trying to find more information on Christina, date of birth 1/1/1920, father Patrick, born in Kilkee. Know she went to UK and worked as a nurse, had a sister Mary, presume went at the same time. She married Richard Cooper and they had one son, all are deceased now. She was my birth mother and I would love to know more of her early life.
Births in Kilkee would be registered in Kilrush. I don’t see a birth for a Christina Madigan in 1920 in the index to Irish civil registration. Nearest is Oct – Dec 1922 Vol 4, page 210. There was also a Mary Christina Madigan Oct – Dec 1915 Vol 4, page 224.
Best matches for Mary Madigan were Jul – Sept 1920 Vol 4, page 314 & Margaret Mary Madigan Jul – Sept 1922 Vol 4, page 203.
You could order up some or all of these certificates to see if the father was Patrick. You can order a photocopy of the certificate from GRO Roscommon for €4 (euros). http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Apply-for-Certificates.aspx
You have to download and print off the form. Then either post or fax it back to them. You can’t e-mail it to them. However if you want them to e-mail the cert to back to you, they will do that, so tick the relevant box.
Put the reference details on the form (anywhere). Don’t worry about leaving some boxes blank. As long as GRO have the location, name(s), year, quarter (where there is one), volume and page number they should find it.
This was the only Patrick Madigan I could see in the Kilkee area in 1911. At that time he was living in the townland of Dough:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Clare/Kilkee/Dough/361998/
If you can track the right birth certs for Mary & Christina, that’ll give you the parents names. That will then allow you/us to search for the marriage and from that we should get Patrick’s father’s name and occupation which will tell us whether the 1911 entry is the right family.
Thank you Elwyn, sorry I haven't answered you before, couldn't login. Have got this information from Ancestry, but am not sure if they are anything to do with Christina. Ordering certificates can be a costly thing when you are doing it from Australia. I was researching a Patrick married to Sara O'Connor, but have not had any luck with any of their children. Thank you again, will keep hoping to find someone who remembers her as a child. Jan
Hello. I've only just found this website, hence the late response. Patrick Madigan and Sara O'Connor were my grandparents. Patrick died before I was born but as a child I used to go to Kilkee for family holidays. They had 15 children that lived to be adults. There were 8 boys and 7 girls. I can remember all their names and met some of them. My mum used to refer to her sister as Chrissie. I have lots of info on some of the Madigans. Maureen Dibrow
Hi Margaret, I’ve just reconnected with this site, changed email and list notifications. I hope you’re still on it. I’ve now got Christina’s baptism certificate which says her dad was Patrick Madigan and mum Sara O’Connor, she was born 1919. Through Ancestry have found I’m related to Madigans that are in Sheffield. Another lady is doing DNA to see if we’re related. It would be great to hear from you. The photo is Chris at a wedding in UK, she was married to Richard Cooper and lived in Surrey.
This is in response to the post of 25th March 2023. The Patrick Madigan and Sarah O'Connor you refer to are definitely my grandparents. They were married on 21.3 1919 when Patrick was 39 and Sarah was 19. My mother was one of the 17 children they had together. I think Christina was the first, next was Mary b. 29.3.1920 and then I have traced a son called Michael b. 11.7.1921. My mum was one of the younger ones. She was called Lena and she was born on 21.5. 1932. She used to talk about her 2 sisters Chrissie and May ( Mary) who went to London to find work.
I know the names of the 15 children that lived. There were 2 more that died as babies.
I know that mum's brother Joe lived in Sheffield with his wife Doreen. They had 2 daughters, obviously my cousins and we used to visit from the 1960s onwards. Unfortunately I am not in contact with these cousins. I have much more info and photographs of the Madigans.
My maiden name was Holt. Mum (Lena Madigan) married Harold Holt in 1952.
I will answer any questions you may have, if I have the answers of course. I still go to Kilkee on a reasonably regular basis and have a 3 week trip organised for later this year.
Kind regards Maureen Dibrow
Hi Maureen, my name is Eileen, i believe we are cousins. I am Annie Madigan’s daughter. Annie was also one of the younger daughters born 06.04.1931. Sarah & Patrick are definitely my grandparents, we visited the farm only once about1964, not sure the exact date with Clare a younger sister & her husband Sid. I remember an uncle Willie living & working on the farm .
Mum stayed in contact with Clare until she passed and I know for certain mum went up north to see Clare when she was in hospital. I believe she meet up with 2 of her sisters then. I am not certain but I think one was Lena, would be great if you could fill in the gaps. Eileen
Hello Eileen. Yes we are definitely cousins and I think you have a sister too. I met your mum once at Auntie Norah's. The four sisters who settled in the Oldham area were, in order of age, Theresa, Norah, Lena my mum and Clare who was married to Sid and who you met.
Uncle Willie was one of the younger ones and he left to live in England but returned to Ireland to help nana on the farm.
I have lots more to tell you and I have photographs but this all seems a bit public. I do not use Facebook. How can we connect without giving everyone our contact details?
I am so pleased you replied. We must have many cousins we know nothing about. I have 2 brothers and I keep in touch with some of Norah's 5 daughters.
Maureen
Hi Maureen
Absolutely brilliant, yes I do have a sister. Unfortunately I don’t know any of my Madigan cousins, I joined ancestry.com to discover more and linked with Jan ( in Australia) who I believe is a cousin.
I don’t use Facebook either my email is eileen.scrase@gmail.com
Looking forward to hearing from you
Eileen
Hi my name is Victoria Madigan cooper I’m joes granddaughter my mum was Gail she passed away a few year ago unfortunately I don’t know much about my family history mum wasn’t that forth coming with information unfortunately
and I’m super surprised to find all this absolutely amazing
Hi Christina,
My name is Theresa and my late mother was Nora Madigan, one of your mother’s sisters. I have visited Kilkee where they came from and I met our grandmother, Sarah once when I was a little girl.
I hope you have had a happy life in Sydney and you are keeping well. I have two sons, Ciaran and Martyn . Martyn is working in Melbourne and seems to be enjoying his time there. Best wishes
Theresa
Hi Theresa, Jan ( Christina) told me you had put a message on the board, unfortunately she is having difficulty responding, a lot of IT issues. I am Eileen, Annie’s daughter, Annie was one of your mums younger sisters, I meet your mum in the early/mid 1980’s when she came to stay with mum & dad. Jan found me through this website & Maureen who is Lena’s daughter. Would love to find out more about the family and Jan definitely would. Your cousin Eileen x
Hi Eileen, Sorry about the delay having IT issues myself. It's lovely to hear from you and I do remember Aunty Annie coming to visit my mum and staying for a couple of days in the 1980s. I know my mum had an enjoyable trip to London visiting your family shortly after. We're going to visit my son in Melbourne November time and we are planning a trip to Sydney. If possible, It would be good to get in contact with Jan and I can pass her the few things I have on the Madigan's. Love from your cousin Theresa. x
Hi Theresa,
Apologies for the delay in responding, I had numerous issues logging onto the site after seeing your message, anyway lovely to hear from you. If you could email me on eileen.scrase@gmail.com I can give you mine and Jan’s contact details, we communicate via What’s App. I would love to find out more about the family. Do you keep in contact with Maureen, aunt Lena’s daughter?
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Eileen x
Hi Theresa, finally got into this site. My name was changed to Jan when I was adopted. Live on Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. I been so lucky to find Maureen and Eileen, finally know about the large family Chris came from, been quite an adventure.
my email is janjimspam@gmail.com. It would be so good to catch up. Look forward to hearing from you.
love Jan