Dennis O'Rourke the son of Patrick and Mary (Delany) O'Rourke, baptisted 26 Sept 1813, parish of Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, married 9 Feb 1840 parish of Clough, Sarah Brennan born 15 Apr 1814, Castlecomer, County Kilkenny.
Their daughter Mary Ann O'Rourke born 1 June 1841 in County Kilkenny, and baptisted 6 June 1841, in the parish of Clough,
emigrated to Heckscherville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. where she married Wiilliam McAvoy the son of Michael and Bridget (Hickey) McAvoy of Counties Laois and Kildare.
We will be visiting Ireland and The Counties of Laois, Kildare and Kilkeeny in June 2017. Would like advise on were to visit in any of these counties for futher research.
Ron McAvoy
RonMac
Wednesday 11th Jan 2017, 11:10PMMessage Board Replies
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As good a place to start is this link https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/.
Then there is the 1901 and 1911 census though this may not find your relatives it may highlihgt or siblings of theirs if you have any names http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/,
There is also a facebook page for Kilkenny down memory lane https://www.facebook.com/groups/208774619314035/.
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/cloghbook/ or Clogh and District Chat https://www.facebook.com/Clogh-and-Disrict-CHAT-126646147450437/?fref=ts, The first wo are closed and you may ask to join first but think the last is open to anyone.
There are dozens of Brennan's in this part of Ireland and you may also wish to contact the churches in Clogh and Castlecomer to check their registers for births, marriages etc.
Hope this helps. Kind regards, Nuala Finnegan
Thursday 12th Jan 2017, 11:04PM -
Nuala,
Thank you for your reply, will follow up.
Ron McAvoy
RonMac
Friday 13th Jan 2017, 11:11PM