My great grandfather was baptised in Dunlavin, County Wicklow in May 1848. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1870s. His parents were John Kennedy and Ellen Counihan.
I am looking for descendants residing in Ireland or any factual information that may be available.
Thank you.
Jim:
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I checked Roots Ireland and there were two baptismal records in the Dunlavin RC church records for possible siblings of Denis. There was a William in 1845 and a James in 1842 born to John Kennedy and a wife named Ellen (no maiden name shown). Here is a link to the online parish register http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0475
The 1854 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for Dunlavin civil parish only shows a Patrick Kennedy in Loughmogue Upper townland. Possibly he is a relative of John Kennedy.
The 1901 census for the Dunlavin area only shows one Kennedy http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Wicklow/Dunlavin/Dunla…
You can check the online Irish phone book http://www.eirphonebook.ie/ which has a small percentage of phone users to see if there are any Kennedys in the Dunlavin area. Make sure you use the Residential Tab.
Roger McDonnell
Roger,
Thank you for responding and the useful information you provided. Please excuse my slow response, I was having connectivity issues that I hope are now corrected.
The first reference you shared looks very promising. I will try to research Denis' potential brothers, James and William. Thanks again.
Jim McKinley
Decendants of Counihan Kennedy Dunlavin:
I am a decendant of Patrick Kennedy from Dunlavin.
Some of his children/ decendants moved to Terenure/Rathmines in Dublin and would be interested in discussing further.
D. Kennedy