Hi Maria, I came across your response today- this is what I have on my maternal family tree of Flahertys. Brigid Flaherty (my great grandfathers sister). As she and her siblings were born pre 1864, there are baptismal records only. She was baptised on December 15th 1832 in Ardranny, Kiltormer. She married Patrick Silke a farmer (born abt 1833) of Cooleeney, Kiltormer in 1862. Witnesses to the marriage were John Silk and Brigid Duane. They had five children. Patrick Silke died in Cooleeny in 1890 aged 57 years old and Brigid died on November 14th 1899 in Cooleeny aged 67 years old.
Descendants of Brigid and Patrick Silke continued to live in Cooleeney until about the early 1980s. Other descendants are mostly based in the UK. I have been in contact with Sean Silke a great grandson of Thomas Silke via Ancestry. He resides in the UK. We share 58cM of DNA across 4 segments
Silke - Colohan Family of Cooleeney, Kiltormer. Thomas Silke was born in 1864 in Cooleeney, Kiltormer. He married Anne Colohan of Clontuskert. He died in 1930.
Children
Patrick Silke (1896-1980). Married Mary Hynes (1898-1939).
Mary Bgt Silke (1898-1970)
Anne Agnes Silke (1901-
Kate Josephone Silke (1904-
Honoria Silke (1908- ) m John Kenny of Mullagh in 1940.
5th GENERATION
5.1 Thomas Francis Silke was born in 1933 and died 2008. Grandson Sean Silke. Lives in Bermingham. 4th–6th Cousin. Shared DNA: 58 cM across 4 segments
