I am researching John Reilly and Winifred McDonagh who married in Tarmonbarry on 10 April 1889. The civil registration certificate (which I have attached to this post) gives the fathers' names. I'd like to find the mothers' names too. Is it possible to access the Church register, and would it list the mothers' names?
Mary:
Generally, mother's names were not shown on marriage records listed on RC parish registers.
Termonbarry/Tarmonbarry RC records start in 1865 and the NLI site only has records from January 1865 until June 1881.
I searched on the subscription site Roots Ireland and did not find any Winifred McDonagh baptismal records with father Martin in Co. Roscommon. A search for a John Reilly record with father Bernard did not yield a good lead.
I did not find a John Reilly family in the 1901 census for Termonbarry civil parish and also did not see a Martin McDonagh family in that parish.
I note that John Reilly was a tinker so likely he moved around before and after the marriage.
Roger McDonnell
Thanks for your reply.
Yes, they were travellers so I wouldn't expect to find them in Termonbarry very often. I've found children baptised in various places in Roscommon, Sligo and Mayo.
I looked at the most recent marriage entries on the NLI site, most entries on the last two pages do show the mothers' names.