Dan:
Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!
All messages end up on our main message board. Technically, you are not in the correct parish page since this is the Elphin civil parish page. I would also sign up for the Athleague Galway parish page.
It appears that your ancestors lived on the Galway/Roscommon border. The marriage would have occurred possibly on the Galway side in the bride's parish. I located three possible baptismal records on Roots Ireland which are shown below. Unfortunately all were before 1864 when civil registration started. The records were recorded in the Athleague RC parish in Roscommon which also covers part of Co. Galway and I'm assuming that was Malachy's area. No townland is shown in these records. Were there other children born in Ireland. Did Malachy and Catherine emigrate?
I looked at the 1855 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing and found a Malachy Brennan in the townland of Coolaspaddaun in Athleague civil parish in Co. Galway.
Likely this is your ancestor.
For background, there is a small Athleague civil parish in Galway which borders a much larger Athleague civil parish in Co. Roscommon.
I will alert our HQ about your trip.
Roger McDonnell
Name:Mary BrannonDate of Birth:06-Jul-1856
Date of Baptism:
Address:NgParish/District:ATHLEAGUE RCGender:FemaleCountyCo. Roscommon
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Malachy BrannonMother:Catherine BrannonOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Edward Kelly Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Mary McDermott
Name:Thomas BrenanDate of Birth:12-Mar-1860
Date of Baptism:
Address:NgParish/District:ATHLEAGUE RCGender:MaleCountyCo. Roscommon
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Malachy BrenanMother:Catherine NgOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Pat Keogh Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Mary Kean
Name:Brigid BrennonDate of Birth:12-Oct-1862
Date of Baptism:
Address:NgParish/District:ATHLEAGUE RCGender:FemaleCountyCo. Roscommon
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Malachy BrennonMother:Catherine NgOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Andrew Keogh Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Ann Smyth
