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Wicklow / Re: Keogh, Kelly in Glen of Imaal
« on: Tuesday 23 August 11 22:50 BST (UK)  »
Hi, The ruin was in Seskine near Coolmoney by all accounts. I'd say if you asked the older folk in the saw mill in Coolmoney they would tell you where exactly it was. The keoghs of the Glen of Imaal are a well know family there so the old home stead would be well known Id say. Fentons Pub might be a land mark. I asked my mom and she didn't know anything past her grandparents or the Michael Dwyer connection but Stranahely and knochnamunnion rang a bell for her as places mentioned in conversation of years back.
Best of luck with the search. B

 

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Wicklow / Re: Keogh, Kelly in Glen of Imaal
« on: Monday 22 August 11 15:50 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
Thats us ok for sure. The two ladies were great players ok. They were the foundation stones for the Chieftains and Riverdance I think. They should have been mentioned for their part as they did a lot of work in their day. They were well known in music circles in Dublin.

Anyway its good to know the ancestors and that some are still in the area.

B

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Wicklow / Re: Keogh, Kelly in Glen of Imaal
« on: Sunday 21 August 11 20:34 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
They are also my great grand parents. Michael and Mary Keogh of the glen of imaal. My sister saw their ruined house some years ago with two of their grand daughters (our mother and her sister). Its 30 minutes away from Dublin past Blessington and on to Donard etc. Everything fits. One of their daughters, Julia left the Glen and went to work in Dublin. (You didn't have her name but the others are her brothers and sisters as per your email). My mom knows all the names you have, the sawmills, the army baracks in Coolmoney. It quite amazing. Its a lovely part of the world in west wicklow.

   
Quote from: dermo on Monday 06 June 11 15:07 BST (UK)
Hi

I made a first attempt recently to check church records in the National Library for my Glen of Imaal ancestors. I searched the Dunlavin records without success.  I was looking for my Keogh and Kelly great grandparents' weddings.  I already had the certs from GRO so I knew precise dates and g g grandfathers' names but was hoping I would get g g grandmothers' names as well so as to have clues for further research.  My great grandfather Tim Kelly married Anne Burke (or Bourke) in the "Catholic Chapel of Hollywood" in June 1876 while my great grandfather Michael Keogh married Mary White in the "Catholic Chapel of Davidstown" in November 1879.  Not seeing these listed among the RC parishes on the Irish Times ancestors website, I had assumed these would have been chapels of ease for Dunlavin, the listed parish nearest those chapels and the addresses of the various g grandparents.  The Dunlavin records are very faded, to the point of invisibility, in some places but I found legible register pages for the relevant months but no mention of the ancestors.
Could the records for the two chapels be elsewhere than among the Dunlavin parish records or do I have to assume they are on the very faded pages or lost completely? 
Not being familiar with the setup in Wicklow, I would value any advice on how to proceed.

Dermo

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