Easky

Do you have anything further on Mary Feeney's relatives?

Hi there,

Coggins tend to be recognised as just a variant of the standard Cogan in the Sligo area. The name is generally associated with Cork after Milo de Cogan, Strongbows right hand man in the Anglo-Norman invasion was granted huge tracts of land around Cork by Henry II. There is also an Irish origin from the gaelic ? Cuag?in, although this is normaly translated as Coogan. There is also a small sept of Mac Cogain or Mac Cagadhain from the shores of Lough Allen in Co. Leitrim. As usual with Irish names it's not straight forward but which might only be resolved through further understanding of the Family History or DNA analysis,

regards

Peter

www.irishfamilyancestry.com

@ Peter - thank you for your reply. I did know that information, trying to read as much information as I can to, perhaps, help with my search. The fact that my own family used the three different variations of the name themselves was interesting. My inquiries and their replies have shown that this is not unusual. So I just keep posting it as Coggins/Cogans/Cogan - the name they used most recently and then what I suspect they used in Ireland.

@Sean - I know nothing of Mary Feeney prior to her arrival here in the US. I sure wish I did. I suspect she has other children with Andrew Coggins//Cogans/Cogan but I have no proof of that  - yet. I am hoping that at some point I will find another branch of relatives.

I would appreciate any input...hoping to find my Irish roots and am in the early phase of planning a trip to Ireland for next year...

I had much luck tracing my roots in Co. Sligo on my visit there a few years back. I would recommend you read over my post Irish Genealogy: Bypassing the County Genealogy Center. In short:

*Be sure of the townland your ancester was from.
*Don't be afraid to ask around. Co. Sligo is rural, the people are friendly and more than willing to help.
*Plan on renting a car. I took the bus and rented a bike, and it's a beautiful country to bike, but it eats up too much time.

If you have the time and want to travel, Ryan Air (out of Dublin) has incredibly cheap flights throughout Europe. 

thank you for your input!  It sounds like your trip must have been great...were you looking for Feeney's?

I sure wish I had more to go on. One of the stories that has come down the tree is that the young Coggins girls siad prayers in Gaelic and when questioned about it denied knowing it. So sad that they seemed to not bring that info/ heritage with them.

My Mary Feeney had to do something right as she lived to be an advanced age in that era. I can see that the generations have shared names, passing them down. So I try to look for those names in particular, hoping for any little hint.

Mary Feeney b) 4 Feb 1787  d) 14 Aug 1883 

not sure of all her childrens names - only know of son Thomas who  brought her to the US with him. But Grandkids names:  Nellie, Andrew, Patrick, Mary, Martin, Timothy, Winifred, John.  

My thinking here: Nellie and Timothy were named after Thomas's wife [Ellen Finaghty] parents. Andrew was named after Thomas' father Andrew and Mary was named for Mary Feeney.  This leaves Martin, Winifred and John. The next generation also has Winifred's and almost all the "first generation" names. Perhaps after family left in Ireland?

Yea, and I found them! Turns out first cousin once removed was still alive and in the townland she grew up in. The first names recurring generation after generation is common to the area. The first born son was always named after his grandfather in my line. He also inherited the family land. Names in my line of Feeney's include:

• Kate
• Patrick
• James
• Agnes
• Mary
• Celia
• Delia
• Nora
• Sarah
• Margaret

Their parents and grandparents married into the Connelly, Neary and Flynn families if you find any connections to those, but otherwise I don't think I can easily match us yet. There is another set of Feeney's, the ones who own the pub and grocery shop in Easkey. You might be on their line.

Of course if we could go back far enough all the lines in Sligo should merge.

so...guess what my grandmother's name is???

Cecilia Agnes Coggins [she is the great granddaughter of Mary Feeney!] 

Her Father Timothy James Coggins [sp] might be Tahdg Cogan...I did find a birth registration for that name and his approx birthdate. I am going to send off to the NRO for that record...hoping to get more specifics and see if it might indeed be him!

Most of the matching Cogans seem to be in "Dromore West" area...  from Griffith's

For me it is Coggins - Feeney - Boland - Finnerty/Finaghty

I did giggle as I saw a sign in a picture of Easkey that had Feeney's Pub on it... no harm in stopping in there for a pint!  ;)

Hi , did you find what you were looking for????? 

There are Coggins in Easkey.

I received a copy of Thady Coggans birth registration in Dromore West - Easky - Sligo 14 May 1864 Carrowrush. Parents Nelly Coggans [formerly Fenaghty] and Thomas Coggans, laborer Carrowrush. Date registered 27 May 1864.

I also found the death  I believe of Nelly Fenaghty Coggans mother - Nelly Fenaghty formerly Boland. A widow of Thady Fenaghty she died on 26 April 1864 it was registered 3 May 1864 - Carrowpadden.

So far...this is all I have found. Still looking for any more of the childrens births or the rest of the Fenaghty, Bolands, Coggins/Coggans/Cogans....

Very much want to find all the info I can...and go for a visit!

The baptizmal records in Easkey Parish  only go back to June 1864.

I done a search for Timothy James b May 1865 and he's not there.

The first COGGINS reg is Daniel Jan 1868 Finned/Finod,father Thomas, mother Kilcawley

Have you seen this web site    www.askaboutireland.ie    search the Griffith's Valuation, it has a Thomas COGGIN living in Carrownrush, he rents a house but has no land.

www.census.nationalarchives.ie    free search of 1901 and 1911 census of 32 counties of Ireland

No Coggins in Carrownrush 1901.

JD

well...I have the birth registration of Thady Coggans - right parents - from May 14th 1864. It came from a nice woman getting it in Dublin for me.  Pretty sure this is him.  

And I have found his father Thomas in the Griffith's - actually there was more then one for him so I think he had property in another location too [or shared with someone - I just don't have that at hand right this minute].

They came to the US with Timothy/Thady as a very young child...or sent for him...as his grandmother [Mary Feeney Coggins] came over too, as a widow I believe.

Where would the records they have for Easky be located?  in Sligo?

Thank you for helping!

Laurie

managed to get a little newspaper article regarding MARY [FEENEY] COGGINS death in Hudson, Massachusetts. She WAS born in Easkey - FINOD per the article. So using the maps I can get online, it appears I am on the right trail!  

Next question:  are there records there for anything prior to when registrations were required? Church?  She was born before 1800...[1792] 

I am attaching it here...

Couldn't hurt to check Easky parish baptisms, if they go back that far.

Easkey Parish baptism records only go back to June 1864.

isn't that the mandated registration???  I got mine - 14 May 1864 for my GG Grandfather... and a death registration for one of his grandmother's of 26 Apr 1864 also

No church records???  what happened to those?

Laurie

Most records were burned due to the English occupation.

I have baptism records from the early 1830s from Easky parish, so they exist earlier than 1864.

Sljohnston. Please let me know how you found/got those Easky records from the 1830s. I'd love to look through records from that time. 

Thanks!

Tom

Hi Tom

I found them on the rootsireland site. It's a pay site, but I just buy a month at a time now and then. I found my great grandfather's baptism record, as well as his two brothers (1832, 1834 and 1836). There are quite a few others as well for the Easky area. They were COI.

Good luck!

Sonja

Wow. Thanks Sonja for your reply. I wonder why they only have Easky listed as beginning parish records for 1864. The National Library of Ireland (or Nat'l Arhives, I don't remember which) has put all the catholic parish records on-line, but I don't think there is anything there earlier than 1864.  Hmm. weird, no?

Also Sonja, what is COI?

Tom, COI is Church of Ireland. My understanding is those records exist for earlier dates than the catholic ones. Hope that helps :)