John O'Brien married Bridget Ryan at Pallasgreen in 1841. No other details are known of John or Bridget other than they had three children who were all born at Pallasgreen, Margaret (b. 28 December 1841), James (b.19 May 1844) and Patrick (b. 23 August 1846). It would be wonderful to obtain further details about John and Bridget such as their parents names, dates and places of birth, baptism details etc which will assist us in building our family tree.
Their son Patrick O'Brien, my great grandfather, married Mary Hogan at Doon on 7 August 1869. Patrick and Mary had three children in Ireland and emigrated to New Zealand in 1875. In all they had ten children and the youngest (and only male), John, is my grandfather. John moved to Australia when he was young (after his father had died) and was a very highly decorated soldier in WW1.
I will be visiting Ireland in August 2018 with my brother and his wife and we will be spending most of our time in County Limerick, trying to find out as much as possible about the O'Briens of Pallasgreen. We would very much like to hear from anyone who may have any information at all about them.
Thank you,
Raymond O'Brien
swampy
Sunday 25th Feb 2018, 02:09AMMessage Board Replies
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Raymond:
Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!
The Pallasgreen/Templebredon RC records start in 1811 https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0279 So if John and Bridget were both baptized in that parish, records should be available. However, the fact that both names are very common complicates the search. There are six John O'Brien baptismal records and more then ten Bridget Ryan records in Pallasgrean which would relate to a couple who married in 1841. So we can't identify which records pertain to your ancestors.
There may be a clue in the 1850 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for Grean civil parish. http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/limerick/grean.htm There is only one John O'Brien listed in Bunavie townland so if your gg grandfather was still alive in 1850 then this record could be for him.
You may want to consider autosomal DNA testing. You also qualify for the Y-DNA test since you are an O'Brien (The Y test goes straight back on the pur paternal line) but from experience taking both tests the autosomal test is more helpful in finding matches that may assist your research.
I will alert our HQ about your trip to Ireland.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Roger McDonnell
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
Sunday 25th Feb 2018, 03:05PM -
Thank you Roger for your reply and the work you have done. It is very much appreciated and we will certainly be following up on the very good suggestions you have made. We are really looking forward to our trip to Ireland later this year.
Kind regards,
Raymond
swampy
Sunday 25th Feb 2018, 11:06PM