Share This:

I'll be coming over to Ireland in a week, and will be visiting in the Curraghmore / Greenfields area, outside Headford, Co. Galway.  Is it possible to find info from church or civil records in the area that might document my great grandparents births or their wedding/parents?  I've hit a stone wall and can't get past them to go further back in time.  The names are Patrick Walsh (I know, not TOO common!) and Mary Reddington, born c. 1948 and 1850 respectively.  But I've no records to document those dates, just "handed down" family lore.  Years ago, I emailed St. Mary's Church in Claran but never heard anything in reply.

JeanneB

Thursday 2nd May 2024, 07:27PM

Message Board Replies

  • Here's the civil marriage info, from RootsIreland. You can see the register page at irishgenealogy.ie.

     

    Marriage:16-Feb-1874  

    Parish / District:HEADFORD, Co. Galway

    Husband                     Wife

    Name:Patrick Walsh    Mary Redington

    Address: Curramore       Ultrid

    Occupation:LANDHOLDER    LANDHOLDERS DAUGHTER

    Age:30                                     19

    Status: Bachelor (Previously unmarried)    Spinster (Previously unmarried)

    Husband's Father                 Wife's Father

    Name:ThomasWalsh            MartinRedington

    Occupation:LANDHOLDER  LANDHOLDER

    Witness 1                Witness 2

    Name:James Lee           Bridget Loranton

     

    THE HUSBAND'S FATHER,THOMAS WALSH IS DECEASED. WITNESS OF SIGNATURES WAS PATRICK RYAN P.P.

    Patricia

    Thursday 2nd May 2024, 11:08PM

  • I found the following baptisms for children of Patrick and Mary:

    • Church BaptismWalshMartin1880Co. Galway
    • Church BaptismWalshMichael1883Co. Galway
    • Church BaptismWalshMary1885Co. Galway
    • Church BaptismWalshJames1888Co. Galway
    • Church BaptismWalshEllen1890Co. Galway
    • Church BaptismWalshPatrick1893Co. Galway

    (From rootsireland.ie)

    Patricia

    Thursday 2nd May 2024, 11:20PM

  • JeanneB,

    To confirm marriage record posted by Patricia, I attach a copy of the Civil Marriage Record for the couple.

    Regards,

    McCoy

    Friday 3rd May 2024, 09:04AM

  • Jeanne:

    Civil registration of births started in 1864. The baptismal records for Headford RC church start in 1880. If Mary and Patrick were baptized in that church then there would be no baptismal record or civil birth record available. Just to make certain, I did search the subscription site Roots Ireland for Mary Redington baptismal records with father Martin and there were none in Co.Galway around 1850.

    Roger McDonnell

    Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Friday 3rd May 2024, 11:26AM

Post Reply

Login