Darcy family from Kiltubbrid, County Leitrim

Hi there,

There are Roman Catholic church rcords available for the diocese of Kiltubrid (Ardagh & Clonmacnois) starting from 1841 for baptismal and marriage records, and 1847 for burial records. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for more assistance.

Civil registration records are available from the General Register Office (GRO). These start from 1864 however. You can access the website here: http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

You could also try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) or the later Griffth's Valuation (1848-64). Griffith's is freely available here: www.askaboutireland.com or here: www.failteromhat.com Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at.

Have you tried checking the Ellis Island records (www.ellisisland.org) or the Castle Garden records (www.castlegarden.org)? Generally, more information was given at the port of arrival rather than the port of departure. If you knew which city they arrived at, this could be a good place to find more information, and perhaps even find out an exact place of origin.

There is a books about Kiltibbrid by Liam Kelly. One is called Kiltibbrid, Carrick-on-Shannon, Kiltubbrid GAA, 1984. The other is called Kiltubbrid, County Leitrim: snapshots of a parish in the 1890s, Dublin: Four Courts, 2005.

Please make sure you link anyone else in your family who is interested in their Irish heritage to our site - and indeed anyone else you know of Irish heritage.

Kind regards,

Sinead Cooney

Genealogist (Ireland XO)

Hello

My 2nd great grandmother was Rose Early,who was born In Ireland,about 1822,left for Nova Scotia,landed in 1841,with her husband Robert Dillon,and she settled in Minnesota with her son Thomas.I do not know If this Is a Connection.

Rob

Sinead,     I appreciate your suggestions and I know they are good ones. Unfortunately my Kiltubrid ancestors were born before the Catholic Church records begin in 1841 and they were in the U.S. many years before Ellis Island was opened.  (immigrated about 1850) I have looked through the church records anyway and have corresponded with the parish priest a number of years ago. They apparently emigrated individually rather than as a family so it gets difficult trying to identify them in the Passenger List records.  I do have copies of both of Liam Kelly's books and also "St. Brigid's Church, Kiltubrid, Co. Leitrim", all of which give me good background on the area but no information on my family.

I am hoping someone else connected to the Darcy family will have information on the family and contact me.

Jim TeVogt

Rob,  Thanks for the reply. Rose Early and her husband Robert Dillon don't appear in my Early family anywhere. There were five siblings who immigrated to the U.S. and came to Minnesota in the 1850's and 1860's - Charles, Michael, Eleanor, Edward & Catherine Early. Michael and Edward later went to Moody County, South Dakota. They came over individually rather than as a family.

Hi Jim

I was hoping that I made a connection with you on the Early's,as there are not many In Minnesota. Rose Early settled In Duluth Mn with her son Thomas Dillon.I do not know where In Ireland she came from,but I do know her parent's name were William and Ellen Early,and do not know of any sibling's of her's.

Rob

I don't have much help to offer as my ancestors emmigrated about the same time, and I found most success with records on the American side, even death records in the late 1800's. To get irish records before the 1920's is  a matter of pure luck.

However you may be interested in checking out the 1901 and 1911 census in ireland ( online) and that will tell you if any Darcy's were still living in the area around the turn of the century.

My father was from Kiltubrid and they still live locally if you need anymore help

Best regards

Catriona Kelly

Hi Catriona,

I'm not sure if I ever responded to your post of 28 December 2012 but want to thank you for writing. You mentioned that your father's family still lived in the Kiltubrid area. I'm wondering if you could help me get in contact with someone who is familiar with the Kiltubrid area and would be willing to correspond about the area. I have been to the area twice so I am a little familiar with it. I have the names of several townlands in Kiltubrid where members of my Darcy family said they were from but when I visited there a number of years ago I did not know exactly where those townlands were located. I had hoped to get photos of the area and perhaps learn where the Darcys might have been buried. If you can help me to locate someone who lives in that area and might be willing to tell me about it I would appreciate it very much.

Jim TeVogt  <jimtv@juno.com>