ireland

[angelina ballerina]

hi
I have a couple, Catherine & Dominic Ganon born 1841 , it says cowlany but that doesn't seem right, she was born 1841 Graffey, both in Ireland. how can ilook up the births, it seems not much census survived from Ireland, so not sure how best to find them.
thanks, angie x

[aghadowey]

Civil registration of births started in 1864 so there will be no birth certificates so you will need to see if church records survive.

This site if very useful for checking townlands, parishes, etc.-
http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/

[glensman]

One possibility for Cowlany is Coolaney which is a town/townland in County Sligo.  There is also a separate town/townland nearby called Collooney.

[glensman]

There are a quite a few townlands called Graffy.  These are in Mayo, Donegal and Fermanagh.

[glensman]

For reference:

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZGF-FS4

[glensman]

I wonder if this family is connected -Thomas, Anne and Henry Gannon, born 1865-1869 to Dominick Gannon and Catherine Foley - all born in Coolaney, County Sligo.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FR49-2S7

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FR3J-BLX

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F58D-LHZ

[angelina ballerina]

hi glensman,
thanks for that. my Catherine has children on 1881 census born masbrough, Yorkshire from 1857, one called Thomas which is my interest, born 1868. so I don't think they can be the same, but its very similar. Dominic is deceased by then but I cant find that either. Thanks anyway, angie x

[angelina ballerina]

hi glensman, just wondering about the first link with the census in Halifax, why wouldn't their children be on it? according to my census they had 5 by then, could they be in Ireland and be that family you found? the 1881 census says born masbrough but that means they cant be in Halifax as well? my census is spelled GAYNON. getting confused now. angie x

[glensman]

I am not sure why the children aren't on the Halifax census.  It is possible that they are not the same couple whom you have already found. Gannon and its variant spellings seem to be quite common. Here are a few births of Thomas Gannon in England between 1865-1868 including one in Dewsbury in 1868:

 http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Here is a link to an old ancestry thread with lots of Gannons in Sligo:

http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/localities.britisles.ireland.sli.general/1129/mb.ashx


It might be worth posting what you have on the Sligo board where you might get more specific advice.