My Kelly Family

Dear Waterlilly

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out and thanks for your query.

In relation to your search you could consider looking at www.familysearch.org or www.rootsireland.ie (a subscription site) to see if you can find any information about your Kelly ancestors. As I am sure you are aware, the start dates for records in parishes in Ireland vary, depending on the parish, but you may be lucky enough to find some record of the Kelly family, despite the early time frame of your search. Some background information can be found at the link below:

http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/parish-records-marriage-licences/

As an aside, there is a small village called Cloonfad not far from Dunmore. Dunmore is in Co. Galway and Cloonfad is in Co. Roscommon, so this could be the reason why your search is difficult. In fact Cloonfad borders 3 counties; Mayo, Roscommon and Galway. You could try using the above websites to search all three counties. Another suggestion is to search the Griffith?s Valuation records on the link below, as it may provide some information about the Kelly family if they leased land, as they probably did during the 1850s:

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

While the Cloonfad theory is just a suggestion, it may be worth looking into further. The Roman Catholic records for Dunmore begin in 1833 as you can see from the link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseact…;

The Roman Catholic records for Kiltullagh (the parish where Cloonfad is located) begin in 1839

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseact…;

Best of luck with your search

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support

Hi Clare,sorry I have taken so long in replying to you as I have just got your message.Thank you so much for your reply to my Kelly family.The thing is I have tried all the info you have sent me to no avail.The place where my family lived is deffo Clonfean as it is on all of the children's baptisms.also fathers name Michael Kelly and Mother Catherine O'Neill. I just can't find any trace of them after or before that.I have paid a fortune through Ancestry and Genes reunited to try and find them ,also Jesus Christ site that was free.I do know that one of the children John born 1840 came to the North East of England and lived in JARROW.He was my GGGrandfather. I do not know what happened to the other children.Kind Regards . Rose Woodall (nee Kelly)

Dear Rose

I see from a quick internet search that you have been following this Kelly family for some time now without much success. As a veteran researcher at this stage, I assume that you have checked all of the relevant records for Counties Galway and Roscommon not just Dunmore?

Also, you say in your original post that you read about the family moving, can you recall where this information came from?

Regards

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support

Hi Clare,I can't recall where I was told they moved but it was one of the sites.I was told that where my GGGrandfather lived at the time of the potato famin all the people moved from Clonfean or Clonfane to I think it was Roscommon and named the place they settled at after the place they came from.I have been on that many sites looking for info on them it is hard to remember which one it was.Regards Rose

Hi Clare,I can't recall where I was told they moved but it was one of the sites.I was told that where my GGGrandfather lived at the time of the potato famin all the people moved from Clonfean or Clonfane to I think it was Roscommon and named the place they settled at after the place they came from.I have been on that many sites looking for info on them it is hard to remember which one it was.Regards Rose

Hi Clare,I can't recall where I was told they moved but it was one of the sites.I was told that where my GGGrandfather lived at the time of the potato famin all the people moved from Clonfean or Clonfane to I think it was Roscommon and named the place they settled at after the place they came from.I have been on that many sites looking for info on them it is hard to remember which one it was.Regards Rose

Hi Clare,I can't recall where I was told they moved but it was one of the sites.I was told that where my GGGrandfather lived at the time of the potato famin all the people moved from Clonfean or Clonfane to I think it was Roscommon and named the place they settled at after the place they came from.I have been on that many sites looking for info on them it is hard to remember which one it was.Regards Rose

Dear Waterlilly

I spoke to someone from Dunmore last night in relation to Clonfane/Clonfeane. They didn?t recall any Kelly family living in the area (which isn?t surprising given the dates involved), but she confirmed that Clonfane is situated near the townland of Garrafrauns on the road towards Irishtown.  As the records for Dunmore begin in 1833, this should be early enough to record the Kelly children (but this doesn't seem to be the case). If I hear anything more I will let you know

Best wishes

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support 

Thank you for your reply Clare and Thai you ever so much for all the help you have gave me.Kind regards and take care. Rose

Thank you for your reply Clare and Thai you ever so much for all the help you have gave me.Kind regards and take care. Rose

Hi Clare,sorry for being a pest but I wonder if you know if Dunmore is the only RC parish in Dunmore.If not can you give me the name of any others.Thank you

Hi again

Ask as many questions as you need, that?s what we are here for!

This attached link shows a map of the Roman Catholic Parishes in East Galway. As you can see, Dunmore is a Roman Catholic Parish where records begin in 1833:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/galwayerc.htm

Dunmore village and the surrounding area make up the RC parish. Does that make sense?

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support

Hi Clare,yes that makes sense to me.Thank you for the link.I will take a look at it.Thank you once again you have been so much help to me.Rose