Hi

I've seen various spellings for Cloghpook. Is this the Bridget you are referring to?

Residents of a house 1 in Cloghpook (Kilkieran, Kilkenny)

Per a tree on Ancestry, Bridget was baptized 9 April 1841, parents- Sylvester Dowling and Catherine Morrissey. Record can be found on RootsIreland- address Clopook, parish Muckalee.

Per RootsIreland, she was married to Patrick Dowling Nov 27, 1866. They both lived in Clopoka (probably Cloghpook), Muckalee Catholic Parish, Castlecomer Civil Parish. Bridget was a servant. Both fathers had small farms.

Regards- Mary

Hi

From Ancestry, Catholic Parish Registry. You can check Catholic Registry online.

Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI

Hi,

Per Irishgenealogy, a free site, Welcome to Irish Genealogy - Irish Genealogy

Bridget died in 1928, age 87.

4348614.pdf

Patrick died in 1915, age 83.

4463621.pdf

Regards- Mary

Per RootsIreland, marriage of Catherine Morrissey and Sylvester Dowling

Hi Mary, Many thanks for the research you have done on my behalf. "Our" Bridget Dowling emigrated to South Australia, probably in 1854, and married John Glover from Middlesex there in 1855. She had a brother Nicholas and her father's name was Thomas. So, while many or all the Dowlings you have found are very likely related, the Thomas Dowling listed on the Griffiths Valuation of 1850 (in Cloghpook) is the most likely to be her father. Unfortunately we don't know her mother's name. Here is my WikiTree page for her: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dowling-2935

John (New Zealand)

John,

There are 35 trees on Ancestry for Bridget/Bertha. Some show Thomas Doolan and Ellen Burns as parents. They also show Thomas and Ellen died in Australia.

There is a Thomas Dowling on RootsIreland who died in 1867, age 62, farmer, in Cloapook, Tiscoffin, Kilkenny. He was married. You can find record on Irishgenealogy without the location. Tiscoffin is where Sylvester above was registered.

Mary

Hi Mary,

I'm aware of the site on Ancestry that shows Bridget's parents as Thomas Doolan and Ellen Burns. Trouble is, there is no proof shown that they are actually her parents. There are a number of parents I've found in parish baptisms where the father is Thomas Dowling/Doolan (we do know he was Dowling) and the daughter Bridget. To make the connection reasonably believable, we need to find the same parents also with a son baptised Nicholas.

I do get the feeling that many people simply copy other's tree data without caring if it has been correctly sourced.

Once again, many thanks for your help.