Mulkeen, Greenwood, Ballyhaunis

I'm not sure how much of this info you already have, but Ballyhaunis is in the Catholic parish of Annagh. The parish records which are available online go back to 1851 for baptisms, so you should be able to find some or perhaps all of the children there.  The records are available at this link:

https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/1040

The marriage records go back to 1852 (with a few earlier ones), so if the birth year you have for Mary Lyons is correct, you may be able to find her marriage record as well.  In case youu need to look for anyone in a nearby parish, you can use the interactive map at that site to move to a different parish.  Claremorris (Kilcolman) and Bekan have baptismal and marriage records going further back.

If you find a relevant baptsmal record, it will usually state the name of the townland where the family lived.  You can then locate more info for that townland at this site about Ballyhaunis, which lists all of the townlands and has links to more info about them:

https://www.townlands.ie/mayo/ballyhaunis/

Hi,

I'm just another searcher here on this board...not a volunteer who answers all the questions, but when I saw you are looking for a Mary Mulkeen of Ballyhaunis, it peeked my interest as I am exploring someone with the same name from there. Turns out the Mary I am looking for is older than what information I found for you. I have a subscription to RootsIreland.ie, and knowing the parent's names, you can filter to find their children. When I plugged in James Mulkeen and Mary Lyons, I found their seven children....the bad news is, your grandmother is not one of them!

Here is what I found: Bridget (1853), Martin (1857), Thomas (1859), John (1862), Mary (1865), James (1868), and Michael (1872). All were born in Ballyhaunis, and the baptisms took place in the Bekan parish. Interestingly, there is a person named Anne Mulkeen as one of the Baptism sponsors for Michael. Could this be her?

Perhaps your Anne is a sibling to James, and not a daughter...just a guess.  Are you familiar with the Irish naming conventions that were popular until about the mid 19th century?  The children's names are given in a certain pattern which means there are a lot of people with the same name!

I hope what I found is accurate, and doesn't cause you more confusion. The Mary Mulkeen I am searching for married a Thomas Gallagher about 1865, and my great grandmother, Margaret Gallagher was then born in Ballyhaunis in 1866.....but her parents are a guess at this time. 

Best,

Carolyn Toohey

 

 

Hello All,

Thank you so much! Roger , we were unable to find a death certificate for James but we did believe he had passed prior to age 1. This now confirms that thank you

Carolyn , thank you! Anne's year of birth would be 1854. I do have the record of birth for her .I don't however, have a Bridget or a Martin listed.Myself and 3 others are  all actively researching this family. We are all direct descendants and ironically all stuck at the same point. Somethings seems to be off as we all truly believed that what we had was accurate. The repetitive names are really driving me crazy! It's practically impossible to tell whose who.

Hi Kevin, I am not familiar with that link, thank you! I will check that out. We do have what we believe is all the birth records but what we are trying to accomplish is what happened to the siblings. I can't help but think that my Anne 3x grandmother, left Ballyhaunis never to see her family again. With that said we would like to know where the remaining children ended up. Especially Thos Mulkeen as his records of birth was the only thing we could find out about him. We know he lived to at least adult hood based on stories from relatives but we don't know where is final resting place is .

Thank you all! I'm very happy I joined this site.

 

 

 

 

Hi Roger ,

Is it possible for you to post the photo or link of the marriage? I can't seem to find it on Irishgi .

Thank you!

 

Thank you Roger! I can't seem to find anything else about Bridget Mulkeen. I'm wondering if there are a duplicate of James and Mary Mulkeen in Ballyhaunis. Bridget does not come up on my Ancestry.com tree, and I can't seem to find anything else ie.Marriage or death. Could you tell me, how would one go about finding records for early 1800's? I'm finding it impossible to untangle the Mulkeen and Lyons, as they all have the same subset of names, born around the same time. I'd like to find Mary Lyons-1833 parents and the parents of James Mulkeen -1821.

Hi we are researching my paternal grandfather, Michael Mulkeen from Aghamore and Coogue. My Mothers Cousin still lives there and has a lot of information, her mother was my grandfathers sister Mary Mulkeen. You can contact nualag29@hotmail.com

 

Hi Cathrat,

I sent You an email but have yet to hear a response. If you didn't receive it, please email me at Shill_boston@yahoo.com

I am new to this site and don't know if anyone is checking this thread, but I think we are related.  My grandfather, Michael Mulkeen, grew up (was born?) in Brickens, near Ballyhaunis.  He was born around 1901 and emigrated to the US in the 1920s. Through his sister, Nora, he met my grandmother, Elizabeth Kelly, from Holywell in Ballyhaunis.  They married in NYC (early 1930s?) and had three children, Thomas, Elizabeth, and Anne.  I am the third child of Elizabeth. 

I am trying to track down my grandfather's birth certificate and appreciate the links above.

 

Thanks Roger -- sorry just seeing this.  The names of my maternal great-grandparents were Thomas Mulkeen (b 1841) and Mary Connor (b 1851).  My grandfather, Michael Mulkeen, I believe, was born in Brickens, County Mayo in 1904.  His sister, Nora, was good friends with my grandmother, Elizabeth Kelly, from Ballyhauns, born in 1907. 

Thank you so very much, Roger.  This is incredible information - and so hard to find on my own.  It also corresponds with my knowledge of my grandfather (minus the birth year), as he was born August 1st. 

To your knowledge, would this be enough information to request a copy of his birth certificate?