NEW
RESEARCH INDICATES OUR FAMILY IS FROM
ADRIGOLE (BIRTH OF
MICHAEL 1842) AND
EYERIES (MARRIAGE OF MICHAEL AND
JULIA)
See enlarged version below
Please
read below. The proof of the research below
hinges on the death certificates of Johanna and John
in Saratoga Springs, NY, which are being requested. Delay of weeks to months to receive.
The exact proof is that the eldest daughter, Johanna
born 1820, is the daughter of Anna James and that
John, born 1828, is the son of Julia.
Through
the baptism of Michael, 1842, and the information I had
previous saved, I may have found the Griffiths
Record for
Florence
that I located when in Ireland at the National
Archives:
see land
for Michael and Julia, forth entry for
Kilcaskan on online page 161. Other
Sullivans mentioned on this land are John
Sullivan and Patrick Sullivan
Kilcaskan, Kenmare PLU,
Glanarought Barony, Munster Province
BANTRY COUNTY
ELECTORAL AREA - The District
Electoral Divisions of :
Adrigole
Ahil
Bealanageary
(Dunmanway)
Bere
Cloghdonnell
Coulagh
Curryglass
Douce
Glengariff
Kealkill
Kilcaskan
Kilcatherine
Killaconenagh
Kilnamanagh
Mealagh.
Eyeries
(Irish:
Na hAoraí)
is a village on the
Beara Peninsula in
County Cork,
Ireland overlooking Coulagh
Bay and the mouth of the Kenmare
River in the south-west.
It
lies at the base of
Maulin, which, at 2,044 feet
(623 m), is the highest peak in
the Slieve Miskish mountain
range that forms part of the
backbone of the peninsula.
The
Parishes of Adrigole and Eyeries:
Beara
Peninsula Parishes;
Cork/Kerry boundaries.
All the Catholic Church
Parishes in the Beara
Peninsula are in the Diocese
of Kerry. What is known now
as the Parish of Eyeries,
Co. Cork, was one time known
as the Parish of
Kilcatherine (the Church of
Catherine ---- not the load
of rubbish that somebody
came up with in fairly
recent years that it was a
"St. Kentigern", a seemingly
Scottish Saint, who was
never known or heard of by
the old people of the Parish
until this joke of a theory
came up. The people
traditionally celebrated St.
Catherine's Day on the 31st
of January at a Holy Well, "Tobaireen
Beannuithe", at the back of
the present village of
Eyeries). Between the
Parish of Eyeries and the
Parish of Kenmare is the
Parish of Tuosist, Co. Kerry
(which takes in the Lauragh
and Ardea areas). What are
now known as the Parish of
Castletownbere and the
Parish of Bere Island, both
in Co. Cork, were all one,
known as the Parish of
Killaughaneenigh (& various
spellings of it) until about
1890. What is now known as
the Parish of Allihies
(which also includes Dursey
Island), Co. Cork, was once
known as the Parish of
Kilnamanagh. The present
Parish of Adrigole, Co.
Cork, and the combined
Parish of Glengarriff, Co.
Cork, and Bonane, Co. Kerry,
were all one Parish ---- the
Parish of Kilcaskan ----
until 1839. Adrigole then
became Kilcaskan South, &
Glengarriff/Bonane became
Kilcaskan North. The Co.
Kerry boundary with Co. Cork
is about two and a half
miles on the Kenmare side of
Ardgroom Village, Co. Cork;
on the top of the Healy Pass
between Adrigole, Co. Cork,
and Lauragh, Co. Kerry; and
as you go through the big
tunnel in the Caha Mountains
on the road between
Glengarriff, Co. Cork, and
Kenmare, Co. Kerry. The
Parishes of Eyeries and
Adrigole follow the County
boundaries; the Cork/Kerry
border splits the combined
Glengarriff/Bonane Parish.
The Bonane side of that
Parish runs for a number of
miles on both sides of the
road beyond the tunnel in
the Caha Mountains until it
meets up with the Kenmare
Parish. Parts of the Bonane
district/area are also very
close to the Parish of
Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry.
I may
have just located our family in
Ireland; see below. It's from the
free database.
The
first is the marriage of Michael and
Julia in 1828 and the second is the
birth of their youngest son
Michael in 1842. What is interesting is
that Michael appears to have 2
wives. Florence's (born 1826) mother was Anna
James and Mary's (born 1829) mother
was Julia. I'm sending
to Saratoga Springs for the death
certificates for Johanna and John
which will either confirm this or
not conclusively if their parents
are on the certificates.
If all
goes well, we are from:
Marriage of
MICHAEL SULLIVAN of NR and JULIA
SULLIVAN of NR on 16 February 1828 -
Diocese of KERRY
, Parish of EYERIES R.C.
Baptism of
MICHAEL SULLIVAN of CAPPANAPARKI on
20 July 1842 -
Diocese of KERRY
, Parish of ADRIGOLE R.C.
While
looking through the
Irish Genealogy records,
I found good news and
bad news. The bad news
is that I confirmed that
our Michael and Julia
were not married in Glenfleske because there
are several records of
their children and they
are not our family.
They were all born after
1842.
