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Jeremiah Lynch & Mary Kelleher of Coolea/Balleyvorney

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I am looking for any information about my ancestor Jeremiah Lynch, born about 1845, in Coolea/Balleyvourney, and his wife, Mary Kelleher, born about 1848, also in Coolea/Ballyvourney. These are my great great grandparents.

It is my understanding that Jeremiah Lynch and Mary Kelleher were married on March 5, 1867 in Killarney, Kerry. Their marriage produced eight children: Mary Lynch (b. 2/2/1868), Julia Alice Lee Lynch (b. 6/1870), Hanora Lynch (b. 4/19/1871), Cornelius Lynch (b. 3/24/1873), Daniel Lynch (b. 6/21/1874), Margaret Theresa Lynch (b. 10/1875), Catherine C. Lynch (b. about 1876), and Johanna P. Lynch (b. 4/20/1877). Mary Kelleher's second marriage to Patrick Lynch produced Ellen Lynch (b. 3/28/1884).

Margaret Theresa Lynch, my great grandmother, immigrated to the US in 1897.

I am curious if anyone has any information about my ancestors and the their lives in Ireland and whether any relatives still possibly reside in the area. I am traveling to Ireland next month to visit my daughter at University College Cork and would love to pass through the area to seethe land where my relatives came from.

Thanks!

Dawn Shea Petillo

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Hi Dawn
There are 42 Lynches (but no Kelehers) in Ballyvourney in the Irish phone book
www.rootsireland.ie/ (subscription site) has 4 Jeremiah Lynch birth / baptism records around 1845 from Ballyvourney R C parish:
Name: Jeremiah Lynch Date of Birth:
Date of Baptism: 01-Apr-1844
Address: Parish/District: BALLYVOURNEY
Gender: Male County Co. Cork
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Father: Daniel Lynch Mother: Abigail Connell
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1: Cornelius Lynch Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2: Joan Not Recorded

Name: Jeremiah Lynch Date of Birth:
Date of Baptism: 13-Jan-1846
Address: Parish/District: BALLYVOURNEY
Gender: Male County Co. Cork
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Father: Oliver Lynch Mother: Catherine Lyhane
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1: Michael Lyhane Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2: Mary Lyhane
Name: Jeremiah Lynch Date of Birth:
Date of Baptism: 29-Apr-1843
Address: Parish/District: BALLYVOURNEY
Gender: Male County Co. Cork
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Father: John Lynch Mother: Bridget Twohig
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1: John Donoughue Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2: Mary Lynch

Name: Jeremiah Lynch Date of Birth:
Date of Baptism: 28-May-1848
Address: Parish/District: BALLYVOURNEY
Gender: Male County Co. Cork
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Father: Humphrey Lynch Mother: Ellen McCarthy
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1: Daniel Lynch Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2: Honora McCarthy

The following free sites may give you a few addresses of where they lived in the 1800's:
Tithe Applotments Grifffiths Valuation Irish Censuses 1821 - 1911 www.irishgenealogy.ie/
Have a great trip!
Col

ColCaffIrelandXO Volunteer

Hi Dawn, my mothers family are Lynches and we descend from a Cornelius Lynch who came to US around 1871. I visited Ballyvourney with my kids a couple years ago. St Gobhnait (sic?) is the cemetery where you will find a ton of Lynches. I took a TON of photos of the Lynch graves and the little chapel. More than happy to share. We are probably related.

 

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