Hi,
Thank you very much for your message. You have done a great job tracing the family! I hope someone with information makes a connection with you and helps you to further your research.
In the meantime, have you tried looking at church records? Perhaps you may be lucky and find a record of Patrick?s (1805) marriage. 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. Slieveroe is part of Kilmore civil parish. This civil parish falls under the Catholic parish of Drunsant. To see what is available there follow this link:
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Monaghan&parish=Drumsnat&churchid=306
You could also try searching at:
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 already did a quick search for marriage records of Patrick in Monaghan on Roots. Here are the results that came back:
Action
Cost
Source
Surname
First Name
Year
County
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15 credits
Church Marriage
Brennan
Patrick
1833
Co. Monaghan
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*
15 credits
Church Marriage
Brennan
Patrick
1855
Co. Monaghan
*
*
15 credits
Church Marriage
Brennan
Patrick
1857
Co. Monaghan
*
*
15 credits
Church Marriage
Brennan
Patrick
1867
Co. Monaghan
*
*
15 credits
Church Marriage
Brennan
Patrick
1872
Co. Monaghan
*
*
15 credits
Church Marriage
Brennan
Patrick
1873
Co. Monaghan
*
*
15 credits
Church Marriage
Brennan
Patrick
1878
Co. Monaghan
*
You need to buy credits to look at the actual record however. Given the dates of births of his children I would say maybe the top three would be the most likely-however they may also not be relevant.
Civil registration began in Ireland in 1864 so you should be able to find Patrick?s (1867) birth record in these civil records. This would also give you his mother?s name. Civil records are available from the General Register?s Office. Here are their contact details:
General Register Office
Government Offices
Convent Road
Roscommon
Ireland
Tel:+353 90 663 2900
Locall:1890 25 20 76
Fax:+353 90 663 2999
Homepage: http://www.groireland.ie/
You can search the indexes to these records up to 1958 online at:
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408347
I hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your research!
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
