Parish Name

Hi,

Thank you for your message.

Killkearn is a townland in the civil parish of Clonyhurk, Co. Offaly.

I cannot find a reference to Kilarney in Co. Offaly, however I have found Killaranny..could this be where you are referring to?

Killaranny is in the civil parish of Rahan.

Here is a link to a website on Irish place names which may help you:

http://www.logainm.ie/

Also here is a link to a map showing the different Civil Parishes in Offaly:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/civilparish/index.cfm?fuseaction=GetMap&CityCounty=Offaly

You could try looking in church records for information on William. Most Catholic records are held locally. One website which you may find useful is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available. The relevant Roman Catholic parish that you should be looking at is Portarlington. To see what records are available there follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&churchid=724&CityCounty=Offaly&CityCounty=Offaly&parish=Portarlington

If Annie was from Rahan parish you can see what records are available there at this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Offaly&CityCounty=Offaly&parish=Rahan-and-Lynally&churchid=956

For Church of Ireland records check http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/. 

Have you tried searching for records at Family Search? This is a huge database of genealogical records. You can search it here: www.familysearch.org

If you can find William?s birth records it will have his parents? names listed. Also, his marriage record may list father?s names.

Some other websites which you may find helpful are:

The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/

The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/

The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm

Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/offaly/index.html

Census Records: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

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Kind regards,

Genealogy Support

Hi There,

Would love to know if there's a connection here! My Brennan-Offaly family is below along with the dates (I am also in Canada, however my family only moved here in the 1970's!)

William Brennan (B. --/--/1848 in Birr, Co. Offaly, Ireland. M. 11/29/1894 in Rathmines, Co. Dublin, Ireland. D. 03/12/1935 in Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland) --- Married Bridget Collier

-son of-

Geoffrey Brennan  (B. --/--/1798 in Birr, Co. Offaly, Ireland. M. --/--/1830 in _______________. D. 09/07/1889 in Kilcoleman, Dromoyle, Co. Offaly, Ireland) --- Married Mary Dunne

-son of-

Patrick Brennan (B. --/--/1761 in Dromoyle, Co. Offaly, Ireland. M. --/--/---- in _______________. D. --/--/---- in _______________) --- Married "Mary"

That's as far back as I can go I'm afraid (I'm actually trying to use THIS site to go back even farther - you never know, could be the same family!)

All the best, and if it IS the same family, feel free to contact me via email at geoffbrennan@live.com thanks!