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John JENNINGS born bwt 1773-1786

Cork

My GGG Grandfather, John Jennings, born between 1773-1786 came from Bandon to Cork. He married his first wife Jane (Mccalley?) and they had Henry, b. 1819, Margaret b. 1822, Ellen 1824-1893 and Catherine 1828. He then married his 2nd wife Anne Wolfe in 1929 and they had Jane 1831-1914, Ann 1834-1901 and Mary 1836-1915. Henry is my GG Grandfather and he married Jane Morgan and had a son William 1871-1941. I have not been able to confirm the parish or actual date of John Jennings or the surname of his first wife Jane. I cannot get any further back in my father's tree. Any help would be so appreciated. Thank you. I have been told they might have belonged to the Drinagh Parish but because I am not sure, I am posting here.

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Good Afternoon

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out and apologies for the delay in replying to your message. 

As you can see from the link below, Drinagh is a Civil Parish in Cork:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/townlands/index.cfm?fuseaction=TownlandsInCivil&civilparishid=228&civilparish=Drinagh&citycounty=Cork

Records for the corresponding Roman Catholic Parish of Drimoleague begin in 1817.  Have you tried searching the sites below for further details?

www.familysearch.org has a huge database of genealogical records including some church records for Ireland.

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/ have begun a project to upload Irish church records to their site free of charge. However, so far only Counties Dublin, Kerry, Carlow and parts of Cork have been covered.

Have you had a look at Cork Past and Present. This website could be of assistance to you: 

http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/

Let us know how you get on

Best of luck with your search

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support  

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