Mc Veigh and Han(d)lon families from Armagh.

Rap,

I can’t see a marriage for Patrick McVeigh and Mary Ann in the on-line RC parish records, nor can I see a record for Sarah’s baptism. I also looked for Patrick’s death c  1883 and Mary’s in 1885 in the Swords area (Balrothery registration district). Could not find either.

Likewise no success with the Hanlon families. There isn’t any place in Armagh named Killaly (or North Killaly). In fact there isn’t a Killaly anywhere in Ireland. Though obviously it might be mis-spelled. I have had a look at all the possibles in Armagh but nothing leaps out at me.

Not sure where you go from there. Possibly DNA testing may be a way of matching with others who have additional information about where the family originate. Family Tree DNA reportedly has more people with Ulster roots than any other company. That obviously increases the chances of finding a match. You might want to try them or, if you have already tested, you can transfer your results to them for no fee.

The North of Ireland Family History Society is running an Ulster DNA project and can offer FTDNA testing kits at a reduced price.  http://www.nifhs.org (Go to DNA project on the website).

Hi,
About 7-8 years ago I searched for this family, for a lady in Australia.
The place where the Hanlon family were from is Kittaffry (townland) and Shrule is the Parish.  I think the squiggle from the records looked like Killally from what I remembered..
The McVeigh family were from the Creggan Parish and Patt McVeigh is listed in several town lands.

http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?…

Sarah married James Christopher Egan in Melbourne in 1854.  James was from Dublin.
He had a court case was in 1843 and then in 1847, it was then he ws sent to Australia. Seems he was with a Cornelius Egan.
There were 3 possible James Egan (the father) 110 St Stephens' Green, 125 Francis Street and 35 West New Row. 
The lady came over and stayed with us and we went to Ireland. She also had McGowan's in her family and they were from Longford Town, County Longford.
As it happened we attended the Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival for 9 years. I went to the Library and seached the books they had and found James and his father, James about 1841. They lived in Bog Lane, which is still there and the original walls, the houses are all gone. She was quite moved when we walked down Bog Lane.
I hope this has helped
Margot

Many thanks for your replies, folks.  Hi Margot...It's Rosie who has posted!  Best wishes to you!.

Thanks Elwyn for trying to chase up those bdm's again.  I had no luck as well finding these records, and the Swords bap came from someone who had access to the information, but I could not verify it one way or the other.  The place of birth listed as the birthplace on Australian shipping records is quite clearly spelt 'Killaly', but as was the case often, strong accent responses to 'place of birth?' were often recorded phonetically and as such, way off the mark from the reality.  I thought that perhaps it may have been 'killalea' but that is not in Armagh, or pehaps 'Killeavy' ??

  I have done an Ancestry dna test, but I have many, many Irish lines from both of my parents, and it has been difficult to identify which of the matches can be attributed to the Handlon and McVeigh connections.

Many thanks for the thread to the North of Ireland Family History Society.  I'll see what I can find!

Thanks to you both!  Rap