My great grandfather was John Donegan from Crookstown, born in 1870. His mother was Mary Hurley, born1849, and his father was William Donegan, born 1841. John Donegan immigrated to the USA in 1883, I believe. He married Elizabeth Murphy, born 1876, who was from Farnanes. I visited the church in Cloughduv in 2008 and got the baptismal records from Father Sullivan there. I am looking for any relatives because it looks like my great grandfather was an only child, but his baptismal sponsor was Kevin Donegan, probably an uncle, so there may still be other Donegans out there. My father is also John Donegan, born in New Jersey in 1941. His father was Humphrey Donegan, born 1905, I think, and he changed his name to John also. At this point, there are no more males with the last name Donegan in my family in the USA. I found only 1 Donegan in my search in Co. Cork, but he said he can't be related because his family is from Bantry about 20 miles away.
Elizabeth Murphy was born in the ivy covered cottage behind the yellow building in Farnanes. Peggy Buckley lived there in 2008. I don't know when she came to the USA, but she was one of the first women in New Jersey to get a driver's license.
Thanks for any help anyone can give.
Kathleen Donegan Haakon
Thursday 23rd May 2013, 03:57PM
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Hi Kathleen,
Thank you very much for your message. I hope that someone who know of the family makes a connection with you.
In the meantime, did you know that Catholic records from Kilmurry are available online free of charge? You can search these here:
http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/
Hopefully you may be able to find some records pertaining to Kevin that may give you some clues about him and his own family.
Another useful website is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. For Kilmurry parish follow this link:
Also, Civil registration began in Ireland in 1864 so any births, deaths or marriages in the family after this date would be recorded in these records. Civil records are available from the General Register?s Office in Dublin. Here is their website:
http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm
You can search the indexes to these records up to 1958 online at:
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408347
Have you tried looking in the 1901/1911 census records for information? http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/
Some other websites that you may find useful are:
The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/
The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx
Family Search: www.familysearch.org
Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/cork/index.html
Ireland Gen Projects: http://www.igp-web.com/cork/index.htm
Failte Romhat: www.failteromhat.com
Please be patient - as our programme has only begun to rollout across the island of Ireland and volunteers in some areas may not yet be organized.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Monday 24th Jun 2013, 09:11AM -
Kathleen,
I'm shocking at research etc but my Dad is John Donegan (1948). My grandfather was Michael Donegan. I'm not 100% sure of my family history but my Donegan name originated not far from Crookstown in a small village called Ahiohill in the Enniskeane parish.
There may be more too it but I'd have to chat with my dad to find out. I'm very intrigued as to where all my relatives may have ended up throughout the world.
Niall
Wednesday 20th Nov 2019, 05:34AM