Lahy/Leahy Family

Here's a record of Andrew's baptism from rootsireland.ie:

ANDREW LEAHY              

Bap. 01-Aug-1803

RC Parish:  MOYCARKEY

Co. Tipperary

Father:  Denis Leahy       

Mother:               Mary Kearney

Sponsors:            Robt Mannin

               Mary Anne Mannin

Andrew had at least one sibling, John, bap. Moycarky on 10 June 1805, as per rootsireland.ie.

RootsIreland gives the following baptisms for the children of Andrew Leahy and Mary Meara. The family lived in the townland of Littleton.

Leahy    Denis     1833      Co. Tipperary     

               Leahy    Mary      1836      Co. Tipperary     

               Leahy    Thomas 1840      Co. Tipperary     

               Leahy    Daniel    1842      Co. Tipperary     

               Leahy    Edmund               1844      Co. Tipperary     

Leahy    Andrew 1846      Co. Tipperary     

Leahy    Joseph   1848      Co. Tipperary     

Hi Patricia,   thank you for that information it is a great help.

If there is any information on Mary Meara i would appreciate any help you can give me with that too.

Vicki

The name Mary Meara is very common in the Tipp records on RI--hundreds of them!  But I did find a few  in Moycarky, one  with father Daniel, which was the name of one of the Leahy sons.  It's not proven that this is your Mary's baptism, but keep it under consideration.

 Mary Meara  

Baptism:30-Apr-1805

RC Parish: MOYCARKEY, Co. Tipperary

Father: Daniel Meara

Mother: Margaret Kavanagh

Sponsors
Wm Kiely and Mgt Haly

Thank you..  i have looked up Marys death certificate and her fathers name was recorded as Dennis O' Mera ( probably their interpretation of surname) It has her as being born around 1817.

Would these appear anywhere in the records?

Vicki

I found on RootsIreland a Mary born to a Dennis in Dunkerrin in 1823...too late, as her first child was born 1833.

About her death certificate...Mary did not provide this information, obviously, A third-party did, one who may have been misinformed, grieving, etc.  I often find errors on death certs; sometimes I feel the only true information on the document is that the person has died. So don't discount the birth record.

The Irish given name Donncha was anglicized in various ways, including both Denis and Daniel.  Sometimes this was at the whim of the priest or official making the record.  The area of Moycarkey still had many Irish speakers in the mid-1800's, so he may have been Donncha to his family when he was born, but either Denis or Daniel in various written records,  Sometimes people chose to switch anglicized forms later in life, especially when emigrating.