Brosna, Kerry, Catherine Connell * John Daly, Timothy Daly mystery (Update found Catherine's death records

Dear Mercy:

Many thanks for your post to the Ireland Reaching Out message board and welcome to the website!

We have a local volunteer in the Brosna area who may be able to assist with your query and I have copied her with your message. 

The best of luck to you with your family research and please keep us posted as to your progress!

Kind regards,

Jane.

Thank you so much for your quick reply and welcome.  I am very excited about this site and have already recommended it to several people.  Very impressive!  And, it's a very happy thing to have community.  

Dear Mercy:

Thank you for those nice words.  We are volunteer driven and all are happy to help!

All the best,

Jane.

Dear Mercy,

I have looked at the information that you have posted on the Daley/Connell family history. I too have failed to find any birth record for Catherine Connell. However, I think it is unlikely that she would have come form Glenflesk as this is quite a distance from Brosna and most couples at that time would have come from the same locality. It is more likely that she would have been a daughter of a Patrick Connell who had a house and a few acres of land in Brosna West around 1850: 

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNam…

Note that the names of the sponsors of John and Catherine's firat three recorded children were Patrick and Margaret Connell. These were perhaps Catherine's parents as their eldest daughter was also called Margaret.

Members of the Daly and O Connell families are buried in  Brosna Cemetery, some as recently as the last decade:

http://docstore.kerrycoco.ie/burialrecords/Brosna_New_and_Old_1_1982-20…

This means that members of these families are still living in the Scalp/Knockadarrive area of Brosna.

The following are some historic inscriptions from headstones in Brosna Cemetery:

CONNELL  Thomas    Meelin     
                Eliza (Curtin)  12 April 1858

CONNELL   Hanora     7 April 1750

CONNL (flat stone) John of Glaunreigh
                            8 Nov 1932

DALY      Nora                           1 Jan 1980

DALY       Batt D     Scalp         28 June 1931
                Julia                          1 June 1959
                Sheila D                     
                Hannah Lyons            8 Jan 1961
                Daniel B                     1980
                Mary                        24 Aug 1984

DALY      Maureen   Knockclarig   22 July 1939
               Kathleen 

DALY      Martin     Caherlane       26 Sept 1941
               Elizabeth                       30 May 1960

DALY    Denis J   Knockclarig   4 Nov 1919
            Catherine                      2 Apr 1941
             Daniel                          27 Mar 1973
             Den                             23 May 1979

DALY    Bartholomew J   Knockadarrive  23 Aug  1929

DALY     Michael J   Twogneeves   27 Nov 1918
             Margaret                          14 Mar   1958
              Michael                           26 July 1990

DALY   Michael  Dromore Drive, Mallow 24 Nov 1983

DALY    Daniel                 19 July 1890
             Denis                  
             Julia                     11 May 1963
             Daniel                   Dec 1941
             Mary (nee OMahony)  March 1972

DALY    Battie M                             Dec 1976
             Bat & Nora   Templeglantine

You might be also interested in the following information on the Dalys of that area:

http://www.bluegumtrees.com/brosnakerry/Daly.html.

Hope this helps with your research.

Best wishes,

Joan Holland

Thank you so very much for your help, your generous sharing of practical information, ideas/opinions.  I have learned much from your post, and feel fortified and inspired to continue my search.  I am just overwhelmed with gratitude.  I am sure I have family still living there, at least cousins and it gave me the idea to try to contact them, as well.  

I agree about her not coming from Glenfesk, now, too.  I was told many people came to Brosna, or Kerry, because it was a market town, and they could more easily make a living, but I haven't found anything to substantiate that yet, either, and it does not make sense she would have come alone, etc.  

I have much information to check into now.  Please know your helping makes a huge difference, and I am very grateful, more than words can say.  What a wonderful way to give back to the world.

Mercy

You're welcome Mercy. Glad I could help.

Best of luck with your search.

Joan