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Michael Barrett and Mary Tobin

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Hello from Sydney Australia. My Great Great Grandparents were Michael Barrett and Mary Tobin. I know they were married in Aghada 25 August 1832, where Mary was born circa 1810. Mary's address on the marriage registration was "The Union" which I am wondering whether this might have been the union workhouse? We know Michael Barrett was baptised at St Finbarrs church 23 August 1804 where records list his father as Thomasas "a soldier" and Elizabeth Brooks. On another record, Thomas is listed as a (a private in the artillery)........ address Cove L (which I assume is Cove Lane). My questions are if anyone can help. (a) Is address "The Union" in Aghada, the workhouse? (b) What army would Thomas have been likely to be serving in late 1700's early 1800's? We know Thomas and Elizabeth were both deceased pre 1855 when their son Michael and his surviving family arrived in NSW Australia. (c) Is my assumption about "Cove L" meaning Cove Lane and if so does it still exist? Could it perhaps have been some sort of military installation? I would appreciate any help with answers to these questions as I am visiting Cork mid year and would like to "poke" around old family haunts. Regards Pablo (Paul)

Pablo

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Hi Pablo

Here's Mar's baptism record from www.rootsireland.ie/:

Name:Mary TobinDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:05-Mar-1810Address:C CrumpParish/District:AGHADAGender:FemaleCountyCo. Cork
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Maurice TobinMother:Bridget FitzgdOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:James FouloweSponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Mary Watts

Unfortunately it only raises another address question - C Crump?!

Here's a response to another poster questioning 'the Union Aghada:

I suspect it meant he lived in one of the constituents of the union of Aghada parishes. Inch, Trabolgan, Kilteskin, Garranekinnefeake, Corkbeg, Rostellan and Aghada. I have several instances of address being given as "of the Union" and a local priest said it meant the above. A marriage or baptism recorded in the Aghada book could have been in any of the churches in either Aghada, Ballinrostig, or Saleen. 1834 LEWIS Topographical DIRECTORY In the R. C. divisions the parish forms the head of a union or district, also called Saleen, which comprises the parishes of Aghada, Rostellan, Corkbeg, Inch, and Garranekenefeck, and contains three chapels, situated respectively in Aghada, Rostellan, and Inch

You might want to re-post to Aghada rather than Cork City.

Col

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