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Bernard Muldoon and Elizabeth Corr Clonoe, Tyrone 1855

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Bernard Muldoon was born in 1855 and he married Elizabeth Corr on July 6th 1875 in Clonoe, Tyrone in Northern Ireland. They later moved to Stewartstown and had several children. Their son Joseph Muldoon was born in 1876 in Elagh,  Stewartstown and immigrated to Montgomery, Pennsylvania. I'm looking for Bernard and Elizabeth's parents and ancestors.  I'm an American Diplomat who would like to return to Northern Ireland to trace my family back and to find any living Muldoon or Corr relatives. Thank you, MaryTylerHolmes@yahoo.com

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Tradition was to marry in the bride’s church so if the couple married in Clonoe parish, then probably that's where Elizabeth was living in 1875. The Muldoon family appear to have been settled in Elagh for some time before 1875. Joseph’s birth in 1876 was registered by Jane Corr of what looks like Rooskeane. So that may be a clue as to her origins.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1876/03037/2113365.pdf

Elizabeth Muldoon (nee Corr) died in 1901, aged 41:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_retu…

Bernard and family in Elagh in 1901:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Killycolpy/Elagh/1732096/

1911:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Killycolpy/Elagh/861700/

Griffiths Valuation lists Bernard McIldoon on plot 11 in Elagh in 1859   That was a farm with 2 separate chunks of land near each other totaling just under 11 acres. I’d guess that was Bernard’s father. That farm today is on the modern Ballymaguire Rd. It’s still a farm (judging by Google earth) but some of the old hedges have been removed and the area enlarged a bit.

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=nameSearch

Bernard died in 1916. The informant was his daughter S. Creighton of Mullaghglass. So a clue there as to where 1 daughter went.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1916/05246/4454194.pdf

Here’s Sarah’s marriage to Robert Creighton in 1916:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_re…

The Valuation revision Records on the PRONI website show the farm passing to James McIldoon (variant for Muldoon obviously) in 1919 and he was still the owner in 1929 when those records finish.  A Bernard Muldoon appears on plot 12 in 1926 (until then owned by Thomas Badger).

There was a Hugh McIldoon farming in Elagh in 1826 according to the tithe applotment records. Presumably related to the Bernard who had the farm in 1859.

http://www.irishgenealogyhub.com/tyrone/tithe-applotment-books/parish-of-arboe.php

There are 3 possible deaths for Bernard Muldoon senior 1864 – 1870 but they are not free to view so can’t say whether it’s your family.

It’s not our policy to give out information on people alive today but if you look in the UK phone book, under postcode BT71, you will find several Muldoons in Ballymaguire Rd. So I would guess the farm is still owned by the family.

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Hi, My name is Brian Ó Maoldúin. . My father Seán Muldoon grew up on the farm in Elagh. My cousin Seán now runs it. My grand parents had 2 sons Seán (my father) and Brian. My father Seán was sent off to Dublin to be educated and became a doctor My uncle Brian inherited the farm. My grandfather was John and his father was Bernard Muldoon/ Mc Ildoon and his father was Bernard Mc ILDOON and his father was Hugh Mc ILDOON Our name was changed from Mc ILDOON to Muldoon when Bernard was baptised. In exchange for the end of the penal laws, the Catholic church agreed to register all births, marriages, and deaths. When the children were baptised they had to be given an English name or the English version of a biblical name. The surname had to be spelled in a format that the english could understand. Clearly the priest thought that Mc ILDOON was too Irish so he changed our name to Muldoon. The original Irish form of our name was Mac Mhael Dúin. It means guardian of the fort. To sum up, my line from Elagh is Brian (me)-Seán-John-Bernard-Bernard-Hugh. Our name changed from Mac Mháel Dúin to Mac Mháeldúin to Mc Ildoon and finally to Muldoon. In my case Ó Maoldúin. I hope this is helpful. Le gach dea ghuí, Brian Ó Maoldúin
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Hi, My name is Brian Ó Maoldúin. . My father Seán Muldoon grew up on the farm in Elagh. My cousin Seán now runs it. My grand parents had 2 sons Seán (my father) and Brian. My father Seán was sent off to Dublin to be educated and became a doctor My uncle Brian inherited the farm. My grandfather was John and his father was Bernard Muldoon/ Mc Ildoon and his father was Bernard Mc ILDOON and his father was Hugh Mc ILDOON Our name was changed from Mc ILDOON to Muldoon when Bernard was baptised. In exchange for the end of the penal laws, the Catholic church agreed to register all births, marriages, and deaths. When the children were baptised they had to be given an English name or the English version of a biblical name. The surname had to be spelled in a format that the english could understand. Clearly the priest thought that Mc ILDOON was too Irish so he changed our name to Muldoon. The original Irish form of our name was Mac Mhael Dúin. It means guardian of the fort. To sum up, my line from Elagh is Brian (me)-Seán-John-Bernard-Bernard-Hugh. Our name changed from Mac Mháel Dúin to Mac Mháeldúin to Mc Ildoon and finally to Muldoon. In my case Ó Maoldúin. I hope this is helpful. Le gach dea ghuí, Brian Ó Maoldúin
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