Looking for Cooney family

Hi,

Thanks very much for your message. I hope that someone with info makes a connection with you and helsp you to further your research.

In the meantime have you tried looking at church records from Callan parish?Most Catholic records are held locally so you may need to write to the local parish priest for possible assistance. One website that you may find useful is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. It also shows you where copies of the records are available. For Callan parish, follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Kilkenny&parish=Callan&churchid=973

You could also try:

www.familysearch.org has a huge database of genealogical records including some church records for Ireland.

www.rootsireland.ie have a large collection of Irish Church records, however you have to pay to use this site.

I searched for Cooney?s in Callan parish in Griffith?s Valuation. This is a land valuation survey dating from 1848-64. There is a record of a Patrick Cooney in 1849:

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&Submit.x=56&Submit.y=10&Submit=Submit&familyname=Cooney&firstname=&baronyname=&countyname=KILKENNY&unionname=&parishname=CALLAN

There was a Matthew Cooney recorded in St. Patrick?s parish:

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&Submit.x=52&Submit.y=13&Submit=Submit&familyname=Cooney&firstname=matthew&baronyname=&countyname=KILKENNY&unionname=

Some other websites that may be 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 Genealogy Tool kit: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/

Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/kilkenny/index.html

IGP: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik2/

From Ireland: www.from-ireland.net

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support

 

Hello, 

I'm 10 years past this post but was wanting to write to you about the Cooney Family. John Charles Cooney was my 3rd great grandfather. We live in Oregon, but are traveling to Ireland in September. I'm excited to see the country and have been looking back at our ties with the country. I sent you an email but as it was 10 years ago, I am unsure whether or not the email is still active.