Bridget Cullen b.1883 lived in Barnacullia

[taramcdsmall]

Working on the presumption that Catherine and Mary Cullen are siblings of Francis Cullen I have spotted the following . . . Firstly the two sisters married two brothers ie Joseph and Matthew Doyle

I can't spot anything for Catherine and Joseph in the Sandyford records and given that Doyle is such a common surname I haven't looked further afield . . .

Re Mary Cullen and Matthew Doyle I have spotted the following

Joseph Doyle b 1870
Johanna Doyle b 1872
Bernard Doyle b 1874
Patrick Doyle b 1876
Sarah Doyle b 1879
Catherine Doyle b 1881
James Doyle b 1883

Given that Mary named her first daughter Johanna/ Jane it's looking good for her parents being Patrick Cullen and Johanna Connor as mentioned before . . .

Also note the Christian name Bernard appearing here . . .

Tara

[taramcdsmall]

I think I have given you enough names to fry your brain and to start working on . . .

Again, presuming that I am correct I shall explain our connection . . .

Your Grandmother had a second cousin called Susan Flood.

Susan Flood married a William Hayden.

William Hayden was the brother of my Great Great Grandfather Michael Hayden.

This world is TOO small 😁

Take Care

Tara

[nannyj]

How strange is that?! So we're related by marriage 😂
What is the saying about degtees of separation ... Six, I think it is.
Very small world.
Definitely fried brain. Going to revisit all of this over the weekend.
I'm handwrite my trees out on A2 paper, as it's so much easier to see.

It'd be great to find if there's a connection between Matthew's Cullens and Bridget's, being as they do seem to all originated from the Sandyford area rather than from all over Dublin ... But that's a lot more work and for another day 🤪

Thanks so much for all your help 🥰

[aghadowey]

It may be that the Cullens were in the area for quite a while and you might never sort them all out.

My grandfather's grandmother was from a townland with 17 families with the same surname. 16 were local and 17th was an incomer. The best I've been able to do (with the help of a now deceased relative) is say which ones he knew were related and which one might have been a more distant connection.

[nannyj]

Ha ... Yes. It was a bit tongue in cheek given the commonality of the surname. Would be nice 🤪😉

[taramcdsmall]

Hi There

You probably have these already but I'll post them here just in case . . .

Michael Roe d 1882
Anna Clancy Roe d 1904

Elizabeth Roe b 1849
Michael Roe b 1851
Hugh Roe b 1853
Joanna Roe b 1855
Thomas Rice b 1857
Anna Roe b 1859
Margaret Roe b 1864
Maria Roe b 1867

Tara

[taramcdsmall]

I spotted that Denis Cullen ended up passing away in the Naas Workhouse / Hospital . . .

I wonder why he ended up there 🤔

Tara

[nannyj]

Thanks for those. I started looking today but didn't find all those children.
I know that workhouses were also used by those needing medical treatment and not necessarily destitution.

[taramcdsmall]

Oh I know that the workhouse was also a hospital . . . It was the location that I was wondering about ie Naas County Kildare as there were nearer workhouse / hospitals to the general Sandyford / Glencullen area 🤔

Tara