Darrery + Higgins Connolly Kelley + County Galway
My cousin posted this message a few years ago:
My great-great-great-grandparents Thomas Higgins and Honor Connolly appearin the parish records for Dunmore,
in the baptisms of two of their children, Mary (1834) and Celia (1836). The priest recorded a townland name only on the 1836 baptism: Darrery.
Looking at lists of townland names for Dunmore, I can see a Darrary North and a Darrary South. Can anyone tell me
if this is the location the priest called "Darrery", and what is the history of the name?
Was it always split into North and South?
The baptismal records for the parish of Dunmore on NLI only begin in 1833, so I don't have records for
any children born before that date, including their son Patrick,
my ancestor. Are there any other sources that I can check?
Thomas Higgins died between 1836 and 1839, too early for Griffiths. His widow remarried in 1839, to a man
named Patrick Kelley. Honor had three more children with her new husband in Dunmore in the 1840s. Before 1852 the family
moved to England, to the Manchester area,
and then to the US in the 1850s and 1860s. I can track them pretty well, but (of course) it's the lack of earlier records in Ireland that is my problem.
I'd appreciate any suggestions on where else to look for births before 1833 and deaths between 1836 and 1839. Thank you.
She then thanked the board for a very thorough discussion. It wasn't posted publicly . Can someone help me with the same question?
Thank you
