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Curraghmore Co. Galway mid-1800s

GalwayTuam (Galway)

I'll be coming over to Ireland in a week, and will be visiting in the Curraghmore / Greenfields area, outside Headford, Co. Galway.  Is it possible to find info from church or civil records in the area that might document my great grandparents births or their wedding/parents?  I've hit a stone wall and can't get past them to go further back in time.  The names are Patrick Walsh (I know, not TOO common!) and Mary Reddington, born c. 1948 and 1850 respectively.  But I've no records to document those dates, just "handed down" family lore.  Years ago, I emailed St. Mary's Church in Claran but never heard anything in reply.

JeanneB

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Here's the civil marriage info, from RootsIreland. You can see the register page at irishgenealogy.ie.

 

Marriage:16-Feb-1874  

Parish / District:HEADFORD, Co. Galway

Husband                     Wife

Name:Patrick Walsh    Mary Redington

Address: Curramore       Ultrid

Occupation:LANDHOLDER    LANDHOLDERS DAUGHTER

Age:30                                     19

Status: Bachelor (Previously unmarried)    Spinster (Previously unmarried)

Husband's Father                 Wife's Father

Name:ThomasWalsh            MartinRedington

Occupation:LANDHOLDER  LANDHOLDER

Witness 1                Witness 2

Name:James Lee           Bridget Loranton

 

THE HUSBAND'S FATHER,THOMAS WALSH IS DECEASED. WITNESS OF SIGNATURES WAS PATRICK RYAN P.P.

glanvil3@aol.com

I found the following baptisms for children of Patrick and Mary:

  • Church BaptismWalshMartin1880Co. Galway
  • Church BaptismWalshMichael1883Co. Galway
  • Church BaptismWalshMary1885Co. Galway
  • Church BaptismWalshJames1888Co. Galway
  • Church BaptismWalshEllen1890Co. Galway
  • Church BaptismWalshPatrick1893Co. Galway

(From rootsireland.ie)

glanvil3@aol.com

JeanneB,

To confirm marriage record posted by Patricia, I attach a copy of the Civil Marriage Record for the couple.

Regards,

McCoy

Jeanne:

Civil registration of births started in 1864. The baptismal records for Headford RC church start in 1880. If Mary and Patrick were baptized in that church then there would be no baptismal record or civil birth record available. Just to make certain, I did search the subscription site Roots Ireland for Mary Redington baptismal records with father Martin and there were none in Co.Galway around 1850.

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

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