John Gallagher married Ann McNamara in Knockainey in 1850
John Gallagher married Ann McNamara in Knockainey on February 9, 1850 with witnesses James Riordan and Margaret McGrath. Their children born in Knockainey: Anthony in 1851, Michael in 1852, Mary in 1853, and possibly Catherine in 1857. I think the same John and Ann had a son Thomas baptized in 1855 in Glenroe and Ballyorgan and a daughter Helen in 1859 in Ballylanders.
John was a national school teacher in Glenroe, Ballyorgan, and Ballylanders in the years when their children were baptized there. I am trying to learn whether or not the John Gallagher and Ann McNamara whose children were baptized in Knockainey are the same couple. In Griffith’s there was a John Gallagher living on National School grounds so it seems plausible. John, the teacher, is part of my Gallagher family that settled in Kilcruaig and Houndscourt, Limerick. I would love to find a family descendant. Anthony was a McNamara name so I think their oldest son was named for Ann’s father rather than for John's father, particulary because that name does not run in the Gallagher family. Because they were married in Knockainey parish, I think Ann probably came from there. I cannot trace this family after 1858 when John left his teaching post in Ballylanders. I have been able to access school records for Glenroe and for Ballylanders but have no way of knowing IF John was a teacher in Knockainey, and IF he was the one who married Ann McNamara and later taught in Glenroe, Ballyorgan, and Ballylanders.
I would appreciate any help at all. Thank you, Jan