Horan family

Hi Vicki . . . 

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out  . . . 

The name HORAN caught my attention on the Message Board . . . understandably  . . . 

as I was born Horan from Co.Offaly ( a.k.a  Kings County - back then )

The name is very prevelant is the Town of Birr, Co.Offaly . . . which is close enough to Cloghan.

As you possibly aware . . . records that far back . . are few and far between . . .  so . . 

I searched back then . . . Bernard / Mary circa . . . born 1815 +/- 10 yrs. . . Nothing 

I searched . . Bernard . . . born 1838 . . . Nothing .  . . 

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Ann Horan . . . b.1834 . . . one only record shows up . . .note different Mother . . . 

Name:Anne HoranDate of Birth:--1835

Date of Baptism:
Address:
Parish/District:    Clonmacnoise    Gender:
County    Co. Offaly

Denomination:

Father:     Bernard Horan     Mother:      Honor Shea . . . . 

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Susan . . . b.1835 . . . .nothing

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So . . . families . . . especially those who are Farming . . . can be in the same piece of Land for well over a Century . . . and with that in mind . . . I had a look at a full Census of 1901 in Ireland . . 

looking for a common Christian name . . BERNARD . . . in the area of Cloghan > Co.Offaly

• sus Years
• 1901
• King's Co.
• Mounterin
• Ballaghanoher
• Residents of a house

Residents of a house 11 in Ballaghanoher (Mounterin, King's Co.)

Show all information

SurnameForenameAgeSexRelation to headReligionHoranBernard60MaleHead of FamilyRoman CatholicHoranAnne55FemaleWifeRoman CatholicHoranBernard28MaleSonRoman CatholicHoranJoseph24MaleSonRoman CatholicHoranKieran18MaleSonRoman CatholicHoranMartin16MaleSonRoman CatholicHoranAnne15FemaleDaughterRoman CatholicHoranPatrick12MaleSonRoman CatholicHoranMargaret11FemaleDaughter

see below . . . 

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/King_s_Co_/Mounterin/B…

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This Census notation . . . is the closest . . I can find . . . close to where the search begins . . . 

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A surviving " Land Tax " roll from 1826 + . . no Bernard Horan showing . . . 

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A Tax roll . . for . . 1846 ++ . . too many Horan's to seperate families . . . . 

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Not sure . . that any of the above. . . is of any help to you . . . 

The Clan . . HORAN . . is quite frequent in the South Offaly area . . but records are sparse

Best of good wishes with your continued search . . . 

Cheers . . . Eamonn.

Map . . . 

Hello Eamon

Thank you so much it appears you have come up with much the same as myself.   I will continue to look and some day I may get some more clues. 

Regards Vicki

Hello Eamon

I have done some more research and found that Bernard Jnr's father may have been John Bernard.  I have also found a marriage of one of Bernards sisters in Australia so that is another mystery solved. 

Vicki