Think I am making progress, as I have the names of the occupiers from the 1834 Tithe Books.Ann Byrne is listed as a widow, so need to search for her husband. Francis, James, Hugh and Owen are also occupiers, so I just need to find out how they are connected. In the Griffith Valuation from the late 1840's Patrick, Hugh and Thomas are listed. I do know that a Patrick age 23 brought Catherine age 9 over to the US on the ship Kossuth in 1854. Difficult to find connections-any ideas? Thanks for your help!
Borchardt
Borchardt
Thursday 20th Dec 2018, 12:44PMMessage Board Replies
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Hello B, there are church records for 5 Hugh Byrnes born in Louth between 1810 and 1830, the one born in 1829 is unlikely as too young. The four below are close to Rootate.
The issue is we do not know the parents names so it could be any of them. on the 1st February 1814 in Raneety, Darver, a Hugh Byrne to Father Ned Byrne and mother Margaret Reilly with sponsors Jas. Byrne and Ally McGinnis
On 29th September 1815 in Darver a Hugh to fatehr Matthew and Mother Bridget Conroy Sponsors Michael Reilly ans Ann Barron.
On 15th October 1819 a Hugh to James and mother Mary Lairy or maybe Lally if badly copied, in Tallonstown sponsors Pat Byrne and Anne Gorman and in 1821 a Hugh to Thomas and Mary Byrne for in Tallonstown sponsor Anne Byrne.
There is a Flax growers list for 1796 in County Louth has a number of Byrnes but is only a list of those growing flax.
See https://www.failteromhat.com/flax1796.php
Some subscription sites will allow you to search using the parents names and you could try if you know any of Hughs siblings to check using the mothers names assuming it was recorded but you are at the outer reaches of Irish church records at this remove unless you are lucky enough to find a parish with earlier records. The sponsors names may assist if they are relatives or married into the family. Death records are few unless you can identify a graveyard and there was a headstone.
A final throw of the dice would be if the landlord who is a Revd. Archer had estate records which survive and had information on tenants, the most likely though would only be rent books if anything survived. The archives in Louth County Council may be able to assist. See https://www.louthcoco.ie/en/services/library/genealogy-research-sources/ and https://www.louthcoco.ie/en/services/archives/
Good Luch and Happy Christmas,
Pat
St Peters Louth, IrelandXO Volunteer