Dooling

Hi Cindy,

They are some unusual surnames. Have you check the combination of names on the Irish Times ancestor page? You can information about the frequency of the name in the mid-19th century and any other variant spellings of the name here: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/

Could you please post your message on the following parish pages: http://www.irelandxo.com/group/molahiffe-kerry (Bohereens) and http://www.irelandxo.com/group/kilnanare-kerry (Keelties).

There are Roman Catholic church records available for Ballylongford. These date from 1823 for baptismal records and 1826 for marriage records. You can find these at the National Library of Ireland, Pos. 4284. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for more assistance.

There are Roman Catholic church records available for Molahiff. These date from 1830 for both baptismal and marriage records. You can find these at the National Library of Ireland, Pos. 4267. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for more assistance.

Do you know much about their emigration? Dates, the reason why they left, etc? Generally more information was given at the port of arrival rather than the port of departure. If you knew which city they arrived at (e.g. Liverpool), this could be a good place to find more information, and perhaps even find out an exact place of origin.You could also try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64). Griffith's is freely available here: www.askaboutireland.com or here: www.failteromhat.com Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at.Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38). Microfilm copies of the books for all of Ireland are available at the National Archives of Ireland (NAI) http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/tithe-applotment-books-and-the-primary-griffith-valuation/ or the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS).

There is a book you might be interested in by Michael O'Connor called 'Tracing your Kerry Ancestors', 1994.

There are estate records available. Landlord: Gun Mahoney: 1832 National Library of Ireland (NLI) Ms. 26812 (6). Includes Aghavallen.

Richard Townsend Herbert: 18th century, includes Molahiffe. National Archives of Ireland (NAI), M.1854.

Herbert: 18th century. Includes Kilnanare. NAI M.1864.

Earl of Kerry: 18th century. Includes Aghavallen. Major tenants only. NAI. M.3302.

Thomas Sandes: 1792-1828 Includes Aghavallen. NLI Ms. 1792.

Please make sure you link anyone else in your family who is interested in their Irish heritage to our site - and indeed anyone else you know of Irish heritage.

Kind regards,

Sinead Cooney

Genealogist (Ireland XO)