Hourihane Family West Cork

[pondjumper]

pondjumper, are you trying to locate your ancestor?  What is your grandfather's birth date?

irishgenealogy.ie will probably have your grandfather's baptism record online, and if he was born after 1863 there should be a birth record in civil registration.

Here is one possible such baptism record:
http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/71af020075280

Thank You for the website.  This information is exactly what was given to me via oral history by my father.Now to explore more about William Hourihane, (also my father's name).  I saw the posting about names like Hourihane starting with the leter K.  That would make it seem very similar to middle eastern names such as "Khouri".  I have also been told by people who I have met from Turkey that Hourihane is very common surname in that country.  Makes me think that the Spanish invasion of the Moors to southern Ireland (Cork) might have been brought to Ireland that way.  It is my understanding that Hourihane is the root name from which Hogan, Horton, hanrahan, etc swas derived.

But thank you very much for the website.  I have been thinking about asking my brother (William) to do a DNA trace since it can only be done via father to son in tracing the paternal origin.But I am very keen on locating the ancestry of William and Ms. Sullivan which the website indicates were my greatgrandparents.

[skibbgirl]

I don't know anything about Hourihanes in Turkey specifically.  I do know that waves of Irish fled to continental Europe and beyond each time they rebelled and pissed off a British monarch and they knew they had to get out of Dodge City.

The name starting with K- may also be a variant spelling of KERUCANE, which is an agonomen for Driscoll. 

See: 
Driscoll DNA Project

[skibbgirl]

Here are the results of a more extensive query for the same family:

William Hourihane and Ann Sullivan

I am not (yet) aware of a Hourihane Y-DNA project but that doesn't mean one won't be there in the future.  That would be excellent if your brother, a direct male descendant of the area, were to contribute a Y-DNA test.  An autosomal DNA test may connect you with people descended from ancestors from the same  neighborhood and provide further clues as to where to go poke around in the records.  If you have a parent or uncle or aunt alive in the line of the ancestry you are researching it is better if the older generation takes the autosomal DNA test so the genes are less diluted.

I have Hourihane ancestry from Caheragh too, and have 5 or 6 genealogy pen-pal buddies who also have Hourihane ancestry from Caheragh parish, though none have taken a test.  There are a lot of Eugenes and Mortimers in Caheragh in particular and they are messy to sort out...

[pondjumper]

Thanks, Cousin, for all of your good advice.  What is "Caheragh"?  The name of a parish? A cheiftain tribe?

I plan to ask my brother to take the DNA test through another company. Parents, etc, have all passed away.

I found the web page regarding the Hourihane roots very interesting.  Traced us all the way back to Adam and Eve! It seems to say that the Flynn/Flinn name was also a part of our line.

My grandmother, whose ancestry I know very little about, was Rose M or Rose Anne Flynn.
  According to the U.S. Federal Census of 1920, her dob was abt 1885. She arrived in the USA 1901. 

[skibbgirl]

Sounds like you need a primer on geography.  I would find it impossible to navigate records without knowing geography.

Administrative divisions

Cork Civil Parishes

FTDNA has the best database, with a lot of active DNA projects.  There is no monthly subscription, unlike 23andme.  FTDNA periodically offers a good sale.  The last sale ended early this year. (I make no money off of DNA kits.)

Stories about origins fall somewhere in the realm of myth and legend.  Perhaps they have a grain of truth.  Anybody who claims they have worked out a family tree back to Adam and Eve is spinning a tale, as far as I'm concerned.

[pondjumper]

Sounds like you need a primer on geography.  I would find it impossible to navigate records without knowing geography.

Administrative divisions

Cork Civil Parishes

FTDNA has the best database, with a lot of active DNA projects.  There is no monthly subscription, unlike 23andme.  FTDNA periodically offers a good sale.  The last sale ended early this year. (I make no money off of DNA kits.)

Stories about origins fall somewhere in the realm of myth and legend.  Perhaps they have a grain of truth.  Anybody who claims they have worked out a family tree back to Adam and Eve is spinning a tale, as far as I'm concerned.

[pondjumper]

Sounds like you need a primer on geography.  I would find it impossible to navigate records without knowing geography.

Administrative divisions

Cork Civil Parishes

FTDNA has the best database, with a lot of active DNA projects.  There is no monthly subscription, unlike 23andme.  FTDNA periodically offers a good sale.  The last sale ended early this year. (I make no money off of DNA kits.)

Stories about origins fall somewhere in the realm of myth and legend.  Perhaps they have a grain of truth.  Anybody who claims they have worked out a family tree back to Adam and Eve is spinning a tale, as far as I'm concerned.

Not a primer on geography.  A primer on Irish terminology. I have been using the link to church records since my last post and see that it has something to do with Catholic parish areas.

I know where Skibbereen is and that it is in County Cork.  I thought that was a good place to start.  I am also Canadian Indian and know that my maternal grandmother came from the Sokoki village which was part of the Abenaki tribe in Quebec, Canada. My geography knowledge is just fine for a beginner of Irish roots., thank you.

I'm sure I'll do fine with all of the resources you have shown  me .  Good luck and Be Well...

[skibbgirl]

Thanks, Cousin, for all of your good advice.  What is "Caheragh"?  The name of a parish? A cheiftain tribe?

Okay, have it your way, but when somebody asks a question like this I provide geographical resources.

[EllieH]

Hi Mike ...I think we've been in contact before (?) ...a few years back (?)  re my 'Hourihan-O'Brien's.

The 'John Hourihan' just mentioned above (of Dublin) was actually a descendant of a 'Hourihan-O'Brien'.  He had an ancestor's birth certificate showing same ....  yet his parents had only used 'Hourihan'.   My cousin actually met 'John H' in Dublin ....a few years back now ...and we have a copy of his relative's cert ..... 'Timothy Hourihane O'Brien'.   (I heard too that John was in ill-health.)
 
Valerie (WAus)

With regards to the above quote, I tried making contact with 'John H' mentioned but my email was rejected. I have just received a copy of my husbands HOURIHAN family tree from my Father in Law and was trying to fill in some gaps...my husbands grandfather was a Donald Hourihan, born in 1917 Tylorstwon, South Wales, his father was Albert James Hourihan, born in 1892 in Somerset Leys, Frome Somerset, his father was John Hourihan (who I think is the same as above link?) born in 1861 in Dunmanway, Co Cork and his father was a Jeremiah Hourihan, married to a Mary Hurly (?) and that's where my info stops.

If anyone can fill in any gaps or put me in touch with anyone else with the same names/dates I'd appreciate it to see how much more I can glean 

Ellie (Cheshire, UK)