James Donnelly marriage Bridget Fallahee

Kathryn:

I just checked the Roots Ireland indexes and could not locate the baptismal record for Michael or the marriage record for James and Bridget. The Rathkeale records are on the data base from 1831 on.

Not sure if your heard the announcement earlier this week by the National Library. Next summer they plan to have the individual RC parish records on line for searching. You can then go into the Rathkeale RC records and look for your ancestors records for free. Go to our main page and look at the Press and Media info tab at the upper left.

Enjoy your stay in Ireland!

Roger McDonnell

Thank you so much for checking - so quickly!  That's great news about the national library records. They keep getting more and more online. We will keep looking. Thanks again. Kathryn Donnelly

Re FALLAHEE:  I'm searching for my ancestor's family. He was JOHN FALLAHEE b. 1789 in Rathkeale. Joined the 100th Regiment of Foot in the Napoleanic War and came to Canada in 1805. He married Ellen Burns, also from Ireland, and settled in Canada. It is said that John was Protestant. I'd greatly appreciate any information about the FALLAHEE family or even any directions for further searching.  Please answer me here or write me at ccnm@rogers.com. Thank you so much!

Karen:

Welcome to ireland Reaching Out!

The Church of Ireland records for Rathkeale go way back and are available on Roots Ireland which is a subscription site. They have John Fallahee baptismal records in the 1780s but none in Rathkeale C of I. You would also need his parents names to confirm any record located. 

Roger McDonnell

Thanks so much Roger for replying. I'll have a look at Roots Ireland. Unfortunately I don't know John FALLAHEE's parents. In fact, that's what I want to know. It's such a difficult search! If you have any more suggestions I'd appreciate knowing them.