WOOLAGHAN from Urney

Griffiths Valuation (1859) has 10 Woolaghan households in Urney.

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=nameSearch

There don?t seem to have been any left in the county by the 1901 census though.

The birth is before the start of statutory registration in Ireland (1864) so you won?t find a birth certificate for Eliza. You might find a baptism if the records have survived. I assume she was RC.

Strabane seems to straddle several RC parishes ie Urney, Clonleigh & Camus and Leckpatrick. Urney?s records start in 1812; Clonleigh & Camus in 1773 (but there are many gaps) and Leckpatrick doesn?t start till 1863. Copies are held in PRONI, Belfast.

Thanks so much for your reply.  Yes its a pretty unusual name in that part of Ireland.  There were two young girls who came out to Australia together as Famine Orphans.  You would think that they were sisters, as they came on the same boat.  But one was shown as Presbyterian and one Episcopalian, so perhaps they were cousins.

We have done a pretty thorough search through the usual material and have even hired a researcheer to look in PRONI, to no avail.  I have also written directly to a few churches but have only received the same information back that is on FamilySearch.

I am really hoping that someone will be descended from the same family and have somme further information,

Fiona:

     I googled with McPhillips and Collins and came up with a post in Ireland reaching out.  I am descended from Michael McPhillips and Jane Collins of Urney parish.  I have my Mom's and my dna out on Family tree and mine out on GEDmatch and Ancestry.  Are you on either and could you check for me? 

Maureen

Hello Maureen

Thanks for geetting in touch.  Can you please clarify what it is you are wanting me to check?  Are you wanting me to check if i have a dna match to you or your mother?  If so, can you let me know what names to look for on Gedmatch please?

Many thanks

Fiona