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I am searching for the name of the parents of Robert Reilly born c. 1830 near Mullagh, Cavan. His date of death is 17 January 1908. He was married to Catherine Brogan on 25 November 1855 in Mullaghland. He was a gardener on the Mortimer estate, now the Lakeview Garden Center. Their first child was Mary Ann born 6 April 1856 in Clobally. He was a descendent of the Sterling-O'Reilly Family. This is from Portrait of a Parish. Robert's family was also known as the Cloggie or Clogger O'Reillys They were clog, shoe and harness makers.

Other children who did not emigrate to the United State were Philip born 9 March 1858, Robert born 25 January 1863, James born 5 February 1865, John Joseph born 24 July 1867, and Anne born 24 November 1876.

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Hi Nellie,

There were no Robert Reilly birth/baptism records from Mullagh on www/rootsireland.ie/ 1830 + - 5 years but there was this one:

Name:Robert ReillyDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:07-Jun-1835Address:BelturbetParish/District:ANNAGender:MaleCountyCo. Cavan
Denomination:Church Of Ireland
Father:Thomas ReillyMother:Jane ReillyOccupation:Shoemaker

The wedding record is also on roots but has very little info. Given that the marriage usually took place in the bride's parish, Robert may have been born in Annagh. The father's occupation makes a strong case for this being your Robert

Col
 

ColCaffIrelandXO Volunteer

Thankyou. Perhaps you are right. I'm surprised this Robert is Church of England, possibly there was an intermarrieage.

babal4@comcast.net

Hi Nellie

You will struggle due to Robert's pssible date of birth. The record book for that time is missing, the one before it is in place and the one after it but there is a big gap. My G Grandmother was Margaret Reilly of Cloughballybeg . This area has had various spellings of the name and in the 1821 census it is called Claughwellymor and you will see from that census that the area is full of Reilly's . The area also has a lot of Brogan's listed as well. We are very lucky in having the 1821 census for the area as very few places in Ireland have that record.

My family only in the last 10 years sold the property in Cloughballybeg that generations of my family grew up in. I tried to post a link but this site doesn't like it but it is the national archives of Ireland census site and it's the 1821 fragments you are looking for , you might see a hint in some of the occupations. It is now a fairly quiet crossroads on the road between Mullagh and Virginia but back then it was very busy with a large population. 

Any problems getting the census information e mail me at brendan.mccabe@btinternet.com 

 

 

Brendan

 

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