DARCY AND DUNNE OF BORRISOKANE

Hi Wendy.

The Irish Family History Foundation http://www.rootsireland.ie/ Tipperary North  have Birth, Marriage and Death records for North Tipperary online. (Fee) ( Borrisokane is in North Tipperary)

The land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64). Griffith's is freely available here:

www.askaboutireland.com

Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38). Microfilm copies of the books for all of Ireland are available at the National Archives of Ireland (NAI)http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/tithe-applotment-books-and-the-primary-griffith-valuation/

also

Familysearch.org. have a large collection of Birth, Marriage and Death records. They also have the Ireland Civil registration Births, Marriages and Deaths Index 1864 - 1958

Best wishes.

Borrisokane.   Irelandxo

Hello Wendy,

  Many years later I am trying to catch up with contacts for my ancestors. I live in Toowoomba and visited Borrisokane in 2017 and met some Darcy family briefly. Two sons Michael and Patrick are buried in Toowoomba also. Michael was my Great Grandfather and I have a very large extended family here. I am particulerly keen to make contact with descendents of Patrick's two daughters whose married names are Sarah Ellen Crotty and Mary Ann Vines, both of whom are buried in Brisbane, Queensland. The Baptism records for the children of John Darcy and Sarah Dunne are available. 

Hi John,  Lovely to receive your post.  I live in Underwood in Logan City.  My connection is through John and Sarah's daughter Sarah born 1842 who died in Toowoomba in 1916 who married Thomas Kelly in 1865 in Toowoomba.  Sarah (1842-1916) was my 2 times great grandmother.  I have details of John and Sarah's children who were born in Borrisokane but am looking for more information on both John and Sarah themselves such as dates of birth and deaths {I have the date of their marriage as 1838 Borrisokane) and who their parents were and the names etc of their siblings.   Also I was wondering if John and Sarah had any other children from the time of their marriage until the birth of Sarah in 1842?  Am hoping that you may be able to answer these questions.  I don't think I have anything on Patrick's daughters but will go though my notes and see if I have anything that may be of assistance to you.

Wendy 

Hello Wendy, Strangely, my family had no knowledge of any Darcy family members other than Michael in Australia. The only other Darcy descendent cousins we would have, would be from Patrick (supposedly in Ireland) and my search for them ended back here in Toowoomba. The Borrisokane Baptism Register includes Sarah and five younger siblings. Michael completed his mother's death certificate with an older sister also, Catharine who is also included on Family History sites. Michaels ages for his siblings are very wrong. He has recorded his mother's birthplace as Queens County (modern Laois) and married in Tipperary. The 25-2-1838 marriage record appears quite clearly in the Borrisokane records. The Witnesses of marriage and baptisms include four Dunne family members so it seems the family has moved from Laois to Borrisokane. Who knows how many Darcys have come to Australia!! FamilySearch has a Kate born 1843 migrating to Adelaide, which could be fitted in between Sarah and Ellen but that would suggest Catharine had died. This is vey unlikely. Michael has one deceased for his mother's death certificate, "Anne". Perhaps he meant "Mary" born before "Mary Anne" who married Joseph Slattery in Borrisokane. Did you know of our existence here in Australia? My Uncle Kev McCaul tried very hard to research the early life of Michael. He never dreamed of this. I use FamilySearch and have paid up for MyHeritage for this year. I can see Sarah and Tom's large Kelly family in Queensland Birth Registrations. Kind Regards, John Dwyer.

Hi John, I will get together what I have on the Darcy/Dunne families of Borrisokane and then forward it on to you if that is okay.  I will include in this note my email address as it may be easier to send it directly to you.  My email address is aki26547@bigpond.net.au    I will try to make a start on it this week after my grand-daughter goes home mid afternoon.  If you could just send me a quick email to the above address so that I then have yours to send the information to.

Thanks

Wendy