I believe my great-grandfather, Michael Keaveney, was from Castlerea[gh], Co.Roscommon. He was born in 1884/85. He later emigrated to Liverpool, married Ellen Cosgrove in Lancashire, Manchester in 1882. Looking for exact location of his birth, his parents names, and names of any siblings he may have had.
Ellen Cosgrove was the daughter of Thomas Cosgrove and Margaret Dowdall. Margaret Dowdall was born in Balbrigan Dublin Ireland in 1822, and was married to Thomas Cosgrove there in 1841. They emigrated to Liverpool, Lancashire England. Two of their children, Julia and Teresa, were born in Ireland, according to Census records in England [1871, 1881].
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
mrsmurphy
Thursday 16th May 2013, 02:11AMMessage Board Replies
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Hi
Thank you for your message.
Civil registration records are available from the General Register Office (GRO). These start from 1864. You can access the website here: http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm
Most Catholic records are held locally - One site which might be of use is - http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/ - where you can ?browse? an overview of available records per county. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for possible assistance.
Church of Ireland parish registers for the period up to 1870-are public records. Registers are available for about one third of the parishes, however many were destroyed in the Public Records Office in Dublin in 1922. Most are still held by the local clergy, although some are in the National Archives of Ireland and others are in the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. A list of all surviving registers is available in the National Archives. http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/. The Anglican Record Project is has created an index to their records: http://ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/AngRecord/bunclodyunionindex.pdf
Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at ). www.failteromhat.com
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
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Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Thursday 16th May 2013, 11:38AM