At last I found the record of the marriage of Patt McCormack to Bridget Griffin (I had been looking for “Griffy”): 26 Feb 1870: Marriage of Patt McCormack, aged 25, Farmer, Tullough, son of Peter McCormack, Farmer, to Bridget Griffin, aged 20, Ballyvara, daughter of Patk. Griffy, Farmer, in Killilagh chapel; witnesses: Patrick Griffey, Darby Griffey:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... 176459.pdf
In a post above I mentioned a Henry O’Neill who is living in Commonage, Kilfenora, in 1901. My feeling is that Henry’s father, Harry O’Neil (1789 – 1885), is related to the John O’Neill who married Mary McCormack. John O’Neill (1809 – 1879) is 20 years younger than Harry, but families often ranged in ages from 0 to 20, so it is just possible that John is a younger brother of Harry. Both Harry and John are Pensioners [Army]. I suspect that Harry was a Farrier in the British army as his son, John, worked as a Farrier in Kilshanny – see below.
At any rate, the following account of the descendants of Harry O’Neill may be of interest to somebody, sometime.
The Kilfenora-Kiltoraght parish baptisms 1836-1854 show the baptisms of two of the children of Henry O’Neil and Kate Corbet: Honor was baptised 19 Dec 1847, and John was baptised 11 Dec 1849. Another child, Henry, was born about 1854, but his baptism is not recorded.
Kilfenora special census 1866 shows Harry O’Neill and his wife, Kate Corbet, living in Caherminnaun [townland] and three children: (1) Honor, (2) John and (3) Henry (aged 12 in 1866).
https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/cocla ... #kilfenora. I’ve failed to find records of the births of any more children of Harry and Kate.
18 Jun 1885, Caherminane: Death of Catherine O’Neill, married, aged 56, wife of Army Pensioner; informant: Henry O’Neill, son of deceased, Caherminane:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... 797751.pdf
6 Aug 1885, Caherminane: Death of Henry O’Neill, widower, aged 96, Army Pensioner; informant: Henry O’Neill, son, Caherminane:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... 797751.pdf
(1) Honor O’Neill
30 Oct 1874, Caherminane, Kilfenora: Death of Honorah O’Neill, aged 25, School Teacher; informant: Henry O’Neill, Caherminane, Kilfenora:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... 241587.pdf
(2) John O’Neill
17 Jan 1874: Marriage of John O’Neil, aged 22, Blacksmith, Caherminane [Kilfenora], son of Henry O’Neil, living, Pensioner, to Eliza Kerin, aged 18, Servant, Ballykerin, daughter of Patrick Kerin, living, Farmer, in Kilfenora chapel; witnesses: John Garden, Anne Shalloe:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... 117627.pdf
8 Oct 1876, Kilshanny: Birth of Henry to John O’Neill, Farrier, and Eliza Kerin:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... 110486.pdf
Several more children were born to John O’Neill and Eliza Kerin as the 1901 and 1911 censuses show:
1901 census, Caherlooskaun, Kilshanny DED:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/p ... n/1075207/
1911 census, Caherlooskaun, Kilshanny DED:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/p ... un/358884/
21 Oct 1906: Marriage of Henry O’Neill, Kilshanny, Blacksmith, son of John O’Neill, Blacksmith, to Catherine Madigan, Lisddoonvarna, daughter of Thomas Madigan, Mason, in Toovahera chapel; witnesses: Patrick Keighery, Jane Canny:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... 667874.pdf (Farriers were often called Blacksmiths).
1911 census, Rooska, Lisdoonvarna DED:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/p ... ka/351018/
9 May 1945, Lisdoonvarna: Death of Henry O’Neill, married, aged 69, Blacksmith; informant: Gerald O’Neill, son, Lisdoonvarna:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... 226438.pdf
In 1942, Gerald O’Neill married Susan Kilmartin, from Cronagort :
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... 181856.pdf. I reckon Susan (aged 3 in 1911) was the granddaughter of John Kilmartin and Susan Scales who were living in Cronagort according to the Lisdoonvarna parish baptisms. Susan had died by 1911, but was still alive in 1901:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/p ... t/1075072/. I think it was this Susan Kilmartin who reported the birth of Peter Griffy in 1871:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... 217492.pdf
(3) Henry O’Neil
7 Jul 1885: Marriage of Henry O’Neil, Herdsman, Caherminane, son of Harry O’Neil, Pensioner, to Ellen Gardiner, Widow, Kilfenora, Servant, daughter of Pat McInerney, Weaver, in Kilfenora chapel; witnesses: John Boulster, Margaret Brody.
Henry and Ellen had seven children. The records of their births give Ellen’s name as Ellen McInerney. The 1911 census shows that of the 7 children born to them, only 4 were still living: Henry, Ellie, Martin and Nora. I failed to find further records for Ellie, Martin and Nora.
1901 Census, Commonage, Kilfenora DED:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/p ... e/1073115/
1911 Census, Caherminnaun West, Kiltoraght DED:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/p ... st/351745/
Henry (junior) died in Caherminnane on 10 Apr 1932, aged 46; informant: Mary O’Neill, widow:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... 310723.pdf. Henry had married Mary Keane from Kinvarra (Co. Galway) on 16 Jul 1924; witnesses: Thomas O’Neill, Annie Keane:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... 315593.pdf
Sheila