My mother's father's grandparents came from Gort--John Kelly and Cicily Hynes from Newtown Regan, and Stephen Kerrigan and his unknown wife from Tierneevin. I look forward to hearing from anyone who may be related.
Hi Diane
There are 16 Kellys, 2 Hynes and 0 Kerrigans in Gort in the Irish phone book so if none reply here you might want to drop them a line. (google 11850 directory enquiries). We are not permitted to provide details of ;iving people on the site.
Here are the only 2 Stephen Kerrigan marriage records from Galway on www.rootsireland.ie/:
Date of Marriage:30-Jun-1844
Parish / District:ANNAGHDOWN
County:Co. Galway
Husband
WifeName:StephenKerrigan
M.NoonAddress:
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Roman Catholic
Date of Marriage:19-Sep-1903
Parish / District:CLONBUR 2
County:Co. Galway
Husband
WifeName:StephenKerrigan
MaryDarcyAddress:Glanagivla
LeenaneDenomination:
Occupation:POST-MAN
SERVANTAge:Ful
FulStatus:Bachelor (Previously unmarried)
Spinster (Previously unmarried)
Husband's Father
Wife's FatherName:PatrickKerrigan
NicholasDarcyAddress:
Denomination:
Occupation:SHOP-KEEPER
TENANT FARMER
Husband's Mother
Wife's MotherName:
Witness 1
Witness 2Name:ThosKerrigan
BridgetCoyne
Col
Thanks for that, Col! First entry could be a 2nd marriage for my Stephen, as he had children in the 1830s--Fergus, Michael, probably Mary, maybe more. Stephen, perhaps the one who married M. Noon, took out a reproductive loan in Galway city in 1846. By 1852 my Stephen was in Tierneevin, Kilmacduagh, by 1855 over the county line in Kilkeedy, Clare, and died within a few years. Could all be the same fellow, as the distances not great.