Sliney of "Union" near Ballinacurra or Aghada

Hi Patrick,

You can check for the frequency, spelling varioations and geographical spread of the name 'Duggan' throughout the country here: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=

Often couples were married in the bride's parish so it may be that Catherine was from/residing in Aghada parish and John was not...if the John Sliney listed in 1842 as living in Midleton Parish is indeed your John...that may explain some of the mystery. 

Some sources of information that might be of use to you are: 

http://www.corkarchives.ie/genealogy/sourcesinthearchives/

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Midleton/

http://www.failteromhat.com/post1845.php

One database of records for Co Cork is available for a fee from http://corknortheast.rootsireland.ie/

I wish you the best of luck with your research.

Please make sure you link anyone else in your family who is interested in their Irish heritage to our site - and indeed anyone else you know of Irish heritage.

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support

Ireland Reaching Out

Hi Patrick,

Another IrelandXO user based in Ireland has kindly done a graveyard search for Duggans and Slineys in Aghada. He has posted his findings on the Aghada parish page. Here are links to the messages in case you have not already seen them:

http://www.irelandxo.com/group/aghada-cork/messages/slineyduggan

http://www.irelandxo.com/group/aghada-cork/messages/aghada

http://www.irelandxo.com/group/aghada-cork/messages/duggansliney

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support

I suspect it meant he lived in one of the constituents of the union of Aghada parishes. Inch, Trabolgan, Kilteskin, Garranekinnefeake, Corkbeg, Rostellan and Aghada. I have several instances of address being given as "of the Union" and a local priest said it meant the above. A marriage or baptism recorded in the Aghada book could have been in any of the churches in either Aghada, Ballinrostig, or Saleen.

1834 LEWIS Topographical DIRECTORY

In the R. C. divisions the parish forms the head of a union or district, also called Saleen, which comprises the parishes of Aghada, Rostellan, Corkbeg, Inch, and Garranekenefeck, and contains three chapels, situated respectively in Aghada, Rostellan, and Inch;