In 1883, my great, great, great grandmother, Catherine Hickey died in Blenheim, near Laidley, Queensland Australia. Her official death entry said .she was born in Castletown Cork and that her parents names were Patrick Hickey and Ellen Kelleher. I subsequently found the marriage record in 1826 for this couple in the ecclesiastical parish record for Enniskeane, and baptismal records for Cathe in 1827, Kitty in 1833 and Dennis in 1836. The last record I could find was a baptism for Mary Crowley in 1839 at which Ellen Kelleher was a sponsor.
I also learned from Samuel Lewis's "A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" 1837, that Castletown was at the time a “a village, in the parish of KINNEIGH, Western division of the barony of EAST CARBERY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER; and containing 314 inhabitants. It is situated the heart of a wild mountainous district, and for some time after the English settlement in the reign of Jas. I. was a flourishing town, but being sacked in the war of 1641 it never revived. It now contains 57 small cabins indifferently built, and has fairs for cattle, sheep, and pigs on Jan. 1st, Easter-Tuesday, May 12th, and Sept. 4th. Here is a R. C. chapel.”
Can anyone provide any information about Hickeys (Hickys Hickies) and or Kellehers (Kelihers, Kelihers, Kelighers etc.) in the area before 1826 or after 1839?
Does anyone know anything about the chapel that predated the church of St Jospeh's Castletown-Kinneigh?
Does anyone have any information about a grave marker for the Hickey Family from Paddock in Castletown Kinneigh? There's a thumbnail for it on Ginni Swanton's Website at http://www.ginnisw.com/Ireland%20Trip%202001/Kinneigh%20and%20Castletow…
I would be glad to give any of their descendants information about the family in Australia.
Thank you
Robyn Stephens
Sunday 26th Feb 2017, 01:29PM
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Robyn:
Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!
We do not have a parish liaison in Kinneigh parish.
The National Archives site does not have Tithe records for Kinneigh but I did find the Tithe record for Kinneigh at this link.
http://corkgen.org/publicgenealogy/cork/titheapplot/kinneigh/tithe.html
I did not see any Hickey or Kelleher records but you should review. Paddock is included but no Hickeys.
Here is a link to the 1852 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for Kinneigh and there is one Hickery and a Kelecher and a Keleher. http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/cork/kinneigh.htm
There was a Hickey family in Paddock in the 1901 and 1911 censuses.
http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cork/Castletown/Paddock/11…
http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cork/Castletown/Paddock/40…
I was going to get a copy of the marriage record around 1885 but the www.irishgenealogy.ie site is down.
Questions?
Roger McDonnell
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
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Thank you so much Roger. I'll review what you've given me and get back if I have questions. I'm sure they'll occur to me as I do more reading. I have other Irish lines in my family that I haven't explored too closely yet in Kerry, Cavan and Clare.
With gratitude,
Robyn Stephens