Donoghue / O'Donoghue's of Listowel Co Kerry

KerryListowel (Kerry)

I would like to find more about my Grandmother, Mary Donoghue / O'Donoghue's family from Listowel. She was born in Listowel about 1875 and went across to Lancashire and in 1906 married my Grandfather, George Harry Meakins On her marriage certificate she stated her father's name was John O'Donoghue and he was a tailor. That is all I know about him. Mary's mothers maiden name is Margaret Dillon and I thnk I have found her Baptism. They were Catholic.

Mary's sister Margaret, born about 1880 married in London to George Viner in 1904 and later came to Western Australia. Mary and George Meakins also came to Western Australia in 1913 and lived there until their deaths.

I do not know when Mary and her sister Margaret went to England. I hope someone somewhere may have any extra information on this family. My Father was always very proud of his Irish ancestry.

aus.bailey

13 years ago

2 replies

Hi,

Thank you very much for your message.

Civil registration began in Ireland in 1864, so as Mary and Margaret were born after this date you should be able to find their birth certs in civil records. Civil records are available from the General Register?s Office. Here are their contact details:

General Register Office

Government Offices

Convent Road

Roscommon

Ireland

Tel:+353 90 663 2900

Locall:1890 25 20 76

Fax:+353 90 663 2999

Homepage: http://www.groireland.ie/

This would give you more information on their parents.

You could also check in church records. Did you know that church records from Co. Kerry are available free of charge online? Here is the link:

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/

Another useful website is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. For Listowel, follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Kerry&parish=Listowel&churchid=678

Have you checked for the family in the 1901/1911 census records? If not you can do so here: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

Some other websites that you may find useful are:

The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/

The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/index.htm

Irish Genealogy Tool kit: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/

Genealogy links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/kerry/index.html

My Kerry Ancestors: http://mykerryancestors.ie/

From Ireland: www.from-ireland.net

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support