Quirke--Coomasaharin

Dear  suzrya

I have forwarded your query to a Kerry volunteer. I hope she will be in touch soon

Best wishes

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support 

I am looking for information on My 2nd and 3rd great grandparents Thomas Quirk (Kirke) and Margaret Clifford are my second great grandparents they were married Jan 1,1864 in Glanbeigh. I believe they were both born in 1846. Need deaths and birth dates. Thomas's father is listed as a Maurice Quirk need a birth date etc. and who he married. Margaret's father is listed as a Patrick Clifford need birthdate and his wifes name. any information will be helpfull

Morning crazynana08

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Best wishes
Clare Doyle
Genealogy Support

The Quirkes should be buried in Ballnikilla...my family was from Kealduve Upper nearby and that's where they were buried. If you go to the site http://www.kerryburials.com you will see pictures of the gravestones. I think there is one in the old cemetery and 2 in the newer one.  Then if you go to http://www.kerrylaburials.ie/en/Index.aspx you can see the records giving age and cause of death. One more thing. I saw a moving picture of the Quirkes that was taken during the 'Glenbeigh Evictions'. I'll see if I can find it for you! 

Hi suzrya (and crazynanao8!),

we're probably very distant relatives. My great-great-grandmother was (I'm pretty sure) Margaret Quirke from Coomsaharn, born 1842 to Thomas Quirk & Catherine Griffin. I haven't investigated this side very much though. I checked the KerryBurials site as suggested above and can only find 3 recent Quirkes, buried in the 1980s/90s, so I think that's just the "new" graveyard. I'm in Dublin, Ireland, myself and to my shame have never visited, but I plan to sometime. My other relatives are Sullivans and Powells from Ballinakilla. It was Timothy Sullivan who married the aforementioned Margaret Quirke.

Steve Brennan.

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My mother’s people were O’Riordan from Mountain Stage close to Coomasaharin, in Glenbeigh. I think my maternal ancestor was Margaret Quirke. My cousin Margaret Smith (whose mother was a O’Riordan) has done much research on these families. Email me and I will see if it’s ok to give you her email address. Some things you might like to know... the name is most likely O’Riordan although the o fell off many names for two reasons (1) just laziness and (2) those who accepted help from soup kitchens set up to encourage people to anglicize. Glenbeigh, not Glenbey and there are Quirkes and Cliffords and O’Riordans in Killorglin which is nearby. We might even be related!! Best wishes Tim