Pennefather/Meagher

Hi CATHI  . . . 

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out . . and . . Tipperary County . . . 

Not sure if can be of much kelp to your search . . given . . the little info.you start with . . . however . . . 

I started my search on " Roots (paid). . looking for Ed.Meagher b.1831 . . Thurles area . . . Moycarky / Galbertstown . . . (see below)

Roots . . tell me  . . 10 Meaghers were born in Tipperary . . between 1826 - 1836 . . . of which TWO only look hopeful  . . (below) 

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Edw.MAHER . . .born 1833 . . is the ONLY . . . MOYCARKY . . . showing . . . ( note surname spelling )

Edw.MAHER. . born 1830 . . . THURLES . . . is a possability . . . ( note different surname spelling )  . . . 

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So next . . I looked for a MARRIAGE of the possible Parents .. . . i.e. Martin and Bridget . . and found (below)

This date . . 1832 . . . confirms EDWARDS (Moycarky) birth in 1833 . . . 

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Local Parish CHURCH records . . . for those times . . . see . . . https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0248

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I looked for . . but failed to find . . . a Marriage of Edw. and Henna Shanahan , , , 

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So . .  next I struck GOLD . . . when I searched for Pennefather  . . (see below) 1805 Moycarky . . . 

This find . . . would appear to cement . . the Moycarky location of Edward and Catherine  . . before EMIGRATION . . . 

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Next I searched for a MARRIAGE for Edmund Pennefather . . . and . . ( Catherine Martin  ) . . . with NO success . . BUT . . 

when I leave out the ( Catherine Martin ) . . . I get the Marriage in UPPERCHURCH . . ( see below ) with BRIDE . . Anne MAHER . . . 

This looks hopeful . . Upperchurch is in that location . . and the Surname Pennefather is very uncommon . . . 

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http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?surname=Pennefather&firstname=&county=Tipperary&townland=&parish=&search=Search&sort=&pageSize=&pager.offset=0

This is a TAX roll from 1823 - 1837 . . . when I check Pennefather in Tipperary . . I find 60 listed . . no way to certainty . 

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With the above serch site . . I tried Meagher . . . hundreds showed up . . . 

As you may be aware . . . in Tipperary . . . Meagher is interchangeable with the spellings of Maher, O'Meachair. Mara  etc. . 

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https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/113090252/person/400106668452/facts

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So. . . all the above . . . will be very confusing  . . and hopefully . . . of some help . . . 

Best I could do  . . . 

Cheers . . . Eamonn.