James & Anne Kelly Ardnehue(Johnstown) sons Michael, John and James W

[josearcadio]

Hi Jackie,

Thank you for the message. I have replied to your Facebook address, however, I don't use FB, so I hope you receive it okay.

Just in case, I have also sent you my email details in a personal message on this site and will send you a link to some family records and photo albums when you send me an email address. I am not too keen on posting private stuff on public websites.

Great to hear from you.

A
 

[maildok]

Hi All

I was delighted to read this tread as it helped to fill in some gaps into my research on the O'Kelly/Kelly  side.

My area of interest is the Kelly/O'Kelly's of Wicklow, Carlow & Kildare starting with brothers William Kelly (Rathvilly/Baltinglass) & Michael Kelly (Talbotstown) so the info on Ardnehue and especially the connection between Muriel Emilia Carmela O'Kelly and Michael Joseph Xavier Kelly was important to me....see attached marriage image

The documented info I have so far on the Ardnehue Kelly's as follows and would love to find out more about Muriel & Michael, where they set up home and their business mentioned.

James Kelly 1847 - 1889
Anne Kelly Doyle 1850 - 1923
Michael Joseph Xavier 1882 - ?
John Patrick 1883 - ?
James William 1884 - 1905
Paul 1885 - ?

I am currently submitting a document to Wicklow County Council for a memorial plaque in honour of E P O'Kelly in Baltinglass (my GG GRANDAD) which I hope to unveil at a family reunion in the future.

Just as a note on the reason we have Kelly/O'Kelly variants in the family.
Most Irish names were subject to Anglicisation under British rule and some families chose to take back the O' and this was done by E.P Kelly on his release from Kilmainhaim Gaol in 1882 where he was interned under the coercion act 1881 and so he got married as E.P O'Kelly.

All the best, David O'Kelly