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Hi,

I am looking for ancestors or information on of the  family of John Connors/Mary Connery of Two-Mile Bridge. They had 5 children all baptized at St. Mary's RC Church in Dungarvan. They are as follows:

Brigid b. 14 OCT 1831

Johanna b. 21 MAY 1834

Ellen b. 1 JAN 1837

Maurice b. 7 NOV 1838  emigrated to Worcester, MA married Mary Dunn of Ballyguiry

Thomas b. 23 DEC 1841

Michael 15 SEP 1846 he was born in Killgreany,Aglish(sp.?)

Other than my 2x great grandfather Maurice I have no information other than godparents on any of the other family members.

Thanks for any help.

Regards,

Helen

capecolleen

Thursday 13th Dec 2012, 11:59PM

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  • Thank you Elaine.

    I have been on the library site but I didn't know about St. Mary's being on the Historicgraves.ie site.

    I am going to check it out.

    Thank you,

    Helen

    capecolleen

    Saturday 15th Dec 2012, 02:12AM

  • Two-mile bridge is just a geographical  location, the townland is called Shankill. during the famine when the road was being constructed, the bridge was just two miles fron Dungarvan town.

     

    Tuesday 18th Dec 2012, 08:41PM

  • Thanks, I didn't realize that the townland was Shankill, that's very helpful informatiom.

    Helen

    capecolleen

    Tuesday 18th Dec 2012, 11:34PM

  • Sorry, I couldn't be more help to you Helen. There are still Dunn families close enough. The Connery's are an interesting name. I suspect that you have heard of the Connery brothers from Bohadoon who were sent to new south Wales. Well, it is believed that all the Connery's in this area are related.

    if you visit my Blog site, www.abbeysideheritagearchive.blogspot.com

    you will find an Article which I wrote about another branch of this famous family.

    Eddie

    Wednesday 19th Dec 2012, 07:24PM

  • Eddie,

    I had never heard of the Connery brothers until I came across a book by Brendan Kiely. I was able to purchase a used copy online.

    I have many Waterford ancestors both maternal and paternal. I am always on the hunt for books about the county. I have Kilrossanty and Fenoagh roots also. I was able to get a copy of a book about the Comeragh's by Sile and Sean Murphy that I found helpful.

    I am related to Crotty's in Kilrossanty, I still haven't figured out if they are related to the famous William Crotty!

    I will check your blog, thanks again.

    Helen

    capecolleen

    Wednesday 19th Dec 2012, 08:13PM

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