Houlihan and Droney in Fedamore LImerick

Hi Jenny

www.rootsireland.ie/ - a subscription site has the following:

Name:William HoulihanDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:07-Mar-1838Address:
Parish/District:MANISTERGender:UnknownCountyCo. Limerick
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Patk. HoulihanMother:Margaret CavanaghOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Js. DrowneySponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Maria Carter

Possible sibling - no Ellen I'm afraid:

Name:Thomas HoulihanDate of Birth:23-Dec-1834
Date of Baptism:1-Jan-0Address:
Parish/District:ST. MICHAEL'SGender:UnknownCountyCo. Limerick
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Patrick HoulihanMother:Margaret Kavanagh

There are two for Mary Droney 1843 + - 10 years from Limerick but neither has mother with surname Houlihan (+ surname variants)

William & Alice's marriage:

Date of Marriage:24-Jul-1864
Parish / District:CAHERCONLISH
County:Co. Limerick
Husband
WifeName:WilliamHoulihan
AliceDoolyAddress:Fedamoer
High ParkDenomination:Civil Record
Civil RecordOccupation:LABOURER
LABOURERAge:24
22Status:Bachelor (Previously unmarried)
Spinster (Previously unmarried)
Husband's Father
Wife's FatherName:PatrickHoulihan
DavidDoolyAddress:
Denomination:
Occupation:LABOURER
LABOURER
Husband's Mother
Wife's MotherName:
Address:
Denomination:
Occupation:
Witness 1
Witness 2Name:JamesConnell
MargaretConwayAddress:
Notes:

MARRIED IN R.C. CAHERLINE

No marriage for Droney - Houlihan I'm afraid

Col

(Safety Beah north of Coffs NSW)

Hi Col,

Thank you for doing these look ups. I do appreciate the time you took to do this. Unfortunately I am sorry to say I already have this information as mentioned in my post and also in the links I included. I have a sub to Rootsireland plus Ancestry and Find My Past. I also searched through the parish registered a page at a time when they first came online at the National Library of Ireland website before the indexes were available.  I really think I have covered all of the records available online or in Australia at this time. I'm still hoping to connect with others who are researching these families or descendants still in Ireland. Thank you again for your generosity and kindness. Best of luck with your own research.

Kind Regards, Jenny [Brisbane Australia]

hello Jenny, I am also in Brisbane (Boonah actually) read your email just now and thought maybe we could help each other. Don't have easy access to my records just now, but my gr gr grandfather was from Fedamore, and his sister Bridget married a Maurice Houlihan and emigrated to Troy New York. Your dates seem to match..their surname was Clancy.  If you think I can help give me a week or so, and I will get searching at home through my information. Regards, Carollyn

Hi Jenny

Yes looks like you've covered all available options except perhaps contacting the Houlihans in the irish phone book in Limerick (there are no Droneys).

We volunteers are not permitted to give contact details of living people on the site but if you look at www.118.ie/ (Irish phone book called 11850) you'll find 10 Houlihans in Limerick; we have had some success with people writing to those in Ireland with the surname they're seeking so you never know your luck

Col

Thanks Col. I might try writing if all else fails. I've done that couple of times in the past with success before the internet made contacting people so much easier. Thanks for your help.

Hi Carollyn, Thanks for your reply. Although I dont have a Maurice in the identified family so far, I would still be interested in anything further that you have. The children I have for Patrick Houlihan and Margaret C/Kavanagh so far are Patrick 1827, Maria 1829, Ellen 1832, Thomas 1834, William 1838, Michael 1843. Ellen and William [my Great x 2 grandfather] came to Australia in the 1860s.  I have no further information on parents Patrick and Margaret.  Thanks.