Dooley's of Galway

My great great grandmother was Mary Dooley b c1826 and her father was Edward Dooley b c 1780.  Mary Dooley came to Western  Australia on board an Irish Bride-ship in 1852. It was renowned that these bride-ships carried destitute girls from orphanages or poorhouses during the Great Famine.  Many of the girls on board this ship were from Galway and it was rumoured that several other girl cousins came to the same part of Australia, some by the name of Scanlan.  It was also rumoured that our Mary had 9 brothers whom emigrated to the US or perhaps Canada.  Father Edward was listed as a White Smith, but we have since been told he was probably a tinker after the Irish were forcibly removed from their land by the English.

We know Mary's father Edward had a brother Lawrence Dooley b c 1796 whom married a Margaret Larkin.  Lawrence is recorded as a cattle dealer from Galway.  Lawrence's son Martin, married a girl, whose father was from Mt Bellew in Co Galway.  There is also a record of a Lawrence Dooley owning some land in Springlawn, Galway, but we cannot ascertain if this record pertains to our Lawrence.  Lawrence and his wife and most of his children emigrated to Derbyshire, England between 1851 and 1861.  Daughter Bridget stayed in Ireland while the remaining children went with the family to England and some of the children later to the US.  The children of Lawrence Dooley and Margaret Larkin were: Bridget (married Michael Gavin), Patrick, Martin (married Maria Hester), Mary (married Daniel Concannon), Thomas, Lawrence, Catherine (married Peter Murphy) and William Riley Dooley (married Bridget Burke).  Lawrence Dooley died in England in the early 1870’s. Daughter Mary remained in England.