Seeking relatives in the Whitechurch area

Hi Kathleen

Thank you for your message.

I cannot find a reference to Knockahogan. If you look at a list of the townlands in Whitechurch parish you can see that the two possibilities are Knockaneag and Knockanroe.

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/townlands/index.cfm?fuseaction=TownlandsInCivil&civilparishid=216&civilparish=Whitechurch&citycounty=Cork

Have you tried looking in the 1901/1911 census records to see if there was any family still in the area at the time? You can search these online here:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

Also, you can search the indexes of civil records up to 1958 online. Perhaps you may be able to find some records relating to the Keefe?s in these:

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408347

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Kind regards,

Genealogy Support

Hi Emma,

Thank you for this information. I recently learned that the townland was actually Knocknahorgan, in Whitechurch.

I will dig into the records you referenced. I have just seen in another post that the name of the parish priest might be:

V.Rev. William BerminghamP.P.

Address: The Parochial House, Blarney
Phone: 00353 21-4385105
Mobile: 00353 87-6561048
Email: williambermingham@eircom.net

and there was a reference in that post to the old R.C. Cemetery on Church Road in Whitechurch. Perhaps I should take a drive during my days in Cork to visit this cemetery?

Would it be a good idea to contact the parish priest by e-mail and ask for an appointment to see any records he might have from the 1864-1900 time frame?

You help is much appreciated.

Hi Kathleen,

Thank you for getting back to me.

Yes it is definitely a good idea to try to contact the parish priest to arrange an appointment. Hopefully he will be able to assist you.

A useful website when it comes to Catholic church records is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes.Whitechurch civil parish belongs to Blarney Catholic parish. To see what is available there follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Cork%20East&parish=Blarney&churchid=20

As you can see from the above link there are copies available in Mallow Heritage Centre.If you would like to contact them here is their email address, please note that a fee may apply for their services:

mallowheritagecentre@gmail.com

All the best,

Emma