Breen, Ahearn, , Mahoney, Connors

Hi Helena, my name is Doreen.  I am working with the Ireland reaching out project for the ballyhoura area which includes Kilbehenney.  I will forward your query regarding your family to someone who may be able to help you.

Regards

Doreen Mc E

Many thanks Doreen.

I am very grateful for your efforts,

regards,

Helena

Hi Helena,

Could you please post your message here: http://www.irelandxo.com/group/county-kilkenny

There are Roman Catholic church records available for the diocese of Kilbehenny (Cashel and Emly). These date from 1824 for baptismal records and 1825 for marriage records. These can be found at the National Library of Ireland, Pos. 2500. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for more assistance.

There should be records from the estate of the Earl of Kingston at the National Library of Ireland, Ms. 3276. These are rental books dated 1840 for all tenants, covering townlands including those in the parish of Kilbeheny.

Have you checked the immigration records in Australia? You have the name of the ship and a date, so this will help a lot. Generally, more information was given at the port of arrival rather than the port of departure. The University of Woolongong has produced, on microfiche, a complete index and transcript of all information concerning immigrants of Irish origin recorded on ships' passenger lists between 1848 and 1867. These are useul for finding out an exact place of origin as well as parents' names. The Public Record Office of Victoria has good online databases of settlers at www.prov.vic.gov.au Otherwise, other records may be found in the Colonial Office Papers of the UK National Archives, class reference CO 201. This class contains a wide variety of records, including petitions for assisted passages, emigrants' lists, records of emigrants on board ship, peitions from settlers for financial assistance and much more.

You could also try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) or the later Griffth'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.

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)

Just for info also, if any of your ancestors were based in Kilbehenny its quite possible that they may have been buried in the Old Graveyard in Kilbehenny, we are currently doing survey work of many of the historic graveyards in the area and as we record we transcribe and publish online, keep an eye on this link and it should help in your search also  www.historicgraves.ie and search Old Graveyard KIlbehenny. Having done much of the recording recently there are many Mahoneys buried there, transcriptions of each headstone will be done in the coming days and weeks so just keep an eye out and it may be of use!

Thank you Amanda,

Conor had emailed me this information but I am very pleased that you took the time to post this comment. I am very appreciative of any help and information. We are really hoping to get to Kilbehennny in the next couple of years.Can't wait!

regards,

Helena

Hi

A couple of my gg uncles married Breens. They were Michael and John Mahoney. They lived in the Western District of Victoria. I do have some info about them. If you would like to know more let me know.

Stephen Williams oldmiseryguts@hotmail.com