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Looking for information on Foley Ancestry

My G-G-Grandfather was Dennis James Foley, baptized March 25, 1832 in Ballyclough.  Parents were James Foley and Ellen Keefe.  Siblings found in baptismal register are John (1825), Daniel (1827), Mary (1829), Cornelius (1837), Cornelius (1839).  In 1851, Dennis emigrated to the United States on the Ship Breadalbane from Liverpool, England to New York City, arriving on June 12, 1851.  Also on that ship were Daniel Foley, age 22 and Michael Foley, age 25.

Griffiths valuation for Parish Ballyclough was done in 1852 and shows both a James Foley and a Mary Foley as heads of households in the townland of Gearanaskagh, on an estate owned by Richard Longfield called Waterloo.

Curious if anyone knows of additional sources beyond baptismal register and griffiths to help build out the family story, including any potential family still in the area.

 

Thx!

 

Best,

Tim

folez26

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Hello Tim,

In addition to Griffith's and baptismal records, why not look at church marriage and death records (on free site irishgenelogy.ie and on paid site rootsireland.ie)? 

And if 1864 or later, you might look at civil birth, marriage, and death records (free on irishgenealogy.ie). 

Other sources you might look at include 1901 and 1911 Irish censuses, wills, headstones, cemetery records, and newspaper articles and obituaries.

I hope this helps.

glanvil3@aol.com

Reach out to Irish genealogical societies or family history groups that may have knowledge or resources specific to the Foley family in Ballyclough.

quinncoats

Thank you Patricia.  I don't see a marriage record in Ballyclogh that fits with who I'm looking for unfortunately...James Foley and Ellen Keefe sometime between 1820 and 1825.  I also don't see any church death records available on irishgenelogy.ie from that era...but maybe I'm searching incorrectly.

 

Thank you quinncoats...I will try to find the societies or groups you mention online, but please let me know if you have any leads.

 

Thx all!

 

 

folez26

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