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Information I have recently found (after a decade of searching) reveals my GGGG grandfather James Hurley was born in 1789 and was a native of Cloonareague. He was buried in the Kinneigh Cemetery in April of 1834. His wife Mary (Donovan), my GGGG grandmother, was born in 1796 and was originally a native of Castletown according to a newspaper obituary. She and at least 5 children left Cloonareague and arrived in America around 1842 and settled in Bangor, Maine. Once I found the Hurley cenotaph (photo attached to this message) I thought I had found everything I needed engraved right there on the stone to find out more information on this family's roots in Kinneigh Parish but have come up empty at every turn. If anyone can help with suggestions it would be greatly appreciated. I'm willing to help anyone with any research in the New England area of the US where I live.
Scott Paine
Wednesday 10th Jul 2019, 07:41PMMessage Board Replies
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Scott:
Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!
Kinneigh is a civil parish and the related RC parishes would be Enniskean/Desertserges (records starting 1813) and Murragh/Templemartin (records starting 1834). Both of these parishes are in the Diocese of Cork and Ross and records for that diocese are on the free site www.irishgenealogy.ie Keep in mind that James Hurley and Mary Donovan would have been very common names and there could be a number of couples with those names in that area of Cork.
I did find a baptismal record for a James Hurley in January 31, 1825 in Enniskeane with those parents. There was also an Anne baptized June 25 1817, Daniel November 1831, Norry May 13, 1831. All were in Enniskeane/Desertserges parish. Obviously, Daniel and Norry were baptized six months apart so they were not brother and sister.
Do you know the names of the children? Obviously John was one son.
Roger McDonnell
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
Wednesday 10th Jul 2019, 08:03PM -
My great granghdfather was Daniel Hurley (1814-1898) and he is buried in Kinneigh. His father was John Hurley and he would have been born in Clounyreagh around 1890, he could be a sibling of James Hurley
WG Hurley
Thursday 13th Aug 2020, 04:25PM -
Thanks for responding to my post. I would love to learn more. My personal email address is 911rollo@gmail.com. Please email me if you would like to compare information and possibly find a connection. I will start to look into this to see what I can find.
Scott Paine
Sunday 16th Aug 2020, 01:54AM