I am wanting to trace relations of Michael HAYES and Mariam (also known as Mary and Maria) DALY, who married on 31 July 1844 in Shanagolden Parish, Limerick. The witnesses were John DALY and Patrick ENRIGHT.
Michael & Mariam had at least one son, also names Michael, who was baptised on 30 Sep 1846 in Shanagolden Parish. The sponsors names are John DONOVAN and Maria HAYES.
I suspect there were also more children, but I'm not sure of any names. (edited to add - further searching has given me two possible further children: Denis, born 1848 and John born 1855).
Michael (the son) emigrated to New Zealand about 1873 where he farmed in Mossburn, Southland. He married and had 3 children - Michael (known as Mick) & Coila (twins) and John (known as Jack).
I would love to get in touch with anyone who can help with any information regarding this family.
Tuesday 10th Apr 2012, 04:33AM
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Hi there,
You have done well to find that information already. FYI the Roman Catholic church records for Shangolden start from 1824 for both baptismal and marriage records. These are available at the National Library of Ireland, Pos. 2418/19. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for more information. The sponsors mentioned could be family, friends or neighbours.
Civil registration records are available from the General Register Office (GRO). These start from 1864 however. You can access the website here: http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm
You could also try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) or the later Griffth's Valuation (1848-64). Griffith's is freely available here: www.askaboutireland.com or here: www.failteromhat.com Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at. http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/limerick/shanagolden.htm
Have you tried checking the immigration records in New Zealand for information? Generally, more information was given at the port of arrival rather than the port of departure. If you knew which city they arrived at, this could be a good place to find more information, and perhaps even find out an exact place of origin.
You could also check the 1901 and 1911 census records to see the number of related families still resided in the area at that time: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/
Please make sure you link anyone else in your family who is interested in their Irish heritage to our site - and indeed anyone else you know of Irish heritage.
Kind regards,
Sinead Cooney
Genealogist (Ireland XO)
Wednesday 11th Apr 2012, 10:04AM