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Patrick Keane & Family

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Dear County Sligo Members,

My name is David Keane and I was born in Glasgow Scotland to John and Agnes Keane in 1971.

I understood from my late Father, thatmy Great Great Great Grandfather "Patrick Keane" hailed from Ireland andmay have beenborn in County Sligo.

My late fathers beliefmatches my ownresearch on our branch of theKeane family history, butthe search grinds to a haltatPatrick.

I have a Scottish Birth Certificate for his son Michael, b 1846, which statesPatrickwasa Farmer,but I'm unsure if Patrickmarried in Ireland and moved, or moved and then married. This certificate is all I have asIcannot find any Birth, Census, Marriage or Death records for PatrickinScotland.

I believePatrick was born in the early 1800's, possibly around 1820,as I knowhe was married to Mary Reilly who was born c 1821.I know this becasueMary was also on Michael's Birth Certificate andalso listed as a Servant on an1851 Census.

My research in Ireland has so far located only onePatrick Keane, Farmer, and it ison the '1749 Census Diocese of Elphin, Ireland. Parish:Kilmactranny Parish page 386', however the dates dont align.

As such, I would be grateful for any assitance or advice.

Thank you in advance.

Kind regards,

David Keane

IrelandXO member

2 replies

David:

I looked at the Tithe Applotment listings www.titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie. for Co. Sligo and the only possible record that I located was a P.Keane in Gurtermone townland in Kilmacteige parish. ( Gortermone was a later spelling). The record was from 1825 which is probably too earlier for your Patrick. Only about 7 RC parishes in Sligo have records back to 1840 or earlier and I checked Roots Ireland  www.rootsireland.ie for a marriage record with no success. Reilly is a very common name in Ireland but is much more prevalent in Cavan and Meath. Only .5 percent of the Reilly's in the Griffiths were from Co. Sligo. I think a marriage in Scotland was more likely.

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Thanks Roger,

I will check out those resources.

Best wishes,

David

IrelandXO member

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