I'm looking for information on my great grandparents, Michael J. O'Malley (son of John O'Malley and Mary O'halloran) born 1854-1857 and Bridget Prenderghast (daughter of Peter Prenderghast and Mary Connelly) born circa 1862. They immigrated to boston, MAssachusetts by 886 when the first of their 7 children were born. Michael died in Revere, MA when he was 38 years old, leaving Bridget to raise the 7 kids, the youngest of which, Martin was born 3 months after Micheal died. Bridget diedi n 1932. Would appreciate any information of where in Mayo they were from, where they immigrated from, etc. Many Thanks!
micheledickeson
Thursday 13th Dec 2012, 01:42PMMessage Board Replies
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These are the Tithe Applotments, 1823-37 I see a Halloran (Holloran) and Malley family living near each other, Halloran in Aughagower village and Malley in Ballinavoy which is 2 miles approx outside the villagehttp://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?surname=holloran&firstname=&county=Mayo&parish=&townland=&search=Search
These may not be your families but you could check the links and see if you find anything else.
O'Malley is a real common name in Mayo.
There are four Cemeteries in Aughagower, 2 older ones at the Church and Tower, and 2 newer ones on the hill.
Here are two listing of the Cemeteries that may help.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GSvcid=79015&CRid=2284382&pt=Aughagower&
Two other searches to bring you up to date are,
Griffiths Valuation (1850's) where you can search the listing and the town of origin
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=nameSearch
National Archives 1901 & 1911 Censes
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/
Best of luck with your research
Friday 14th Dec 2012, 12:47AM