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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Cork => Topic started by: RonPr on Sunday 12 August 12 14:31 BST (UK)
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Between 1981 and 1990 I made notes immediately after speaking to various Co Cork people about my Cork ancestry. I now wish to make those notes available to anyone interested. Any clarification comments added at this stage are in square brackets. I would welcome any questions or comments.
Source: Frances (Vida) Moore (nee Bryan) (b. 1898) Ballyrichard, Carrigtwohill, Co Cork.
Notes from conversation on 31 Jan 1981
- Frances [wife of Thaddeus/Timothy Bryan] Bryan’s father was definitely James Bryan [of Ballymana]. - The Bryans were Methodists.
- She thinks the Jagoes [James Bryan’s wife] may have come from Inchafune.
- Before Ballymana House was built there was a farm at the bottom of the hill where the Bryans had lived – her father [Thomas Bryan] used to talk about it. No ruins left now.
- She thinks it more likely that the Ballymana Bryans looked down on the Knockeenboy Bryans and therefore disapproved of the marriage of Thaddeus/Timothy and Frances.
Notes from conversation on 24 Jan 1982
- Hamilton Bryan of Mohona and Thomas Bryan of Prospect Hill were distant cousins.
- The field below the present Ballymana House was called the “Cowlock” field which means old buildings – this was where the previous house was.
Source: Charles (Charlie) Bryan (1895-1983) of Ballymana, Dunmanway, Co Cork.
[Note: Charlie Bryan was suffering from a degree of dementia, so not entirely reliable]
Notes from conversation on 28 Jan 1981
- Confirmed that Frances Bryans’s father was James [his great grandfather] and he lived at Ballymana.
- He thought James Bryan’s wife was Elizabeth Anne Jagoe, but as this was also the name of his own wife, he may have been confused.
Notes from conversation on 26 Jan 1982
Charlie Bryan fairly clear – has no idea where the Jagoes [ie Anne married to James Bryan] came from.
Knows of no relationship with Bryans of Kilronane West.