Patrick J Burns-Burrow, Rosslare, County Wexford

Ray:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

There are ten Burrow townlands in Ireland in Co. Wexford, Dublin, Offaly and Wicklow. You have Wicklow in the title of your message. Was that a mistake and you meant Wexford?

I checked on Roots Ireland, Find My Past and www.irishgenealogy.ie (for Dublin city records) and did not find a record for your Patrick with the parents names provided. 

If he was from the Burrow in Rosslare parish, the RC parish would be Tagoat and Kilrane. Unfortunately, the records for that parish start in 1853 http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0601   so a record would not be available if he was from that parish.

Have you considered autosomal DNA testing?

Roger McDonnell

Hello Roger,

Thank you for your informative respones. To clarify, I've changed my post heading to Wexford.

After you told me that ten areas in Ireland are named Burrow, I found a townlands directory that gave me Burrow names along with derivatives, After looking at the scribbled handwriting on the Naturalization papers, I've found that Bunnahone in County Fermanagh may be a match.

Thank you for the link to nle.ie, a website I wasn't aware of but has proven valuable in other family research.

My DNA proved inconclusive as to my grandmothers origins.

Thanks,

Ray Richard

Ray:

All the best with your research!  

Roger