Patrick Lanigan/Catherine Kennedy

Martin:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

I searched on the subscription site Roots Ireland and found Michael's 1831 baptismal record in the Dunkerrin RC parish (which is the same parish as Moneygall) records. I also located a record for Nicholas in 1835 and John in 1836. See below.

Here is the parish register  https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0762 ; You may want to scan for other possible records. The family lived in Knockaun townland in Durrow civil parish.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Roger McDonnell

Name:Michael LaniganDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:28-Mar-1831Address:LoughaneParish/District:DUNKERRINGender:MaleCountyCo. Offaly
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Pat LaniganMother:Catherine KendyOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Sally McDonald Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:"n/r" 

Name:Nichlas LaniganDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:09-May-1835Address:LoughaneParish/District:DUNKERRINGender:MaleCountyCo. Offaly
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Patt LaniganMother:Catherine KennedyOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:John Kennedy Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Mary Kennedy 

Name:John LaniganDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:09-Jun-1836Address:LoughaneParish/District:DUNKERRINGender:MaleCountyCo. Offaly
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Patt LaniganMother:Catherine KennedyOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Malack Brennan Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Nancy Tierney 

Martin:

So I see I made a mistake, my apologies. It should be Loughaun townland in Durrow civil parish

Here is how I came up with Loughaun

Generally the spelling of townlands in the 19th century was "flexible" In addition, the priest's handwriting was not always the best so the Roots Ireland transcriber did the best they could with the spelling. Usually an RC church may have as many as five civil parishes that fed into the RC parish service area. I have a research book that shows which parishes were connected with a certain RC parish. I looked at the townlands in each parish and saw that Durrow had a parish called Loughaun.

Roger

Martin:

I looked for Lanigan children of Matthew around 1800 in Co. Offaly and there were no records on the subscription site Roots Ireland. Dunkerrin/Moneygall records do not begin until 1820. I then expanded the search to all of Ireland and found three children up in Kilkenny town. The three records on Roots Ireland were Mary 1790 Denis 1802 Judith 1806. All three records were in St. Canice's church. The transcription for Denis' record shows mother as Mary Devy which I believe is Mary Darcy. The family lived in Butts Cross for both the Denis and Judith records.

I did not find a record for Marg, Bridget or Anne and no record for Patrick either.You would think there would be more children between 1790 and 1802. You can scan the parish register for St. Canice's  https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0990

Roger McDonnell

Name:Denis LaniganDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:13-Dec-1802Address:Butts CrossParish/District:ST. CANICE'SGender:MaleCountyCo. Kilkenny
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Matthias LaniganMother:Mary DevyOccupation:
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Informant 1:Richard Butler Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Judith Docer 

Notes:

[S] [CHILD GIVEN AS DENNIS] [FATHER GIVEN AS MATHIAS]