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My 2nd gr-grand parents were John Rooney (Runey) and Margaret Brosnan (Bresnahan). They were married in the Roman Catholic Church, Currow on 10 October 1831. I am having difficulty finding out which parish this is and how to obtain any more information. They had two known children, John and Edward John. I do not believe that they emmigrated but both of the sons went to the Boston area about 1870 and eventually lived in Sommerville.

Any help would be appreciated.

Kathleen A. Runey

runeyka

Sunday 3rd Jun 2018, 03:30PM

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  • I suspect that the parish is probably Killentierna which is also known as 'Killeentierna & Currens'. At least one of their children , John was baptised in the parish in 1843. Currans is the name of one of the civil parishes included in this Catholic parish and also the name of a village where one of the chapels for the parish was located. The records for the parish are available on the free IrishGenealogy website.

    Edited : you can view the marriage record on the National Library of Ireland website  (3rd entry on the right hand page)

    Shane Wilson, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Sunday 3rd Jun 2018, 04:01PM
  • Kathleen:

    Shane located the 1843 baptismal record for John. I searched on www.irishgenealogy.ie and the only other baptismal record I located was for a Julia in 1856. Here is a link to the parish register for Kileentierna https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0664   You may want to scan the register for additional baptismal records although they should have shown up on www.irishgenealogy.ie

    The 1852 Griffiths Valuation head of household listings for Currans civil parish does show a John Rooney living in Crag townland http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/kerry/currans.htm There are also three Bresnahans in the parish including one in Crag.

    Roger McDonnell

    Area - KERRY (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - KILLEENTIERNA

    Baptism of JULIA ROONEY of CURROWLOONE on 9 March 1856

    NameJULIA ROONEYDate of Birth9 March 1856 (BASED ON OTHER DATE INFORMATION)AddressCURROWLOONEFatherJOHN ROONEYMotherMARGARET BROSNAN

    Sponsor 1JAMES FITZGERALDSponsor 2MARY SWEENEY

    Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Sunday 3rd Jun 2018, 09:19PM
  • Thank you Roger, Shane, and Jane. I have been raking your advise and scanning the records. I think I have birth/baptism for

    Margaret Brosnan, parents listed as Michael Brosnan and Mary Galvin. And I found marriage for the parents in early 1804...same parish.

    Is there any more information in Griffiths Evaluation anywhere? I am guessing there is no way to tell if this is the correct John Rooney.

    Thanks again. You have given me a lot of options for searching.

    Kathleen

     

    runeyka

    Wednesday 6th Jun 2018, 08:41PM

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