Rahan Cemetery

Will do.  Thank you.

I have a photo of every headstone and will go through them in the next few days.  Rahan old graveyard was surveyed last summer and is in the process of being computerised.  Leave it with me and I will find out for you if there is any headstone.

Thanks

Geraldine

Thank you Geraldine. Please, can I be so bold as to ask that you be on the look out for the other families listed below as well.
What I know is that Joseph Clancy married Anne Keane (Kane) on 24 Apr 1890. His parents were John Clancy and Margaret Coughlan. Her father was Michael Keane (Kane) and her mother is unknown. Anything else you may discover would be greatly appreciated.

Many Thanks from not so sunny Spain
Gerry.

Gerry got someone to check out graveyard and this is their reply.

 

" I've checked the old graveyard in rahan beside the St carthages church in field and no headstone with either name there"

 

Another person I contacted came back with this reply

James Clancy rip original from the island father of joe Clancy now living cormack St Tullamore and from endrim ferbane maybe a contact?.

 

Would it be worth writing to this Joe Clancy in Cormack Street Tullamore or his phone number seems to be  (057)9351897

Will let you know if I find out any more

Geraldine

Gerry did you check out the Census

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

Had a quick look and there are some Clancys but none in The Island in 1901

 

Yes that James Clancy is the youngest child of Joseph Clancy and Anne Keane.  As far as I know, all Clancys in the area are related, the question is where did they come from and where was Joseph buried?  I believe he died in 1946, would that put him in the old cemetery?

Thanks for your help in this

Gerry

No he would definitely be in the new cemetery.

I was supposed to go to Rahan this weekend but the weather stopped me losts of snow and frost.

 

Have gone through all the photos of Rahan Graveyard and NO Clancy/Kane.  Actually very few from The Island buried in Rahan.

Now there is a graveyard in The Island and I know it was being surveyed last summer but not finished yet.  I will try and contact someone and ask them if there are any Clancy/Keane in the graveyard.

 Killickfeehan Cemetery is the name of the Graveyard in The Island

What do you think of the idea of writing to  Joe Clancy in Cormack Street,  Tullamore, County Offaly and he might be able to help you

Joe Clancy is a distant cousin of mine and I will be in touch with him. However I have contact with an older grandson of Joseph and he cannot remember where he was buried although he was at the funeral. As I don't live in Ireland and I want to make personal contact with Joe in Tullamore, it will probably be in the summer before I get any answers.

Got this reply from a post on Rahan Facebook page

 

Eamon Boland from Castletown, the Island is the man to talk to. Or Joe Cantwell, if anyone's brave enough ha.

But Eamon is the history man for anything got to do with the Island, or history in general!

Hi all, I am resurrecting this again as I have new info. I have also moved from Spain to the U.S. so personal contact is definitely not an option. This is a copy of a letter I sent to the administrator of St. Patrick's church, The Island. I have also discovered a Clancy clan was located in Parkaree or Boherfadda, west of Ballycumber. Two members, the Patrick mentioned in the email and a Mary Clancy, both in Lemanaghan. This was in 1854 Griffith's Valuation. It is too much to think that a Patrick Clancy was sacristan of the church in Boher and Joseph Clancy fulfilled the same role in The Island especially when the name was not that common in the area. I have also spoken to Joe Clancy in Tullamore and while Joseph was his grandfather, he does not have much information of help.

Hi,
I am attempting to trace the Clancy connection with St. Patrick's church, What I know is my grandmother was born in the cottage, now a ruin, directly opposite the church. Her father, Joseph Clancy (1869 - 1946), was sacristan of the church when and for how long I do not know. His father was John Clancy of Kilpatrick. There is evidence that the church was built around the 1860's as an extension of the church in Boher where Rev. Edward Bride was P.P. and Patrick Clancy was sacristan. This is too much of a coincidence. Would you have access to any historical documents or know where I might search out same?
Thank You for your time in this matter.
Gerry

Hi gerry,
I have a Sarah Clancy from kilpatrick a great great grandmother that came from across the road in the cottage although I don't know as much info because I have only started to explore this side of the family however i do know that the clancy's in ferbane (endrim area) were related to the clancy's of kilpatrick, I'll dig a bit more with relatives on how clancy's ended up in kilpatrick

Darren