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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Offaly (Kings) => Topic started by: mickmack1942 on Tuesday 19 August 08 14:39 BST (UK)
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Can anyone help I have a 1891 marriage between a michael mcCarthy aged 42 and mary ellen byrne aged 27 in the registration district of roscrea, michael was a constable and living in a place called CORRACLEVIN is there any one with information as to were the place is and what michael was doing there. police station/barracks?
heres hoping ...........mick
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Corraclevin is on the outskirts of Roscrea now in Tipperary on the Offaly/Tipperary border . It is a large enough town today, so probably was large enough in 1891 to have its own policeman.
Hope this helps
Sarah
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Hi sarah
That was promp, At least I now know were it is and can aim a bit more precise
when hunting out my michael in the irish census and parish records, thanks again...........mick
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I know what it`s like when waiting for a reply on something you want people to be quick. Good luck with the hunt i know the Irish records aren`t the easiest to find.
Sarah
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Hi,
Coraclevin did have its own police station in the 1890s.I have a reference to a Sergent Frank Cronin RIC being transferred there in 1893.
There is a comprehensive book published a few years ago on the Royal Irish Constabluary (RIC) might be sometihing in it that could lead elsewhere.
Coolestown1562
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Thanks i'll look into that you can never have to much info.
regards ...................mick
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Re: "Corraclevin"
I'm new to this media and apologise if i'm breaking in inappropriately.
However, I have an old bible which belonged to my Great, Great grandmother, whom I know little about . She has written in the front of the book, that she was born at Corraclevin farm, Dunkerrin Kings County on the 23rd December 1834.
She apparently arrived in Australia as a young single person and I know of her marrying
near Melbourne.
Could anyone advise me whether its possible from the little I know to learn more of her origins in Ireland or if she left family members behind.
ps. I had trouble reading her hand writing and was excited to recognise Corraclevin from your previous posts
Regards
happycamper
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Sorry
It's Old "Happy" again.
In my excitement to get started in this I forgot to give the lady's name. I don't know if it is relevant but It may prompt a lead from somebody.
My Great, Great Grandmother was "Honora Shea" .
Regards
Happycamper
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Thanks to all who have replied to my request, My ancester who was in the RIC in the late 1800's must have moved about while in the police I have references to Burr,Limerick,Cork city and eastern region Cork .Gurteen, Kinnerty, Waterford, His police record is not a lot of use either but alas with the name like Michael McCarthy is so common placing him in any particular location where he grew up, I think will be nye impossible with out having a holiday in Ireland and spending all day in the local record offices, I don't think my wife let me the alternative is to throw money at it....(yuk, no, no, nooo,) with no idea if they would find anything, I understand that the irish census will be on line some time in the near future prehaps I have that wrong, But anyway thanks to all and if you do come across a Michael in your own searching it may be of no use but you never know I would like to hear off him...................
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Cooraclevin is a townland in the village of Barna Co. Offaly. It consists of a Church (RC) and a shop and couple of houses. There was once an RIC Barracks located there. Up to 1919 every little village in Ireland had an RIC Barracks. Barna is located in a triangle between Dunkerrin, Cloughjordan and Moneygall. The O Shea family have resided in Barna for many generations. The ancestral burial ground of the O Shea family is Rathnavogue in Co. Tipperary. Hope this will be of some help.
Regards
Noel
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Hi All,
I don't know if I can help all that much. I presently live in corraclevin and know the RIC barracks which you speak of. It is being lived in to this day after being renovated many decades ago.
The O'shea family still reside here in corraclevin, I don't know any McCarthy's or Byrnes in the immediate area but there are byrnes in the local village of Dunkerrin. If any further info is needed, don't hesitate to ask.
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hi happy camper my greatgrandfather William Shea was born in Cooraclevin in 1838 . He had a brother Tom born there in 1839. They may be Honora s brothers. Regards Sijo ???
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Hi, New to rootschat as well. I am looking for somebody who came from "Corraclevin", "Mary Shea", father "William Shea". The name could also be "O Shea", "William" was a farmer. "Mary" is my Great Grandmother, she married "Patrick O Shaughnessy" in "1904" and was living in "Dublin", she died sometime around "1910-1911". "Mary" is not listed in the same grave as "Patrick" because we were able to get his grave's location and all that are buried with him, so we are wondering if she was buried in Corraclevin near her home town. "Mary" was a servant girl, "Patrick" was a railway guard/porter.
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This looks like her death in 1910. Number 360.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1910/05429/4517850.pdf
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This looks like her death in 1910. Number 360.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1910/05429/4517850.pdf
Thank you so much, with those dates i was able to look it up on another website and get the numbers i need to apply for the certificate. :)
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This looks like her death in 1910. Number 360.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1910/05429/4517850.pdf
Thank you so much, with those dates i was able to look it up on another website and get the numbers i need to apply for the certificate. :)
Why apply for a certificate when all the information is on that image???
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This looks like her death in 1910. Number 360.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1910/05429/4517850.pdf
Thank you so much, with those dates i was able to look it up on another website and get the numbers i need to apply for the certificate. :)
Why apply for a certificate when all the information is on that image???
It is, i can make out some of the wording, but not it all. I've got most of the other certificates to go into the family tree book, so this will be a very great addition. :)
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hi happy camper my greatgrandfather William Shea was born in Cooraclevin in 1838 . He had a brother Tom born there in 1839. They may be Honora s brothers. Regards Sijo ???
I think this could be the same William Shea I am looking for, brother Tom sister Honora.
Did he marry an Elizabeth Maher?
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Sorry
It's Old "Happy" again.
In my excitement to get started in this I forgot to give the lady's name. I don't know if it is relevant but It may prompt a lead from somebody.
My Great, Great Grandmother was "Honora Shea" .
Regards
Happycamper
I have an Honora Shea in my family tree born in 1834, her brother William Shea was my grandmothers mother Mary (Molly) Shea father.
Her Mother and Father were, Edward Shea and Catherine Brophy.
I have a Tom Shea as a brother born in 1839.
Yeah there does seem to be some kind of fiddling about on Ancestry, apparently Edward Shea didn't die until 1999, which would be absolutely amazing, seeing as though he was probably born sometime in the 1700s. ::) ;D ;D ;D
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hi happy camper my greatgrandfather William Shea was born in Cooraclevin in 1838 . He had a brother Tom born there in 1839. They may be Honora s brothers. Regards Sijo ???
These are part of my family tree as well, I made contact with them down in Tipperary, i have other names and dates which i will put up later.
;D
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Cooraclevin is a townland in the village of Barna Co. Offaly.
Corraclevin townland in Dunkerrin civil parish with Barna townland adjacent to the east.
https://www.townlands.ie/offaly/clonlisk/dunkerrin/barna/corraclevin/
https://www.townlands.ie/offaly/clonlisk/dunkerrin/barna/barna/
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4279243#map=12/52.9217/-7.9088
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Thank you.
Corraclevin, Kings County, i thought it was on the Tipperary/Offaly border though.
Barna, Moneygall areas.
The William and Tom Shea, or sometimes O'Shea i have do have a sister called Honora.
Tom was married to a woman called Anne, there are a few more relatives i haven't put them in my tree yet on Ancestry, but i have them wrote down.
I'll fish them out later, and pop them up here for Sijo to see if they are the same people.
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Corraclevin, Kings County, i thought it was on the Tipperary/Offaly border though.
Barna, Moneygall areas.
It is.
Have a look at the URL for Corraclevin attached in reply #20.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4279243#map=14/52.9477/-7.9779
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Sorry for late reply, i'm going to have to ask the other person attached to my family tree and the shea family for some clarification. Somethings come up about Honora Shea William Sheas sister and i just want to see if she knows anything more about it before i spill the beans, i don't know if she will know anything though.