Searching for Mulrooney information
Hello Irish Friends, please help me find information on John A. Mulrooney born December 1845. Ferns, Wexford. Thank you Thank you!! CR
ccr3sons
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CR:
Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!
Ferns is an RC parish but also a Diocese which covers most of the parishes in Co. Wexford. I went to the parish register for the parish of Ferns and looked at the December 1845 entries on the register https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000634066#page/40/mode/1up I did not see a baptismal record for a John Mulrooney. I also did a broader search on a subscription site which covers other parishes and did not find a record.
Do you have any other information?
Roger McDonnell
Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer
Thank you very much for searching! I did find this information on a John A. Mulrooney and I'm hoping this is him. Baptism place : Eglish, Offaly, Drumcullen.Diovese: Meath. Father is William Mulrooney and Mother is Joanna White. I connect by DNA to a "William E. Mulrooney" born 1843 in diocese : Ferns. I'm trying to connect how these two Mulroneys are related and that will solve the puzzle. Thank you a million times for your help!!!
ccr3sons
Hi CR. Do you have a gedmatch number? I'm a Mulrooney too but have major roadblocks going before 1846. I suspect my Mulrooneys are from the northwest
Conor Mulrooney
Hi, thanks for posting! I have My DNA on Ancestry and 23 and me only. I haven't downloaded to GEDmatch yet. Is this what you mean? Thank you.
ccr3sons
Hi. I'm on ancestry too. I don't have many direct Mulrooney hits on ancestry and no relatives in Wexford so I am guessing that there might not be an immediate link between us. gedmatch is a site where you can migrate your DNA results and compare with others who have used other companies (e.g. myheritage).
There is a town called Ballyrooey in County Down which I read is the origins of the Mulrooney family who then moved westwards towards Fermanagh. There is also a branch in the north-west which are said to be the progenitors of the McDermott family (Dermot son of Maolruanaidh Mór). All this info is available via a simple internet search, which you probably already have seen. It seems to be a very common name in Kilkenny for some reason - I wonder how the name spread from the North to Kilkenny and then to Wexford and Leitrim in our cases.
All the best
Conor Mulrooney