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Connaway / Conway

CavanCastlerahan (Cavan)

Irelandxo,

I've been managing my family ancestry and (w/ the generous help of a distant cousin) i've been able to locate my ancestors who 'hail' from (in & about) County Cavan (Townland of Kilmore... Parish of Castlerahan). The census I have shows my 4th Great-Grandfather whose surname was 'Connaway' (Andrew Connaway / Birth: abt 1750)... His children's and grandchildren's surnames(Which includes my 3rd Great-Grandfather Charles / Birth: abt 1795) are all 'Conway'. I also have a letter (that was sent to my cousin) which specifies my 2nd Great-Grandfathers baptismal record (Michael Conway. Baptism: 14th Sept 1836 with parents named Charles Conway and Catherine Galligan @ Catholic Church in parish of Castlerahan). The letter also indicates that the family home address is recorded in the Townland of Cornahilt (Cornakill)... although, the Conway household are not recorded at Cornahilt in the 1821 Census returns, but at the Townland of Kilmore in Casterahan parish. Charles Conway and family are recorded in household number 17. My questions are; 1. Are there any records that I can access that might provide more information on my 4th Great-Grandfather (Andrew Connaway)... I.E Name of 4th Great-Grandmother. 2. Are there any grave markers with that would indicatethat my ancestors are buried in & around County Cavan (I do have the names of several children of my 3rd Great-Grandfather Conway who were all born between 1818 and 1838).As I plan my long (and 1st) awaited Ireland visit (I retired two years ago), I am hoping to not only see the beautifultourist sites of the island... but, I am also hoping to visit the specific areasthat my ancestors lived and worked. Needless to say, my Ancestry search will make this adventure a 'That Much More Interesting'.

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Hi Sean

Here's a marriage record from www.rootsireland.ie/:

Date of Marriage:28-Nov-1771
Parish / District:KILLINKERE
County:Co. Cavan
Husband :AndrewConvy Address:Parish Of Castlerahan Denomination:Roman Catholic
Wife CatherineMulligan Parish Of Killinkere Roman Catholic

Witness 1 James Mulligan Witness 2 Patrick Colrick

There are 4 death / burial records for Conway (+ surname variants) from Castlerahan but not one has the graveyard included!!

Name:HughConwayDate of Death:05-Mar-1775
Age:
Parish / District:CASTLERAHANAddress:CarninCounty:Co. Cavan

Name:BridgetConwayDate of Death:05-Jan-1817
Age:
Parish / District:CASTLERAHANAddress:CurnehiltCounty:Co. Cavan

Name:BridgetConwayDate of Death:10-Apr-1820
Age:
Parish / District:CASTLERAHANAddress:BallyjamesduffCounty:Co. Cavan

Name:ElizabethConwayDate of Death:10-May-1820
Age:
Parish / District:CASTLERAHANAddress:CorneheltCounty:Co. Cavan

There are 23 Conway birth/baptism records from Castlerahan starting with Eleanor in 175 & ending with Rose in 1906.

There are also 9 Conway marriages from 1816 to 1914

Church MarriageConwayMary1816Co. Cavan
Church MarriageConwayBridget1819Co. Cavan
Church MarriageConwayMary1830Co. Cavan
Church MarriageConwayHugh1836Co. Cavan
Church MarriageConwayMary1841Co. Cavan
Church MarriageConwayThomas1862Co. Cavan
Church MarriageConwayMary1893Co. Cavan
Church MarriageConwayCharles1894Co. Cavan
Church MarriageConwayJohn1914Co. Cavan

There are no Conway births, deaths or marriages from Kilmore RC

The Tithe Applotments (free online at titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/) have 8 Conways in Cavan 1824-33 including Charles in Castlerahan & James in Killinkere.

You may want to take a short subscription to rootsireland or let me know any specific records you'd like the details of and post again.

Col

 

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Col, 

Thank you... I so much appreciate the time and the effort you have taken to provide me with this information. I will certainly begin to work on the information (that you) provided along with your recommendation to take a subscription to rootsireland. 

 

You folks are incredibly generous to want to volunteer your time to assist the (insurmountable) amount of families that might be interested in finding their ancestry roots... I will gladly donate when possible

Thank once again,

Sean K Conway

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I am researching my family and I read this discussion.  My Great Grandfather was Philip Galligan and he married Mary Conway in around 1893.  I see in the above discussion that Col says there was a marriage for Mary Conway in 1893 and I would love to know if it happens to show who she married.  We are really struggling with tracing Philip and Mary.  We know they were in the census for Knocktemple, Munterconnaught in 1901 and 1911 and they also had their children there in the late 1890s and early 1900s. 

Thank you 

Kate

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