Finn/Conway parish record help required

Andrea:

The 1852 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for Kildorrery parish showed a John Finn in the village of Kildorrery (Oldcastletown). Not sure if this is the same John Finn since it was 45 years after the marriage.

http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/cork/kildorrery.htm

RC church records for Kildorrery are available on Roots Ireland. www.rootsireland.ie starting in 1824. Roots is a pay site. They have the 1832 baptismal record for Richard so possibly they have records for other children from 1824-1832 and after.

Roger McDonnell

Hi Andrea

I found a baptismal record for Margaret Finn born to John Finn and Margaret Conway on 23/08/1829 with sponsors Maurice Geary and Margaret Finn with address Kildorrery.  It is possible that there were other births but the baptismal records for Kildorrery only start from 1824.

Best of luck with your research

Brenda

Kildorrery Ireland Reaching Out Group

Thanks Brenda

I found that one late last night, thanks so much for your help though, much appreciated.  Its so great that these are now obtainable online.

Regards
Andrea

Andrea,

On March 1, 1898, when my great grandparents (Maurice FitzGerald) emigratated from Ireland to the US, they transferred their farm to a Richard Finn.  The farm was located on the townland of Ballinslea (sometimes spelled as Ballintlea), which is in the adjacent Civil and RC Parish of Doneraile.  I have visited the farm several times and personally thought it was closer to Kildorrery or Farahy (now part of Kildorrery) parishes.  Oldcastletown is in the area as well.

The farm is now owned by a Mary Young.  I'm not sure if her late husband's ancestors bought the farm from directly from descendants of the Finns.  There is a Geary family in Quitrent, Kildorrery.  Their ancestors could have been the Maurice, who was the baptismal sponsor.

I hope this helps.

Ray FitzGerald

Hi Andrea

The Richard Finn that Ray is referring to married a Mary Sheehan of Castlepook, Doneraile.  Richard had a daughter Joanna in 1880.  She married William Young who it appears is a direct ancestor of the Youngs who still live in Ballinslea.  If he is your Richard then you are related to the Youngs.  Those records are not in Kildorrery so are possibly in the Doneraile Parish so maybe thats where you should look.  On another point there is a townland called Coole in the Kildorrery Parish so maybe thats where John was from.  There is only one house in the townland of Coole. If I can be of any further help get back to me.  Good luck with your search.

Brenda

Kildorrery Ireland Reaching Out

That is amazing information to follow up, thank you so much! Richard may well have had a daughter called Joanne because his first wife was called Joanne Downs. They met and married in England though, but that is some huge coincidence if not.

I will look into this further.  Thanks so much for taking the time to write this down to me.

Kindest regards

Andrea

Thank you Brenda for the reply once again.  This is amazing information that i would never have gotten hold of without this website.  You wouldnt believe how thrilled i am to even find his and his sister's birth after 26 years of looking!

Andrea