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SURVIVING THE FAMINE

KerryKillaha (Kerry)

I've been following my maternal line in Ireland which started in Dublin and having a rest in Killaha where my 4th Great Grandparents Patrick and Ellen Healy(nee Sweeny) lived and raise a family from c.1833

This information was drawn from the Glenflesk R.C. registers of births of their children which has them living at Coomacullen. So far it looks like the Healy's survived the Famine years and were not forced to emigrate.What was it like for tenant farmers in the Killaha parish during this time?

If anybody can find when Patrick Healy and Ellen Sweeny got married around 1835 and whether they were married in this parish or moved there after?

 

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Hi Julie,

Thank you very much for your message. I hope that someone with information on this family makes a connection with you and helps you to further your research.

In the meantime it may be an idea to get in contact with the  local studies department of Kerry County Library, they may be able to give you some advice as to where you may find some local history on the parish. Here is their web page: http://www.kerrylibrary.ie/local.asp

Also, church records from Co. Kerry have been uploaded to http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/ free of charge.

As records for the parish start in 1831 so if they were married there you should be able to find their marriage record:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Kerry&parish=Glenflesk&churchid=671

All the best,

Genealogy Support

 

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