right with the two arrows pointing northeast and southwest.

Patrick’s is the first baptism recorded at the top of the right-hand register page. Below the names of his parents are the names of his godparents, who are Patricio (Patrick) and Anna Collins.

I now looked for the civil registration marriage record for John Tighe and Mary Collins at the irishgenealogy.ie website, but didn’t find it. Civil marriages for Catholics were not recorded until 1864, though not all marriages, or birth for the early years of civil registration were recorded because it was a new requirement.

But, I did find their church marriage transcription at the FMP website, which shows they were married in the Boyounagh Catholic Parish on 15 June 1864. You can access the transcription at:
https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=IRE%2FPRS%2FMAR%2F1016412%2F1

Linked to the transcription is the Boyounagh marriage register at the following link: https://registers.nli.ie//registers/vtls000632018#page/137/mode/1up

The marriage is on the left-hand page. To find it scroll down the page until you come to June 15 in the left margin. The marriage reads:

June 15 John Tighe to Mary Collins
w. Pat Collins & Mary McDermot 2 0 0
____

The lower-case w, stands for witnesses to the marriage, who were Pat Collins and Mary McDermot. Pat Collins may have been the brother of Mary Collins. The 2 0 0 signify that John Tighe and Mary Collins had made a donation of 2 Pounds, 0 Shillings, 0 Pence to the church for performing the marriage ceremony.

According to the “Catholic Parishes and Civil Parish Links - c1837” link at the swilson.info website, there were two chapels in the Boyounagh Catholic Parish. One chapel is in Glenamaddy, and the other in Williamstown near Kilnalag/Kelmalag. See: https://is.gd/l1p9Ig

John and Mary were probably married in one of these chapels.

The present-day catholic Church in Glenamaddy is called St. Patrick’s. You can view the location of the church in Glenamaddy on a Google Map at: https://is.gd/NU8pBz

For a Google Street View of St. Patrick’s Church in Glenamaddy, go to: https://is.gd/nkhYty

Another Google Map shows that Kilnalag, near Williamstown, is 7.1 miles north of Glenamaddy: https://is.gd/tMr8o7

The church in Williamstown is called St. Teresa’s, and you can view the location of the church on a Google Map of Williamstown and Kilnalag at: https://is.gd/gKW178

For a Google Street View of St. Teresa’s Church in Williamstown, go to: https://is.gd/9bXmfL

THE 1901 CENSUS

The 1901 census in Ireland enumerated residents of a household on the night of Sunday, March 31 of that year.

I don’t know if you have the 1901 census for Patrick and Catherine Tighe, but if not, the census shows that 32 year old Patrick and 35 year old Kate Tighe and their 3 children were, “Residents of a house 1 in Cloonacross (Ballinastack, Galway).”

In this instance, house 1 probably does not refer to the street number of the house, but to the number of the census form. You can view a transcription of the 1901 census for the Tighe family at the National Archives of Ireland link at: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Ballinastack/Cl…

When the census transcription downloads make sure to click on “Show all information,” to view the full census page.

As you’ll see the census shows that Patrick and Kate can read and write speak Irish and English, but the two older children only speak English.

You can view a copy of the original 1901 census at the National Archives of Ireland link:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000818816/

The 1901 census also shows that the residents of house 2 in Cloonacross were 60 year old John and 55 year old Mary Tighe. They would be Patrick’s mother and father. In the household with John and Mary are their adult sons, 28 year old Connor and 24 year old John. See:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Ballinastack/Cl…

A copy of the original 1901 census for the family of John and Mary Tighe can be viewed at:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000818817/

THE 1911 CENSUS

The 1911 census shows that 48 year old Patrick and his 47 year old wife Catherine, and 6 of their children were residence of a house 3 in Cloonacross. If you look at Patrick’s and Catherine’s ages in the 1911 census, you’ll see their ages don’t up from the 1901 enumeration. This is because a person’s age in these old census returns have a tendency to be inaccurate.

The 1911 census shows that Patrick and Catherine can read and write and speak Irish and English. On the census line for Catherine you’ll see the numbers 17, 7, and 6. This means that Patrick and Catherine, as of 1911, had been married for 17 years, and in that time period had 7 children with 6 children still living. These 6 children are in the household with their parents, all listed as scholars, meaning students. The children are 15 year old John; 13 year old Mary; 11 year old Thomas; your grandmother, 9 year old Ellen; 6 year old Patrick; and 5 year old Catherine. You can view a transcription of the Tighe family in the 1911 census at the National Archives of Ireland link: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Ballinastack/Cl…

To see a copy of the original 1911 census for the family of Patrick and Catherine Tighe, go to:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002395916/

The 1911 census was taken on Sunday night, April 3.

Your grandmother Ellen was born on 5 April 1903, which means she would have actually turned 8 years old two days after the census was taken.

One of the Tighe children who was 2 years old in the 1901 census, but not in the 1911 census, is Katie, or Catherine. She would have been born circa 1898-1899. The Catherine Tighe in the 1911 census would have been born in 1905 or 1906.

I went to the irishgenealogy.ie website where I found the death record for the first-born Catherine Tighe. She died in Cloonacross on 20 September 1903 at the age of 4 years. She is shown to have been a farmer’s daughter. The cause of death was, “Probably Kroopingcough 1 month. No medical attendant.” The person who was present and Catherine’s death and who reported her death to the assistant registrar was her Uncle Thomas Trears. The assistant registrar, John Shiel, recorded Catherine’s birth in the Glenamaddy registration District on 16 December 1903. Catherine’s death entry is Number 142 in the register at: https://is.gd/BQn1qO

The 1911 census further shows that the residents of a house 2 in Cloonacross were 77 year old John Tighe, and his 72 year old wife Mary Tighe. This shows that Patrick’s parents were still alive as of 1911.

The census shows that John and Mary cannot read but can speak Irish and English. The census line for Mary shows that, as of 1911, she and John had been married for 47 years, and in that time, had 4 children, with 3 children still living. Two of those adult children are in the household with them. They are 40 year old Connor and 37 year old John. Also in the household is the younger John’s wife, 34 year old Bridget. She and John had been married for 7 years as of 1911 and had 2 children, both living. One child is 6 year old Mary. The census transcription however does not give the age of the youngest child John. His age, probably in months, should be recorded in the original 1911 census for the household.

The 1911 census transcription for the Tighe family can be accessed at the following link: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Ballinastack/Cl…

A copy of the original 1911 census shows that John and Bridget’s son John was 9 months old:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002395914/

I next found the civil registration marriage record for the younger John Tighe and Bridget, showing that Bridget’s maiden name was Gannon. The were married in the Roman Catholic Chapel of Williamstown on April 14, 1904. Both were of full age when they married and neither had been married before. John’s occupation was farmer. His residence at the time of marriage was Cloonacross. His father is John Tighe, also a farmer.

No occupation is recorded for Bridget. Her residence at the time of marriage was Shramore. Her father is Michael Gannon, a farmer. The clergyman who married John and Bridget was the Rev. John Burke. The witnessed to the marriage were David Flanagan and Bridget Mee. The marriage was recorded in the Glenamaddy Registration District by the assistant registrar, John Sheil, on 21 April 1904. The marriage is the first one recorded in the register at Number 85, which you can access at: https://is.gd/NyNwD9

DEATH RECORDS

I next found that John and Mary Tighe died 16 days apart from each other. Mary died first, on 22 January 1922 in Cloonacross at the age of 83. She is recorded as being a “Farmer’s wife.” The cause of death was, “Probably senile decay 2 years. No medical attendant.” Senile decay was listed quite often in Irish death records in the 1800s and 1900s, when in reality, the cause of death was likely unknown. Mary was not being treated by a doctor when she died, hence the “No medical attendant,” notation. In the same register where Mary’s death is recorded, four others deaths were due “Probably senile decay. No medical attendant.”

The person who reported Mary’s death to the assistant registrar was her son John, whose residence was Cloonacross. The assistant registrar, Patrick Cunningham, recorded Mary’s death in the Glenamddy Registration District on 23 March 1922.

John Tighe died in Cloonacross on February 7, 1922 at the age of 88. He is shown to have been a widower and a farmer. His cause of death is recorded as, “Probably senile decay 3 years. No medical attendant.” John’s son John reported the death to the assistant registrar Patrick Cunningham. who recorded the death in the Glenamaddy Registration District on the same day he recorded Mary’s death, 23 March 1922. The death records for Mary and John Tighe are Numbers 427 and 428 in the register at: https://is.gd/HDFfZx

Not long after Mary and John Tighe died, the Irish Civil War began on June 28, 1922. This was a watershed year in Irish history. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Civil_War

With Best Wishes,

Dave Boylan

Hi there

Below is an extract from a locally published book entitles "Ginsk 100 Celebrating a century of comminity life in Glinks 1912-2012

Tighe - Lisnageeragh

Pat Tighe (75) lived with his son's family, Thomas (36), Margaret (35) and their children Mary (12) Bridget (10), Catherine (6) Patrick (4) Celila (2) and Pat's Brother Michael (70) also live there. Seamus Mannions mother from Cloonacross was MaggieTighe from Curragh 

Trayers -Currragh

Thomas Trahers (45) and his wife Mary (35) had three children Nora, Delia and Tom.Nora married Ward from Turla. Delia died on Childbirth, She was married to Costello. Tom married Delia Hegarty from Curragh. They had 7 children Tom (Glasson), Johnny (Glinsk), Paul (Ballbofey) Vincent (Castleblaney) Michael (Cornspeake), Mai Connolly (Castlecoote) and Bridie Conneally Athleague.