Queally, Quilligan and Quillinan
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 2:16 pm
Apologies for saying that Queally and Kelly were the same name when replying to ‘Linnane family from Corofin, Co. Clare’: http://www.ourlibrary.ca/phpbb2/viewtop ... f=1&t=6936
I’ve checked MacLysaght’s ‘The Surnames of Ireland’ and see that Queally is not the same name as Kelly. In his entry on Queally (O Caollaidhe), MacLysaght says “In addition to that of Co. Kilkenny, there was an important sept of O’Queally in north Clare. The confusion which has inevitably arisen between Queally, Kealy, Keely, Kiely, etc. is discussed in More Irish Families.”
I looked at all my transcriptions of baptisms and found that there are only 3 occasions when it could have occurred to me that Quealy was the same name as Kelly (see below).
And it’s quite possible, in all three cases, that there was a first wife called Quealy, and a second wife called Kelly, or vice-versa.
So I was relying on slender-to-zero evidence, as far as the transcriptions are concerned. So where did I get such an idea? I know for sure that Quilligan is the same name as Culligan, that that Quillinan is the same name as Cullinan, and can even remember the older people using Quilligan and Quillinan. Maybe I extrapolated from that that Queally must be Kelly. Anyway I’ve put the matter right now.
When going through the transciptions, I noticed that Kiely looked very like Kelly and that I needed to use the zoom to distinguish them.
(1) Inagh-Kilnamona 1865-1880: Michael McCormack is the husband of Catherine Kelly (page 68) and Catherine Quealy (page 81). This couple are also in Ruan-Dysert as Michael McCormick and Catherine Quealy (75 right).
(2) Liscannor 1843 -1854: Austin Green is the husband of Mary Kelly (page 3) and Mary Qualy (page 12).
(3) Miltownmalby 1831- 1855: Tom Quin is the husband of Bridget Quely, Freagh (page 147 right) and of Bridget Kelly, Freagh (pages 205 r., 225 r. and 248 r.).
Sheila
I’ve checked MacLysaght’s ‘The Surnames of Ireland’ and see that Queally is not the same name as Kelly. In his entry on Queally (O Caollaidhe), MacLysaght says “In addition to that of Co. Kilkenny, there was an important sept of O’Queally in north Clare. The confusion which has inevitably arisen between Queally, Kealy, Keely, Kiely, etc. is discussed in More Irish Families.”
I looked at all my transcriptions of baptisms and found that there are only 3 occasions when it could have occurred to me that Quealy was the same name as Kelly (see below).
And it’s quite possible, in all three cases, that there was a first wife called Quealy, and a second wife called Kelly, or vice-versa.
So I was relying on slender-to-zero evidence, as far as the transcriptions are concerned. So where did I get such an idea? I know for sure that Quilligan is the same name as Culligan, that that Quillinan is the same name as Cullinan, and can even remember the older people using Quilligan and Quillinan. Maybe I extrapolated from that that Queally must be Kelly. Anyway I’ve put the matter right now.
When going through the transciptions, I noticed that Kiely looked very like Kelly and that I needed to use the zoom to distinguish them.
(1) Inagh-Kilnamona 1865-1880: Michael McCormack is the husband of Catherine Kelly (page 68) and Catherine Quealy (page 81). This couple are also in Ruan-Dysert as Michael McCormick and Catherine Quealy (75 right).
(2) Liscannor 1843 -1854: Austin Green is the husband of Mary Kelly (page 3) and Mary Qualy (page 12).
(3) Miltownmalby 1831- 1855: Tom Quin is the husband of Bridget Quely, Freagh (page 147 right) and of Bridget Kelly, Freagh (pages 205 r., 225 r. and 248 r.).
Sheila