I AM ABLE TO FIND MY GREAT GRANDPARENTS MARRIAGE AND MY GRANDMOTHERS BIRTH. SO DELIGHTED THESE RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE.
MY QUESTION IS ON THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE FOR JOHN MURRAY AND MARTHA KILKEARY 1874 THE TOWN OF JOHN MURRAY IS DOWRES? WHERE IS THAT?
Indigo:
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Dowras is not an offical townland name. I looked at Google Maps and located Dowras about 4.8 miles northeast of Birr town on the N52 road near a place called Fivealley. Likely Dowras is within the civil parish of Eglish which is the civil parish north of Birr parish. The 1853 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for Eglish civil parish shows two Patrick Murray records. Likely one of the two was the father of John Murray. https://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/offaly/eglish.php
Roger McDonnell
Thanks again Roger. I am unsure if I acknowledged this response previously.
Is there any information on Constable John Murray B 1836 D 1897 my great grandfather Of birr or dermas ? He was married to Martha Kilkeary in Birr and had a daughter Mary Josephine Murray ,my granmother, who went to America in 1900 and met my grandfather James P Dooley who went to America in 1903 originally from Offaly English parish and they were married in 1909. i can not find anything on John Murray other than the cencus marks him as a constable.