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Born
4 Dec 2024
Died
26 Dec 2024
Gender
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I am tracing my Catholic Irish ancestors from Macroom and Newmarket, County Cork but am not sure if I have the correct connections at the moment. My great great grandfather was born in Newmarket, County Cork on November 28, 1838 to parents Patrick Connell and Mary Sullivan who were both from Macroom, County Cork. I have been searching for validating evidence on Roots Ireland, on the Catholic Parish Registers at NLI, on Irish Genealogy and on all of Ancestry, My Heritage, FindmyPast and Family search.

So far I have baptism records for James and his five siblings. All of them (James - 1838, Philip - 1833, Patrick - 1835, Mary and Johanna - 1845) except one (Elizabeth - 1831) had their baptisms registered in Newmarket but the first child, Elizabeth was registered in Glantane.

I also have baptism records for Patt Connell (1811) and Mary Sullivan (1809) - both born in Macroom. The confusing part is that the only marriage record I can find for a Patt (Patritius/Patritii) and Mary (Maria) Connell is recorded in Eyeries on 11th February, 1831. Jeremiah Connell and Michael Leary were the witnesses to this wedding. I cannot find any other marriage records for these names on any of the sites but this wedding is on almost all of the search sites I use.

Their first child was Elizabeth, born 6 weeks after the wedding so I am wondering if I have the correct people. Eyeries would have been a 12 - 15 hour carriage ride from Macroom/Glantane and I am not sure why they would have been there at all and if it is them, why did they return to Glantane and then move to Newmarket, where it seems they stayed. Patrick (Patt) was noted to be a farmer and I have also checked the land records to see if they were working a farm in any of these places. Was this movement common at this point in history?

I don't want to try to go back further until I am sure I have the correct Connell ancestors so I am hoping someone may be able to help me.

Thanks,

Bronwyn

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