John Merrigan//Old court Blessington Wicklow

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Can any one help with information please on John MERRIGAN and wife Mary LYNCH or SULLIVAN not to shore on her late name .

The info l have is;
 
John MERRIGAN CIRCA 1800 - ____

BIRTH: CIRCA 1800, Oldcourt, Blessington, Co. Wicklow
Died                ?

wife Mary LYNCH born               ?               died                ?

MARRIAGE: 27 Apr 1829, Blackditches, Co. Wicklow
Their Children are as listed

+James (Lynch) MERRIGAN  [ came to Victoria Australia ]
+Bridget (Lynch) MERRIGAN [came to Australia with her brother]
 Eliza (Lynch) MERRIGAN
 Thomas (Lynch) MERRIGAN
+Margaret (Lynch) MERRIGAN  married John WHITE/WHYTE and lived in Ballyknockan which l think is not to fare from Blessington

regards
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[shanew147]

Oldcourt is a townland of about 870 acres, and is located about 4km east of the town of Blessington. The townland is shown on the 1st edition 6" OSI maps - see Oldcourt, Co. Wicklow

Do you know what religion your Merrigan family were ?

see :  Introduction to Irish Records

The townlands of Ballyknockan and Blackditches (upper & lower) are just over 12km to the south of Blessington


Shane

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Hi
Thank you for the info and they were Catholic

[shanew147]

RC records for the parish of Blessington, which includes Oldcourt, only go back to the early 1820s and the NLI films only go  back to about 1852.

I'm not sure when the parish was founded, but I'll see if I can find out..



Shane

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RC Records for the neighbouring parish of Blackditches, which includes  Blackditches Upper  and Lower and  Ballyknockan (Civil parish of Boystown) go back to 1810, and may include earlier records for Blessington.

You can see a map of the RC parishes, details of the dates available and locations of records on the Irish Times Website - see : RC Parishes

I'm not absolutely certain but I think the parish of Blackditches may sometimes be called Valleymount after a village in the parish where the church is located - see : Valleymount  (OSI Map)



Shane

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Hi Shane
The info l have on John MERRIGAN and wife Mary came from M Merrigan who lives in Ireland and has a very large data base on the MERRIGANS from all over the world and l would think that l may not get back any further then 1800's on my Merrigan side of the family but one thing l don't have is John and Marys death info so if you can help with that l would be most grateful

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[shanew147]

any idea when their deaths might have been - did they die in or near Blessington / Blackditches ?

If they died after the start of civil registration (1864) then they should appear on the Civil BMD Index.



Shane

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I had a quick look at the index for death registrations in the area (district of Naas covers Blessington, Baltinglass covers Blackditches) and didnt see anything promising for John's death. There is maybe one possibility for Mary's death ...

 Name: Mary Merigan
 Registration district: Naas
 event type: Death
 Quarter/Year: Oct - Dec 1893
 Age : 82 (est. year of birth 1811)
 Volume : 2 / Page : 641


Shane

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I am at a lost and have NO idea of when they died their last child was born around 1840 l think
but l do know that they had a daughter Margaret Merrigan who married a John WHITE/WHYTE and they  lived in Ballyknockan so l am thinking they may have moved near her

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