Arran Islands 1867 Family of Hernon

Hello Judy, The word Onaught (Onaght) refers to a specific location on the Island of Inishmore

http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,480939,712576,8,9

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.1417809,-9.7917256,3269m/data=!3m1!1e3

It is a location often associated with the historic location of the Seven Churches.

Hi Judy

I couldn't find Mary but did find these 3 children of the parents on www.rootsireland.ie/:

Name: Anne Hernan Date of Birth: Date of Baptism: 13-May-1879 Address: Not Recorded Parish/District: ARAN ISLANDS Gender: Female County Co. Galway Denomination: Roman Catholic Father: Patrick Hernan Mother: Mary Mullin Occupation: Sponsor 1 / Informant 1: John Flaherty Sponsor 2 / Informant 2: Winifred McDonogh 

Name: Patrick Hernon Date of Birth: Date of Baptism: 19-Mar-1873 Address: Not Recorded Parish/District: ARAN ISLANDS Gender: Male County Co. Galway Denomination: Roman Catholic Father: Patrick Hernon Mother: Mary Mullen Occupation: Sponsor 1 / Informant 1: Patrick Mullen Sponsor 2 / Informant 2: Mary Mullen

Name: Catherine Hernan Date of Birth: Date of Baptism: 30-Dec-1877 Address: Not Recorded Parish/District: ARAN ISLANDS Gender: Female County Co. Galway Denomination: Roman Catholic Father: Patrick Hernan Mother: Mary Mullen Occupation: Sponsor 1 / Informant 1: Peter Flaherty Sponsor 2 / Informant 2: Margaret O Rourke

I found some Mary Hernon marriages from Arran Islands but none to Michael Kelly or with father Patrick!

Col

Hello Judy,

Mary’s birth in 1867 may be found in the Civil records which are not complete on the Rootsireland site and applying to https://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/GRO_Research.aspx for a copy which may verify the certificate you already have.

Registration district

Galway

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14

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275

I am unsure the census returns you were given in a previous post are correct as though they contain details of the father, mother and a Florrie, there is conflicting info as to their literacy levels with the latter census suggesting none of the family can read or write. Another issue is the birth registrations/baptisms of the Kelly children which appear to be absent as does the marriage record. This may in part be due to their more familiar language being the Gaelacht and how their names were actually recorded and transcribed.

If you are trying to establish Mary’s place of burial if indeed she died in Ireland , the historic place of burial in Inishmore would have been the cemetery at the site of the Seven Churches (see aerial view) and if she was buried close to Portrumna the locations would have been either St. Brigid's Catholic Church (Former) or the Calvary Cemetery just outside of the town. Another cemetery St Michael's Portumna Graveyard is of more recent origin and unlikely to be a likely option.

Galway Council has a commitment to indexing their graveyard/cemeteries and are reliant upon the participation of local community groups - http://gccapps.galwaycoco.ie/graveyards/  unfortunately none of the locations I have mentioned are at the moment included. Find a Grave has cemetery pages for all four though the burials recorded are of a more recent date.

Judy,

Mary Anne Hernon is my great, great Grandmother.  My mother is Mary Ann Kelly, great granddaughter of Mary and Michael.  I know you posted many years ago, but I  just ran across this post.  My name is Richard Ruth and I live in Florida.

rich.ruth.sr@gmail.com

Mary Anee Hernon Kelly