COLLINS, and others of Dunmanway parish, including CROWLEY, DONOVAN, REGAN, SULLIVAN...

Hello

Interested in your Regan connections of Dunmanway.

Did some come to Canada?

Hello, Reg: The short answer is yes, many! I presently have nearly 300 Regans in my tree, and my quick guess is easily 50% of them were famine emigrants to Ontario, Canada, primarily in Middlesex, Elgin and Huron counties. The balance are composed of the descendants of the above. Many of the Regans I have researched came from the West Cork area, particularly in the area of Dunmanway. I have contact with only a few descendants in California, where I live. My Collins ancestors settled in Middlesex, Ontario, but my direct line (descending from my gg grandfather who died in Canada in 1875) all came to California between 1870 and 1890. Hence, my family had little contact with the emmigrants to Canada post 1880, with the exception of a few Regans who also came to California. Feel free to reply, particularly if any of the above strikes a chord with you. Always interested to share and to hear from others with common ground.

Best wishes:

Michael Collins

I have visited Dromourneen, a townland near Dunmanway where other Regans from the townland live/lived.

My Regans seem to have come to Canada in the early 1860s.  They lived in Quebec City, Montreal and York/Toronto.

My great grandfather, Peter Reggin, was born in Quebec, April, 1863.  The name was changed from O'Regan, to Regan, to Reggin.

I have been in contact with a Peter Regan from California.  He has since passed away.

However, I still do not have specific connections.

I have two family connections in Cork,

My great grandfather was John Connolly, born about 1830, son of Daniel and Johana Daly.

He married Mary Donovan, daughter of Timothy and Mary/Margaret Neal, in NewYork City 1n 1861.

My grandmother, Mary Elisabeth Connolly was born there a year later.

I do not know where John came from, only County Cork

Mary Donovan was born about 1838 inClashnacrona, Dunmanway, Cork.

The Donovans were tennant farmers on lands now held by the Beamish family.

Ahhh, the elusive Regans et al.  You have much more specific info then moi.

Do any of your Regans connect to Dromourneen near Dunmanway?

I have been to Dromourneen and Dumanway but it is still only a maybe.

Looking for A Regan/Morris(on) marriage circa 1850.

Reg, your name sounds familiar to me. I think we were  probably in touch a few years ago. My grandmother was Ellen, Mahony, born to Maurice Mahony and Mary Kingston in Gurteeniher, Drimoleague. This was just one of many places Maurice lived as he must have moved around looking for work. Maurice was born in 1826 in Toam, Dunmanway to parents who never married: Michael Mahony and Julia Collins. I have many, many DNA matches (autosomal on Ancestry) with those who share the names Collins, Regan, and Mahony. Some of my matches I believe come from siblings of Michael Mahony (probably born about 1800-1805 or so in Toam). They include Crowleys and Buckleys, among others. Do you have a tree on Ancestry by any chance? My username on Ancestry is janfortado1

Best! Jan  (Janice Kenney Fortado)
 

Hi Michael!

I have info on Collins, Donovan, Regan & Sullivan. Where do you have your DNA and under what name or email address? I am on ancestry, My Heritage, GEDMatch and more. All under same email address as listed below. 

I connect through Regan and Sullivan but have other DNA matches I could connect you with who descend from Regan, Sullivan, Donovan and Collins.

Maureen Donlevy Clary

maureen.clary@gmail.com 

JOhn J Regan was allegedly from the Dunmanway area. I have done my DNA so where would I send mine, as you said yours didn't match a general population.  My John J Regan married Elizabeth Dougherty in Rochester, NY 1891. M y grandfather was born the following year, Feb 2.  Another cousin has done contact work with cousins in Dunmanway. I only found one regan. in the church records in town. I was there for a few hours one day, ten years ago.  Maybe I can find the chart I was given and get back to you. Feel free to contact me on my email:   PTDEMERS@GMAIL.COM.  I've seen Regans in Ontario but assumed none of them were related. I have no idea why John J Regan went to Rocehster. A couple of his siblings came with him, some remained in Ireland, and two cousins were in Rochester also , brother and sister, John and Hannah Regan who returned to Ireland for retirement years about 1940. both are dead now but in Rochester they ran a thoroughbred horse farm and John was heavily involved in the old racetrack in Rochester, Driving Park, where people would come from across the country to run their horses.   Someone tried to burn the barn once but it was caught in time and saved.  Horses were in there; made the front page local news.  Never heard who tried to do it.  The farm is still intact. A woman owns it now for some new age business.  I contacted her once but she never answered.   Hope to hear from you,  Pat Troy. (that part of the family is from Clare, Kilydsart.)

Hi Michael.

I am a Collins originally from West Cork, specifically Drimoleague. I do have some relatives that are Daly and Sweeney. I don't know what the chances are of being related to you in any way. Can you recommend the best websites to do DNA tests or what other ways did you get genealogical history on your family?

Regards,

Dennis

God love all of you for trying so hard to connect your family dots. It is a labor of love which lately has been overwhelmingly frustrating for me. I am a Donovan linked to the Collins family through the marriage of my great grandparents Richard Donovan and Mary Collins in Clonakilty as well as links to the Cullinanes as GGGGP's. In researching it seems these farming families moved quite a bit throughout West Cork from Bandon out to Drimoleague and down to Clon and it has been very hard to connect with even my Grand Uncle and Aunts families who were born in early 20th century and lived in Tullymurrihy and Knockskeagh during the last 2 census. I have no information that any moved to Canada, but a few did emigrate to the US including my grandfather Thomas Donovan. ironically my mothers side who are Barry's did emigrate to Canada from Cork and we know quite a bit about them. Good luck to all and if you would like to look up my tree on ancetry feel free: terrence donovan family treee. Cheers, Terrence

John J REGAN (REAGAN on the state marriage record; rest of his records are REGAN) was born (Dunmanway is one reference), Cork, Ireland 26 Dec 1851. His father was John REGAN, mother Hannah CROWLEY. Still need to see his petition for naturalization, and the naturalization record. he claims to be naturalized on later census records.  A cousin of mine has been to Dunmanway and met other cousins. I'd like to hear from someone who recognizes John J's parents.

His wife: Elizabeth DOUGHERTY,  her father: Patrick DOHERTY, mother Bridget CONROY, all from northern Ireland, not certain yet which county. They met in Rochester as far as we know.

John J REGAN's 2-4 siblings who came to Rochester New York USA with or after him didn't marry in Rochester, NY.  At least 1-2 returned to the Dunmanway area. I don't know about the 1-2 others.   He came from a family of 8 or 10 kids according to a cousin who gave verbal info to my mother, a Monsignor Burns.

As for other Rochester marriages:              (All spelled REAGAN on the certificates)   Potential siblings may include Mary, wife of John Hurley, marriage 1879, and, Elizabeth who married John Corcoran, 1881,  Elizabeth who married 1884 to Thomas Corcoran,   and finally Ellen, wife of Thomas Costello, marriage 1878, both in Rochester, neither of which provided parent's name on marriage certificates in Rochester.  No proof of relationship to John J Regan.

I did see on several REAGAN and REGAN marriages that one or both spouses were b in Canada if that is helpful to anyone.  There was a lot of travel between Rochester and Ontario Province, the Toronto end as well as Kingston, the opposite end of Lake Ontario. Thousands of ships were going back and forth, both ways, E to W as well.  

Pat Troy Demers  

I previously posted on both the Fanlobbus parish message board, and the Drimoleague board. My prior posts (Michael Collins) included my then email address, micealcol@aol.com. I am now using the email address of micealcol@gmail.com. Please contact me via this email address with any questions or assistance for help. I have been actively researching my Irish heritage for nearly 30 years. My Collins ancestors lived in the Dunmanway parish region, and lived on the Donovan Farm of Derrinasafa for many years before they left Ireland in the throes of the Great Hunger. They and many other Dunmanway families emigrated to North America, specifically the province of Ontario, Canada. My research includes the history of 20 or more families of the Dunmanway parish who settled principally in the counties of Middlesex, Huron and Elgin, from and after 1848. Primary families affiliated with the Collins include Coghlin/Coughlin, Coveny/Coveney, Crowley, Daly, Donovan, Driscoll, Mahony/Mahoney, Malony/Maloney, McCarthy, Regan, Ronan, Sullivan, and Sweeney.

Happy Hunting to All, and I hope to hear from some of you.

Michael Collins, micealcol@gmail.com

RE:  COLLINS OF DUNMANWAY PARISH

Please view my recent post to the Fanlobbus Parish message board. My previous postings requested questions or assistance should be sent to an email address I no longer use (micealcol@aol.com). I am now using the email address of micealcol@gmail.com.

I apologize if I have missed any posts directed to me, and am happy to reply, via this new email address.

Best wishes, and Happy Hunting to All:

Michael Collins, micealcol@gmail.com

For some time, I have been tracking my ancestors in the parish of Dunmanway - Driscoll, Duggan, Donovan and Denahoughe/Donoghue.  Like many other families in the early 19th century, they moved around a lot, probably looking for work.  I can document them fairly well from about 1810-1820 on (when sacramental records begin) but can't get them back any further.  Recently, Ancestry has been indicating that I also have a distant tie to several Crowleys, and I am trying to figure out what the connection is.  It might be through John Crowley of Direens, who married 17 Oct. 1839, Dunmanway, Margaret Duggan of Direens.   Some of the children of this family ended up in Springfield, Mass.  My four specific lines were primarily found in Dunmanway proper, sometimes connected with Cat Lane.  These were pretty modest people, and one line ended up in the Work House in the 1860's.   Can't find what happened to the parents, but all of the children eventually migrated to the US.

Contact with others who are researching Dunmanway families is kind of neat!

Annette Lynch

Hi all, 

My grandmother's maiden name was Collins and we have traced her family back to the 1700s in Dunmanway. Her great grandfather Michael Collins (1821-1891) was born in Dunmanway and migrated to Southwark in London in 1849. I do have some brick walls in the family which I'm hoping to solve! I have some cousins currently living in Cork who I plan to visit some time this year, and am hoping to add Dunmanway to my Cork iteniry too.