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Sullivans and Fitzgeralds

Kerry

I've traced my Sullivan line back to a Michael Sullivan and Mary Fitzgerald who married in Milltown in 1832. Michael was from Callinafersy and Mary was from Tinnahalla ( I think I found her birth information ) and their parents were Timothy Sullivan/Margaret Foley and James Fitzgerald/Margaret Murphy. It's with this generation that I am struggling to find records. Griffith's shows a Michael Sullivan farming on land owned by Timothy Sullivan but I am not sure what year that was recorded. The tithes I get lost in. Any suggestions in how I can continue going back through more generations is appreciated.

daltonb

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Barbara:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

I found Tinnahalla (actually Tinnyhally now) which is in Killorglin civil parish. I could not find Callinfersy in Killorglin parish so maybe it was a place name that was subsumed into another townland when they standarized the townlands in 1851. However, I Googled Callinafercy and there is an area now near Killorglin called Callinafercy (couple houses for sale if you are interested).

I did look at the Tithes for Killorglin parish and there were about 80 Sullivan records but only one Timothy in Tullig More. The Tithes were likely from the late 1820s. The Griffiths for Kerry was 1852. Here are all the Killorglin records,

 http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/kerry/killorglin.htm

http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/reels/tab//004625677/00…

Your best bet for searching further back would be the church records but Sullivan and Fitzgerald are very common as you know.  www.irishgenealogy.ie for Killorglin records back to 1798.

Let me know if you have questions.

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Dear Barbara,

You might also try the index of Civil Records which include Catholics from 1864. The link is http://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/civil-search.jsp

You may be able to find relevant death records. Unfortunately this is only an index so you will need to apply for the certs..ask for 'for research only' as they are cheaper.

Also there is the following link to an index of wills http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/search/cwa/home.jsp 

Some cemetary records here http://www.kerrylaburials.ie

Good luck Barbara..do let us know if you make a breakthorugh!

Martine

 

IrelandXO member

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