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Ellen Keane left Ireland in 1908 along with her brother Martin and emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts. Father Coleman Keane --  Mother Bridget Flaherty (2nd wife),  brothers James, Coleman, Stephen(stayed in Ireland and ran family pub and postoffice) Thomas and Michael. 

Some of the family still lives in the house and run pub.  Would just like some info on the family and history for my children.

Saturday 23rd Mar 2013, 11:38PM

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  • Hi,

    What town or townland was the family pub located?  What was the name of this pub?  What town or townland or parish was this family from?

    Thank you,

    James McNamara

    feakle@irelandxo.com

    Sunday 24th Mar 2013, 03:21AM

  • Hi

    Looking at Ellen Keane's birth certificate the parish reads Mojius (hard to decipher)  St. Cravan Church, Kilkerrin. The pub's name as far as I know is Keane's posted on the side of the house.  It was run until 2005 by a Pat Keane nephew of Ellen's. 

    Thanks,

    Joanne Doherty

    Sunday 24th Mar 2013, 08:43PM

  • Hi Joanne,

    The townland of Kilkerrin is within the Civil Parish of Kilkerrin in the County of Galway.

    From the www.seanruad.com townland site (1851 townlands)

    TownlandAKAAcresCountyBaronyCivil ParishPLUProvinceKilkerrin 234GalwayTiaquinKilkerrinGlennamaddyConnaught

    Please consider joining this parish in Galway County at www.irelandxo.com

    Maybe the word you are looking for is really Maius which is Latin for MAY.  Ususally, the priest only wrote the given names in Latin but almost always wrote the dispensations in Latin and sometimes wrote the dates in Latin.

    CHURCH RECORDS:

    1.)

    www.familysearch.org has filmed this parish:

    Baptisms are filmed from 1892 through 1903

    Marriages are filmed from 1893 through 1935

    Burials are filmed from 1920 through 1926

    Film Number is 1,279,213, items 8 & 9.

    2.)

    National Library of Ireland has NOT filmed this parish

    3.)

    You can search the East County Clare Heritage Centre online at: http://galwayeast.rootsireland.ie/

    The have 32 baptisms, 13 marriages, 9 deaths, 19 census, and 1 Griffith's Valuation records for Ellen KEANE(s)

    You will need to register first but they are giving away 100 credits right now.

    You might consider lookig at the Irish phone book:

    http://www.eircomphonebook.ie/q/name/where/Kilkerrin%2C%20Co.%20Galway/who/keane/?customerType=BUSINESS&contentErrorLinkEnabled=true

    There are a number of KEANEs registered online at URL above, including one Martin Keane you may consider to check or call.  Slim odds but you never know.

    Keane Martin

    Corofin Tuamtelephone(093)41607

    All the best,

    James McNamara

    feakle@irelandxo.com

     

     

    Monday 25th Mar 2013, 04:34AM

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