MULROY, County Mayo, Templemore

Roger  --  Thank you very much for your quick response.

I have, unfortunately, been unable to make any concrete correlations between the Mulroys named in either the Tithe records or Griffiths Valuation.  Although Richard Mulroy’s marriage record indicates that his father’s name was also Richard, I place a diminishing probability on that having been the case; because of … (1) the notable absence of any Richard Mulroy in County Mayo prior to his purported death in 1848; and (2) the marriage record was entered several days/weeks following the ceremony by a circuit priest upon returning to his quite distant home church.

I can, presumably, rule out some of the tax/land record names by looking at the given names in this line of the Mulroy family. The first names Martin and Owen were not given to any of the eleven male offspring of the five known Mulroy siblings I am researching; the name Thomas was given once, to Nancy’s second-born son … so, could be a possibility for a maternal grandfather (Nancy’s father). 

Of the six different male first names for the twelve Templemore Mulroy listings in the 1855 Griffiths: I again set aside Martin and James because of not appearing in the later generations; John appears twice (once given to a first born son of a son); Michael appears once; Patrick appears twice; and Thomas, again, but only once.  So, going by naming tradition (and skipping a generation), I would really just be throwing darts … with John and Thomas edging out.

Now, recalling that since the parents purportedly died in 1848(f) and 1845(m) any correlation between names in the 1855 valuation would be of additional siblings or cousins of the five known siblings who emigrated to the U.S. from, we believe, Templemore.  Of the twelve entries for Templemore, only four are in Straide: Michael, Martin, James, and John.  If any of these were to be of a sibling, I would set aside Martin (as before, not a name in this family) and John (having already been given in that generation) … leaving Michael and James.

Searching the headstones in Straide cemetery, I found one for a Michael Mulroy who would have been born ca. 1829 and could potentially fit into the family, given that birth date.  However, his wife’s name was Hanoria, a name that never is repeated in this family’s follow-on generations.

So, my purpose in this post (and its lengthy discussion) is to elicit a dialogue with someone who may have records or knowledge of the Mulroy families in Templemore (Straide) in the 1850’s that could link them to the five known siblings who immigrated to the U.S.

The DNA data base reflects only one, distant, connection with a living County Mayo Mulroy.  He traces his ancestors to Glenisland / Islandeady … not that far from Straide; but, the generational timeline we’ve worked out doesn’t have our lines close in the early to mid-1800’s.

Chuck

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roger, I see your posts with Chuck. I am the gr-gr-granddaughter of Michael and Hanoria Mulroy. They are both buried in the Strade Abbey Cemetery. I am in touch with James Mulroy (Westport, Mayo) and his cousin Courtnee Mulroy from SD, USA. I am sure you are familiar with the Mulroy website, Mulroys.org. If not, they have lots of info on hundreds of Mulroys from Mayo. Chuck Mulroy was kind enough to send me to the site of Michael and Honora's headstone. Apparently they had 4 sons, Michael, Patrick, James (my gr-grandfather) and I don't know the name of the 4th son.

I hope to be in Mayo, with my cousins, for research/vacation, in May. I was in Ireland last year, fell in love, and can't wait to return. I am also looking for my Murphy ancestors (almost impossible).

Take care,
Pat Murphy-Zezelic

The sponsors on my fathers baptism certificate are James Foye & Cecelia Mulroy date 1883

They were married two years later.

Any connection?