The Noonans of Kildorrery
Hello there in Kildorrery. I posted a query a few years ago (2016, I think?) but with littlefeedback from anyone in the parish. Perhaps in the interim things have changed soIam trying again. A brief recap:
My maternal great-grandfather, John Noonan, came to Scotland around 1860. He settled in Dundee where he married a Catherine Logan at St Mary's Church on the 31st December 1869.
He was born in Springvale in Kildorrery early in 1842 and was baptised in Kildorrery on the 11th February that year. His father was a James Noonan and his mother was a Johanna Duane. Most of the other children in their family were bornin the townland of Quitrent Mount and baptised in Kildorrery.
On my great-grandfather's death certificate here in Scotland it stated that his father was a Land Steward. I have located a James Noonan in Griffith's Valuation who hada house, land and offices in Quitrent. There is also a James Noonan with another parcel of land in the same townland. Those years in Quitrent coincide with many of my great-grandfather's siblings having been born there. It would appear that this James Noonan is my great-great grandfather. Is it possible to narrow where the land was exactly? Is it possible to superimpose old maps with modern maps in Ireland to see what is there today? And lastly, are any Noonans living there today?
I know of a nephew of my great grandfather John Noonan (son of his brother Patrick), a Michael Noonan who came to Scotland in the 1890s, married and had a child but who seems to have left Scotland once more. Back to Kildorrery?
Many questions Iknow but before visiting Kildorrery I would like some information which could be termed more certain.
Hoping there is someone there who can help in this quest.
Thanking you in advance
Michael A. Nolan
