Kilkelly looking for some help

Mike,

            Most people were buried in St. Mary's Church now the Athenry Arts and Heritage Centre prior to the New Cemetary. There is a graveyard survey's going on at the moment I think of the graves in Athenry which are being done by T?s. Before that would be the Athenry Dominican Priory known as the abbey in Athenry to many people were graves date back as far as the 16th century.

Yes you are right about the herd question. Many herd's were actually over in Newford aera in the 1901-1911 
period. Stephen Roache was 'in fee' in Griffith's Valuation at Ballydavid South http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNam… according to Griffith's Valuation (A land valuation in Athenry 1856). There was a Richard Kilkelly from Cross Street in 1856 Athenry  http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNam… who's landlord was Colonel. Bermingham Sewell who own land at Ballydavid North http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNam….

The cottages at Caheroyan were built in 1906 according to this article http://homepage.eircom.net/~oreganathenry/oreganathenry/athenryjournal/…

Many Thanks for that Ronan

I have had a breakthrough in the last couple of weeks in that I have located my great grandfathers grave. He is buried in Tobar Padraig graveyard in Ryehill with his wife and two of his children. I met someone in the graveyard that told me an archeologist had done some survey there. Do you know anything about this.

Also thanks for the information on the Caheroyn cottages. my gradfather and family are shwoing as living there in 1911. I cannot find a record for him in the 1901 census so I think he must have been aborad at that time.

Thanks again for your help. 

Ronan, On finding my great grandfathers grave in Ryehill I also discovered he was born in 1828 and died in 1898. Both he and his wife lived through the famine. Of  12 children , at least 7 immigrated to the US. I guess this was not untypical. He ended up in Ballydavid South where he died but I believe he must have grown up in Ryehill area in the 1820's 1860;s. His 1st two children were born in Ryehill, the others in Athenry. I see a connection in Stehen Roche woened the Ryehill Demesne and also owned land in Balydavid south so Im thyinking he may have moved or been moved to Athenry because of working for Stephen Roche.

That's interesting Mike. I am not sure where to go after that. You could go to the county library on Nun's Island Galway and look at 'The Famine Emigrant' books. The county library is opened Monday - Friday 9:30am-5pm. Also you should be able to get the 1821 census of Athenry in there. That's all I can think of for now Mike.

That's interesting Mike. I am not sure where to go after that. You could go to the county library on Nun's Island Galway and look at 'The Famine Emigrant' books. The county library is opened Monday - Friday 9:30am-5pm. Also you should be able to get the 1821 census of Athenry in there. That's all I can think of for now Mike.