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of Kingscourt, County Cavan

Edendugally National School, Parish of Kingscourt

(Enniskeen), County Cavan, Ireland

By Philip Donnelly, Ottawa, Canada

(Note: The Ordnance Survey maps use the spelling – Edennagully. Other spelling variations are common)

First published in the Anglo-Celt (a Cavan newspaper) on August 5, 2004

- Editor’s Note: Philip Donnelly, a native of Greaghnadarragh near Bailieboro, and now living in

Ottawa, Canada, has embarked on some interesting research on his native parish. This

memoir is based on his personal recollections and impressions, supplemented by

research in files at the National Archives in Dublin. Should readers have other

information to add, or corrections to offer, Philip can be contacted through this office, or

directly by E-mail at pdon@travel-net.com

The School’s Last Years

In the 1940s, the children of the McGaurans, McCabes, Farrellys, Reillys, Clarkes, and perhaps a dozen other families living in the townlands to the south of the Loughanleagh Mountain, went to Edendugally National School. Philip and Betty Donnelly were the last of the Donnellys of Greaghnadarragh to attend the old school-house which was built in the years 1838 – 1842. During most of the 1940s, and until the school was closed, there were about 45 pupils – boys and girls – in attendance, with only one teacher for 8 classes of children ranging in age from 5 to 14 years.

The original building stood empty for several years after it ceased to be used as a school in the 1960s, and it has since been modified and converted into a seasonal residence. It had two classrooms, with playgrounds at the front and back of the building. The front playgrounds were fairly level and those at the back sloped up the side of the mountain. The girls played on the west side and the boys on the east. At the back of the school, the girls’ area was separated from the boys’ by a stone wall which extended from the back of the school up to the outhouses (toilets) at the top of the playground. No toilet paper in theseouthouses – a handful of soft grass served the purpose quite well!

Each classroom was heated in winter by burning turf in a range. Every older boy was expected to bring a sod of turf for the fire from home every day, or, if he forgot to take one from home, he would steal it from one of the houses along the road on the way to the school. The teacher usually liked to have a fresh bucket of water in her classroom each day, and at lunchtime she would send a couple of the big boys down the road to carry back a bucket of water from the well at Phil Tackney's house. Before entering the school in the morning and after each play period, the teacher blew her whistle and the kids, called scholars, lined up in two rows - boys on the right and girls on the left - at the entrance, with the smallest ones in front and the big boys and girls at the back. While waiting in line to enter, and to pass the time, the girls shouted insults at the boys and, depending on the opportunity, the boys might respond by flipping up the girls' skirts!

“And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground” Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village.

The teacher, through most of those years, was Mrs. Daly, a farmer's wife, whose home was near the town of Mullagh. When she first arrived as the new teacher, replacing Master Boylan, she was a woman of solid build, probably around 30, with black hair combed straight back and cut fairly short up the back of her head with clippers. At first, she came on her bicycle, a fairly strenuous ride of 4 or 5 miles up and down the hills and along rutted roads and lanes, more often in wind and rain than in sunshine. However, she soon acquired a car - the very first to be seen every day in that part of the country. The arrival of Mrs. Daly's car on the scene was the start of the whole new way of life that was coming rapidly to the country. To travel a distance of 3 miles by car took about 5 minutes, compared with at least 1 hour on foot. With her car, she was now able to take four or five pupils at a time, after school, on a special outing to the town of Bailieboro to see their first movie - The Song of Bernadette, about the apparitions at Lourdes. To the 8 - 10 year olds, this was a new experience as impressive and novel as walking on the moon. She probably paid for all the admission tickets too, because the practice of pestering parents for pennies had not yet been invented, and not every parent had pennies to spend on movies.

During the 1940s, there were other teachers besides Mrs. Daly at Edendugally. For a few years, there was a schoolmistress named Miss O'Connor who taught the 1st, 2nd, and perhaps the 3rd classes., while Master Boylan taught the older children. Miss O'Connor was generally regarded as very nice and gentle, but the kids thought that she was completely cuckoo. She would talk to herself incessantly in class. During some of these conversations, she would get very excited and might heave a chair or other object across the room to crash into the opposite wall. She always avoided hitting any kids with these miss iles, and they took it completely in their stride. Her animated conversations were not confined to the classroom. On the way home, it was normal to see Miss O'Connor standing at the stone wall or hedge along the road while she talked to her invisible audience in the field. Unlike most normal people, she did not need cows, sheep, or goats as conversation partners.

In due course, Miss O'Connor vanished from the scene. Given her special characteristics, she was probably promoted to a big job in the Department of Education in Dublin! The schoolmaster, Mr. Boylan, did not last long either, and, presumably was transferred to another school. For another short while, a young teacher named Miss Duignan succeeded Miss O'Connor and the boys thought she looked really good. There was also a teacher named Miss Duffy for a short while. When Mrs. Daly arrived, she proved that she would not put up with much nonsense as she wielded her cane energetically in the interests of learning and ruled the roost all alone for several years.

The time was approaching in the late 1940s when big changes would come for small country schools such as Edendugally. Most were about to be closed and replaced by a more centralized system of larger modern buildings with electricity, indoor plumbing, and other amenities.

Beginnings and Early Years

Edendugally was one of the first generation of schools built after the National Education System was established in 1831 by Lord Edwin Stanley, the British Government’s Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. These schools were non-denominational and state-run. Not surprisingly, these proposals for education of the masses gave rise to considerable controversy. Roman Catholics were against mixing Catholic and Protestant pupils and the Protestant Church of Ireland wanted a controlling role in national education.

The national schools were built with funds raised by local trustees and supplemented by government grants from the Commissioners of National Education. The community was responsible for providing the site for the new school which was then vested in trustees who were frequently landlords, local clergymen, or other leaders in the community. Patronage was usually vested in the local bishop of the diocese who appointed a manager, usually a minister or parish priest, with virtually full control over hiring and firing and normally employed teachers of his own denomination. All of this context is well represented in the application to the Commissioners of National Education for funding to construct a new National School at Edendugally.

The application, made in August 1835, was signed by Protestants Thomas S. White of Rathmines, Dublin, Foster and John Armstrong of Rakeevan, Elias and James Sharp of Moyar, and by Roman Catholics Edward and Dug Curran of Tierworker, Charles Reilly, Luke and Laurence Farrelly, and John Dolan, all of Edendugally, and Father P. Plunkett, P.P. of Enniskeen. The following selections, copied or paraphrased, from the application provide valuable information about the circumstances of the times and the people involved:

• The one acre site was provided by Thomas S. White of Nevinstown, Navan and Rathmines, Dublin, with tenure of 999 years

• Persons in the neighbourhood engaged to contribute £36, with an expectation of a further £20 partly in work and partly in money. Accordingly, a matching amount of £56 is requested from the Commissioners of Education. (Unfortunately, the persons who contributed are not named in the application).

• One day a week to be set aside for religious instruction by the clergy.

• Mr. Pratt, the Protestant Incumbent of Enniskeen Parish, refuses his cooperation unless the whole of the Scriptures were to be preached in the School. The Roman Catholic Priest, P. Plunkett of Enniskeen, and Mr. Winning (?), the Presbyterian Minister, both afford their cooperation.

• The School-House to be vested in Trustees for maintenance of the system of education. The first set of Trustees to be Thomas Smith White of Nevinstown, Navan and Rathmines, Dublin, Esqr; Edward Curran of Tierworker, Co. Meath, Bailieboro publican, and Foster Armstrong of Rakeevan, Bailieboro, Co. Cavan, farmer.

• 100 Males and 50 Females are expected to attend the School. The population of that portion of Enniskeen Parish situated in the County of Cavan is 777 by the last Census (1831). That part of Enniskeen Parish which is situate in County Meath is remote from the proposed School-House. The population of the Parish is chiefly composed of families of small farmers, and dealers, and the country around is not much improved.

• The nearest school to Edendugally is at the Chapel of Tierworker, Co. Meath, one mile distant; the next is the Carnans, Co. Cavan, one mile and a quarter off; the next at Moyar, Co. Cavan, one mile and a half; All Lady school and Mr. Nesbitts School at Heath Lodge, Townland of Leiter, which is, or was, in connection with the Kildare Association.

The school-house cost £109-15-6 to build, and £12 for interior finishes and furniture. It was opened for pupils, under Teacher Peter McCabe, on 11 April 1842. The scholars paid one shilling per quarter each. At opening, there were 15 males and 6 females. Mr. Newell, the Superintendent of National Schools, visited on Tuesday 2nd August 1842, and reported:

• Teacher – Peter McCabe, aged 18, appointed 11 April 1842; 2 Rooms, 20 x 18 feet, height 12 feet; Children on the Roll – 116; Average daily attendance – 64; Present attendance – 80.

• Teacher – “Respectable acquirements and excellent moral character”

• Salary of £8 approved for Teacher and books ordered.

The Female School was opened on 16 August 1842 with Julia Farrelly as teacher with £8 salary. The average attendance was 30 females, with an expectation of 50, and above.

The Schools Report of 1847-48 by the National Board of Ireland reports that there were 73 males and 95 females attending Edendugally National School.

During the next fifty years the populations of the surrounding townlands went through some difficult times.

The Great Famine of the years 1846 – 1848, may have been the worst. Even if nobody in the Parish perished by actual starvation, emigration – primarily to New York – reduced the population. Early marriages and large families gradually became the exception as the majority of the young adults moved away and it was common for those who stayed at home to live out their lives as bachelors and spinsters in the old farmhouse which became ever more decrepit with the passing years.

A Deserted Village

By 1892, the number of pupils attending the Female School had dropped to a level where the School Inspector recommended that it be closed. In his capacity as School Manager, the Parish Priest, Fr. Flood, agreed, and he wrote a letter to the Board of Education consenting to closure. At that time, the Teacher of the Male School was John Pogue of Bailieboro, and John’s wife, Bridget, taught the Female School.

Closure of the Female School would have meant that Bridget would be out of a job, but before the decision to close the Female School was implemented, John became seriously ill and died. It appears that the intention of all concerned, including Fr. Flood, was that Bridget Pogue would become the Teacher of the new combined Male and Female School. However, because of some unexplained circumstance, Fr. Flood, offered the vacant Male School Teacher’s job to a male teacher, leaving the new widow, Bridget Pogue, unemployed and unable to support her young children. This constituted a major crisis, and Fr. Flood sent an urgent appeal to the Board of Education to put aside his earlier recommendation and, instead, keep the

Female School open. His appeal was successful, Bridget Pogue kept her job, and the School-House of Edendugally accommodated separate Male and Female Schools for some more years.

The National Archives records do not indicate when the two Schools were amalgamated but this had certainly happened before 1940 as the population of school age children in the area continued to decline.

In retrospect, and from the vantage of big-city life as it has evolved at the beginning of the 21st century, it was a great privilege to have been part of the last generation to pass through what, today, would be called the primitive school system launched by the British Administration in Ireland in 1831. It seems fitting that one of these schools was anchored on the side of the Loughanleagh Mountain, and although it no longer looks out on a sunny morning in April, or on a cold and rainy afternoon in January, over a playground full of barefoot boys and girls, the building still stands as solid on its foundations as it was on the night of January 6, 1839 – The Night of the Big Wind. That great wind storm huffed and puf fed at the thick stonewalls of the newly constructed building but all it succeeded in doing was to blow off some of the heavy Blue Bangor slates from the roof. The memory of that fearful night still lives on to this day in the stories told by the people in the surrounding townlands.

The school has now been closed for more than a few decades. The countryside once served by this school may, in the year 2000, be home to less than a dozen children who probably travel in a school-bus to a town several miles away. There is practically no cultivation of the fields – no golden patches of ripening oats in August, and no smell of freshly cut hay drying in the July sun. The cattle now have the fields to themselves and they can graze peacefully on the green grass without being disturbed by bare-foot stone-throwing boys on their way home from school. Electrical power lines are strung high over valleys and hills, nobody cuts turf for the kitchen fire, and no tired mother carries water home in a bucket from the well to make the evening tea.

Trees of the conifer variety have been planted over much of the surface area of the Loughanleagh Mountain, leaving little space for the bilberry plants and the purple flowered heather. Telecommunication masts and their anchor wires occupy the highest point of the mountain, close to the site of a prehistoric cairn and presumed burial site of some predecessor inhabitants. Proposals to decorate the mountain with still more telecommunications masts have drawn waves of protest from all the usual suspects.

At the crossroads just a couple of miles away, on the 12th of August every year, some of the ancient rituals of the Horse Fair of Muff are still carried on. It is safe to say, however, that the horses offered for sale at the fair have never pulled a plough or dragged a cock of hay in from the field. They, like their owners, arrived at the Fair by motor vehicle. Nobody, except perhaps the odd eccentric, walks along the road that passes by what was once the Edendugally school-house, and, with every succeeding year the memories of another way of life fade out of existence.

Immaculate Conception RC Church in Kingscourt. The LDS microfilm number is 926175, with BMD records from 1838-1881, many years missing. Baptismal records run from 1838 to 1853 and from 1864 tp 1881. Marriage records are about 1838 to 1850 and death records (not really helpful, just give name and location) about 1845-50. The Enniskeen/Kingscourt Parish is in the Bailieborough Poor Law Union, Barony of Clankee. contributed and transscribed by Carol Granville

LDS Microfilm #926175

DIOCESE OF MEATH

PARISH: Kingscourt (and Enniskeen)

SELECTED MARRIAGE RECORDS: 1838 - 1854

MARRIAGES: (Start 1838) contributed and transscribed by Carol Granville

January ?, 1838

Peter Reily and Anne Lynch

Wit: Peter Lynch and James Finegan

January ?, 1838

Owen Smith and Catherine McEntee

Wit: Edw. McEntee and Margaret Reily

January ?, 1838

Andrew Gartland and Rose Reily

Wit: Peter Finegan and George Cavanaugh

??? 30, 1838

Jas. Garlen and Catherine Duffy

Wit: Patt. Reily and Anne Reily

January 12, 1839

Thomas Finegan and Rose Clark

Wit: Anne Reily and Patt. Reily

January 18, 1839

Patt. Riely and Betty ?

Wit: James Clark and Charles ?

February 12, 1839

Lawrence Reilly and Catherine Reilly Wit:

James Cain and Michael Reilly

February 12, 1839

Patt. Halton and Bridget Reilly

Wit: Owen Halton and Mary Reilly

February 12, 1839

Hugh McCabe and Mary Lynch

Wit: Edward Reilly and Judith McEntee

April 27, 1839

Chas. Riely and Margaret Farelly

Wit: Peter Finegan and Jas. Martin

May 29, 1839

Francis Wooley and Bridget ?

Wit: Jas. Carey and Simon (?) Reilly

August 13, 1839

Patt. Halprin and Catherine ?

Wit: Pat Cafrey and Catherine Reilly

August 17, 1839

Pat Garity and Mary Reilly

Wit: Thos. Louth and Jas. Garity

September 7(?), 1839

Edward Timothy and Bridget Reilly

Wit: Andrew McDermot and Mary McManus(?)

???, 1840

Patt. Clarke and Ellen Reilly

Wit: Lawrence Farrell and Mary ?

February 3, 1840

Ptt. McCabe and Mary Reilly

Wit: James ? and Rose Carolan

February 17, 1840

James Reilly and Mary ?

Wit: John Reilly and Rose Reilly

March ?, 1840

??? Reilly and Judith Brady

Wit: Michael Brady and Margaret Brady

March or April, 1840

Michael Reilly and Ellen Ward Wit:

Hugh Reilly and Catherine Finegan

May 2, 1840

Philip Reilly and Elana Patterson

Wit: Jas. Mathews and Catherine Finegan

June 24, 1840

Luke Lynch to Catherine Carolan

Wit: Michael Reilly and Ann Reilly

June 25, 1840

Edw. Reilly and Jane Ward

Wit: John Reilly and Hugh ?

August 1, 1840

Peter Kingley (?) and Jane Reilly

Wit: Patt. Smith and Ann Farrelly(?)

August 27, 1840

Patrick Sheridan and M.(?) Hand

Wit: Pat Carroll and Ann Carroll

August or September, 1840

John Reilly and Margaret Moore

Wit: Charles Reilly and Ann Sherlock

February(?) 21, 1841

Thos. Reilly and Mary Jones

Wit: Thos Conley and Patt. Tighe

September ?, 1841

Phil Gaynor and Bridget Lamb

Wit: Owen Lamb and Catherine Reilly

January(?) 26, 1842

Daniel Brady and Catherine Reilly

Wit: Peter Reilly and Chas. Reilly

???? 22, 1842

Pat McMahon and Ann Reilly

Wit: James Smythe and Catherine Reilly

Feb. 7, 1842 Marriage Records: 1. Andrew McMahon married Rose Geraty on Feb. 7, 1842 - witnesses: Oliver Daly and Mary Malone submitted by Beverly & Owen McMahon MailTo: OwenAndBeverly@Home.com

February ?, 1842

Owen Muldoon and Rose Reilly

Wit: James Reilly and Phil Reynolds

April 5, 1842

Thos. Reilly and Catherine McEntee

Wit: James Reilly and Anne ??

August ?, 1842

Hugh Reilly and Esther Reilly

Wit: James Martin and Martha ?

September ?, 1842

John McFadden and Mary Carroll

Wit: Thos. McFadden and Rose Lynch

?September, 1842

Lawrence Ball and Margaret Reilly

Wit: Michael Ball and Bridget Reilly

April 20, 1844

Michl. Carroll (?) and Anne Reilly

Wit: Rose Reilly and ?

Nov. 14, 1846 "2. James McMahon married Margaret McMahon on Nov. 14, 1846 - witnesses: John Maginnis and Patt Geraty " submitted by Beverly & Owen McMahon MailTo: OwenAndBeverly@Home.com

July 5, 1848

Owen McPhillips and Mary Lynch

Wit: Phill. Carroll and Honora Lynch

Dec. 27-Dec.31, 1850

Thos. Carroll and Rose Reilly

Witnesses: Jas. Reilly and Chas. Reilly

This was the last marriage in 1850

1851

Owen Kangley(?) and Anne Patterson

Wit: Patt Duffy and Bridget Carroll

September 5, 1853

James Carroll and Mary Tully

Witnesses: Owen Martin and Tom Clark (Rev. N. Duff, PP)

January 26, 1854

Michael Carroll and Mary (Muldoon?)

Wit: Frank Crosby and Mary (?)

April 30, 1854

Owen McEntee and Bridget Carroll

Wit: Frank Crosby and Peter (Lamb?)

Baptismal Records:

Nov. 21, 1842 "1. Owen McMahon born Nov. 21, 1842 - Parents Andrew McMahon and Rose Geraty - Sponsors: James McMahon and Mary Geraty" submitted by Beverly & Owen McMahon MailTo: OwenAndBeverly@Home.com

Nov. 23, 1844 "2. Mary McMahon born Nov. 23, 1844 - Parents Andrew McMahon and Rose Geraty - Sponsors: John Green" submitted by Beverly & Owen McMahon MailTo: OwenAndBeverly@Home.com

March 7, 1847 "3. Patrick McMahon born March 7, 1847 - Parents Andrew McMahon and Rose Geraty - Sponsors: Tom Farrelly and Bessy Geraty" submitted by Beverly & Owen McMahon MailTo: OwenAndBeverly@Home.com

1860 "Peter Farrelly and Julia Johnston, who were married around 1860 and raised their 13 children in Leiter, Kingscourt, County Cavan. In particular, I'd like to find birth and death records for them (I understand Immaculate Conception marriage records don't cover that time period). Research interest of Diane Culhane DLCulhane@cs.com

16. MARIA HAND Born: February 2, 1864

Michael Hand and Catherine Waldon

Res: Collops Bapt: February 2, 1864

Sp: Patrick Waldon and Bridget Daniel

24. ELIZABETH JONES Born: March 3, 1864

Petrus Jones and Catherine Muldoon

Res: Collops Bapt.: March 5, 1864

Sp: Petrus Connelly and Elizabeth Segrave

25. PATRICK CARROLL Born: March 5, 1864

Carolus Carroll and Anna Donnelly

Res: Brocklin Bapt.: March 6, 1864

Sp: Joannes Carroll and Catherine Donnelly

32. MARIA CLARKE Born: March 5, 1864

Jocabus Clarke and Margarita Berns (?) (Briens)

Res: Collops Bapt.: March 18, 1864

Sp: Margarita Berns

38. ROSA CARROLL Born: March 23, 1864

Thomas Carroll and Rose Reilly

Res: Collops Bapt.: March 27, 1864, by J.

Maglore, Vicario

Sp: Joannes Lannon and Rose Lannon

45. CATHERINE CARROLL Born: April 16, 1864

Patricius

Carroll and Anna Finnegan

Res: Corlea Bapt.: April 17, 1864

Sp: Patricius Finnegan and Rosa Early

98. PETRUS CARROLL Born: July 29, 1864

Joannes Carroll and Joanna Kelly

Res: Deggan Bapt.: July 29, 1864

Sp: Joanna Duffy

141. MARIA CARROLL Born: November 7, 1864

Michael Carroll and Maria Murtha

Res: Brocklin Bapt.: November 8, 1864

Sp: Patricius Brady and Catherine McMahon

142. BRIDGET HAND Born: November 12, 1864

Patricius Hand and Brigida Donnelly

Res: Collops Bapt.: November 13, 1864

Sp: James Farrelly and Mary

150. JACOBUS REILLY Born: December 6, 1864

Patricius Reilly and Judith Connelly

Res: Lisagoen Bapt.: December 8, 1864

Sp: Michael Conely and Catherine Carroll

180. WILLIAM KELLY Born: February 9, 1865

Robert Kelly and Margaret Finnegan

Res: Deggan Bapt.: February 19, 1865

Sp: Peter Clarke and Catherine Farrell

193. MARY CARROLL Born: March 11, 1865

(John) James (?) Carroll and Ellen Carolan

Res: Collops Bapt.: March 11, 1865

Sp: Michael Carolan and Anne Lynch

226. MARY O'BIERNE Born: May 26, 1865

Patrick O'Bierne and Ellen Duff

Res: Kingscourt Bapt.: May 28, 1865

Sp: Charles Munroe and Mary McCarroll

238. PETER(?) HAND Born: July 10, 1865

Michael Hand and Catherine Weldon

Res: Collops Bapt.: July 16, 1865

Sp: Philip Hand and Rose Weldon

317. CATHERINE CARROLL Born: January 4, 1866

James Carroll and Mary Tully

Res: Kinsalla(?) Bapt.: January 7,

1866

Sp: Peter Bierne and Bridget Byrne

369. FRANCIS CARROLL Born: May 4, 1866

Charles Carroll and Anne Donnelly

Res: Brocklin Bapt.: May 6, 1866

Sp: Phil Ward(?) and Mary Ward(?) or Hand?

378. BRIDGET DONEHY Born: May 30, 1866

Thomas Donehy and Rose Carroll

Res: Collops Bapt.: May 31, 1866

Sp: Peter Lennon and Mary Donehy

409. EUGENE MARTIN Born: August 11, 1866

James Martin and Bridgid Carroll

Res: Collops Bapt.: August 12, 1866

Sp: Ellen Carroll

436. SIMON DANIEL Born: October 22, 1866

Edward Daniel and Mary Lamb

Res: Collops Bapt.: October 23, 1866

Sp: Thomas Carroll and Sarah Demist(?)

446. JAMES MARTIN Born: December 16, 1866

James Martin and Anne Denning(?)

Res: Collops Bapt.: December 22, 1866

Sp: Rose Kangley(?)

450. ELLEN CARROLL Born: December 26, 1866

Michael Carroll and Mary Murtagh

Res: Brocklin Bapt.: December 30, 1866

Sp: Thomas Donnelly and Catherine Sullivan

452. FRANCIS DONOGHY Born: December 31, 1866

Philip Donoghy and Anne Reilly

Res: Collops Bapt.: January 1, 1867

Sp: Pat Owens and Catherine Owens

464. THOMAS CARROLL Born: January 29, 1867

Thomas Carroll and Rose Reilly

Res: Collops Bapt.: February 1, 1867

Sp: Michael Gallaghly and Honora Reilly

488. PATRICK CARROLL Born: March 15, 1867

Patrick Carroll and Anne Finnegan

Res: Corlea Bapt.: March 17, 1867

Sp: John Carroll and Mary Finnegan

492. ANNE CARROLL Born: March 22, 1867

John Carroll and Jane Kelly

Res: Deggan Bapt.: March 24, 1867

Sp: Patrick Rooney and Jane Rooney

498. MARY CLINCH (?) Born: March 26, 1867

Peter Clinch and Anne Murtagh

Re: Brocklin Bapt.: March 31, 1867

Sp: John Carroll and Mary Clarke

503. CATHERINE CARROLL Born: April 5, 1867

John Carroll and Ellen Carolan

Res: Collops Bapt.: April 7, 1867

Sp: Patrick Reilly and Bridget Carroll

511. CATHERINE HAND Born: April 20, 1867

Patrick Hand and Brigid Farrelly

Res: Collops Bapt.: April 21, 1867

Sp: Michael Bierne and Brigid Bierne

542. JOHN REILLY Born: June 26, 1867

Patt. Reilly and Brigid Carroll

Res: Collops Bapt.: June 28, 1867

Sp: John Carroll and Margaret Reilly

551. PATRICK CLARKE Born: December 30, 1867

Michael Clarke and Catherine Finegan

Res: Rolagh Bapt: December 31, 1867 by P. Reilly

Sp: Michael Carolan and Mary Gerarty

562. EUGENE MARTIN Born: August 6, 1867

Bryan Martin and Margaret Reilly

Res: Drumsallagh Bapt.: August 6, 1867

Sp: Rev. J. J. Fagan (?) and Mary Anne Reilly

570. MICHAEL TULLY Born: August 28, 1867

(illigible) Tully and Margaret Clarke

Res: Collops Bapt.: August 28, 1867

Sp: Elizabeth Fitzpatrick

569. MICHAEL HAND Born: February 8, 1868

Michael Hand and Catherine Weldon

Res: Collops Bapt.: February 9, 1868

Sp: Michael Galloghy and Catherine Coleman

586. ELLEN CARROLL Born: March 6, 1868

James Carroll and Mary Tully

Res: Drumscallagh Bapt.: March 6, 1868

Sp: John Hinton and Margaret Donnelly

612. BRIDGET CARROLL Born: May 4, 1868

Charles Carroll and Anne Donnelly

Res: Brocklin Bapt.: May 5, 1868

Sp: Michael McPhillips and Rose Clarke

701. MARY REILLY Born: January 4, 1869

John Reilly and Anne Kirke

Res: Collops Bapt.: January 7, 1869

Sp: Patt. Closkey and Anne Reilly

772. JOHN CAROLAN Born: June 30, 1869

Brien Carolan and Bridget Carolan

Res: Collops Bapt.: July 2, 1869

Sp: James Carolan and Anne Duffy

789. PETER CARROLL Born: August 12, 1869

Thomas Carroll and Rose Reilly

Res: Collops Bapt.: August 15, 1869 by Rev. John Fagan, C.C.

Sp: Lawrence Finegan and Mary Finegan

811. ANDREW CLARKE Born: October 10, 1869

Patrick Clarke and Catherine Reilly

Res: (not listed) Bapt.: October 10, 1869

Sp: Pat Lynch and Catherine Clarke

NOTE: Absolute

819. MARY CARROLL Born: October 29, 1869

Patrick Carroll and Anne Finegan

Res: Corlea Bapt.: October 30, 1869

Sp: Michael McMahon and Mary McCagh

823. EDWARD REILLY Born: November 12, 1869

Patk. O'Reilly and Bridget Carroll

Res: Collops Bapt.: November 12, 1869

Sp: Lawrence O'Reilly and Sussanah McGee (Mrs. Reilly)

"subconditions baptizators"

LDS Microfilm #926175 DIOCESE OF MEATH PARISH: Kingscourt (and Enniskeen) Contributed by; Carol Granville

BAPTISMS:

840. PATRICK CARROLL Born: January 11, 1870

John Carroll and Ellen Carolan

Res: Larath Bapt.: January 11, 1870

Sp: Michael Carolan and Rose Carroll

901. JOHN CARROLL Born: June 5, 1870

Charles Carroll and Anne Donnelly

Res: Brocklin Bapt.: June

Sp: Peter Kelly and Bridget Kelly

902. MICHAEL MARTIN Born: June 5, 1870

James Martin and Bridget Carroll

Res: Collops Bapt.: June 5, 1870

Sp: Patrick Martin and Bridget McArdle

928. ROSE DANIEL Born: August ?, 1870

Michael Daniel and Bridget Weldon

Res: Collops Bapt.: September 2, 1870

Sp: John Daniel and Honoria Reilly

937. JAMES TULLY Born: September 28, 1870

Andrew Tully and Mary O'Reilly

Res: Collops Bapt.: September 30, 1870

Sp: James Carroll and Anne Carroll (Baptized onditionally P.E.K).

(NOTE: Married to Kate Muldoon, July 29, 1909.)

965. ANTONY DUFFY Born: January 6, 1871

???

Res: Lisagora Bapt.: January 8, 1871 by Patrick Curry

SP: Francis Crosby and Mary McGuirk

NOTE: "This child was found on the gallery of the chapel -- on this morning ...The father or mother cannot be found."

977. LAWRENCE CLARKE Born: February 14, 1871

Michael Clarke and Catherine Finegan

Res: Rolagh Bapt: February 14, 1871 by Patrick Curry

Sp: Thomas Reilly and Eliza Anderson

1128. CATHERINE REILLY Born: June 11, 1871

John Reilly and Anne Kirk

Res: Collops Bapt.: June 13, 1871

Sp: Bryan Nulty and Mary Nulty

1181. CHARLES CLARKE Born: October 20, 1871

Patk. Clarke and Catherine Reilly

Res: Lisacarna Bapt.: October 22, 1871, by Christopher Mullen, CC

Sp: Charles Reilly and Mary Reilly

1182. CATHERINE DONOGHOE Born: October 21, 1871

Charles Donoghoe and Rose Carroll

Res: Collops Bapt.: October 22, 1871

Sp: Thomas Carroll and Mary Donoghoe

1905. ANNE FINNEGAN Born: December 8, 1871

Lawrence Finnegan and Mary Duffy

Res: Collops Bapt.: December 10, 1871

Sp: Michael Callon and Anne Duffy

NOTE: Married (as widow) in America? July 20, 1909 inSt. John's Chapel, Brooklyn

At this point the priest (or recorder) had problems with the numbering and the numbers went from 1184 (October 24, 1871, to 1885 (October 26, 1871).

1822. PATRICK CARROLL Born: January 24, 1872

Thomas Carroll and Rose Reilly

Res: Collops Bapt.: January 28, 1872 by Christopher McMullen, CC

Sp: Thomas Donoghue and Rose Reilly

1832. ANNE DONOGHUE Born: February 16, 1872

Phillip Donoghue and Anne Reilly

Res: Collops Bapt.: February 18, 1872 by Christopher McMullen, CC

Sp: Matthew Lunaghon and Allice Lunaghan

1847. MARIANNE CARROLL Born: March 18, 1872

Patrick Carroll and Esther McElroy

Res: Carragh Bapt.: Msarch 18, 1872 by Richard Kelly, CC

Sp: Thomas Reilly and Mary Reilly

1848. PATRICK REILLY Born: March 22, 1872

Patrick Reilly and Bridget Carroll

Res: Collops Bapt.: March 24, 1872 by P. O'Reilly

Sp: Patk. Cluskey and Mary Reilly (Could be Thomas and Rose Carroll Grandchild)

1855. ELLEN CARROLL Born: April 7, 1872

John Carroll and Ellen Carolan

Res: Collops Bapt.: April 7, 1872 by Christopher McMullen, CC

Sp: Michael Carolan and Rose Carroll

1879. ROSE HAND Born: June 23, 1872

Patrick Hand and Bridget Farrelly

Res: Collops Bapt.: June 25, 1872 by Richard Kelly, CC

Sp: Michael Hand and Bridget Reilly

1885. MARY JANE CLARKE Born: July 13, 1872

Michael Clarke and Catherine Fennigan

Res: Rolagh Bapt.: July 7, 1872 by Christopher Mullen, CC

Sp: John Halpin and Anne Clarke

1913. THOMAS MARTIN Born: October 6, 1872

Patk. Martin and Catherine Coleman

Res: Collops Bapt.: October 8, 1872 by Chr. Mullen, CC

Sp: Patk. Hand and Mary Coleman

1926. JOHN TULLY Born: December 17, 1872

Andrew Tully and Mary Reilly

Res: Collops Bapt.: December 17, 1872

Sp: Patrick Sheridan and Mary Sheridan

1946. JANE CARROLL Born: February 14, 1873

John Carroll and Jane Kelly

Res: Carravaddy Bapt.: February 14, 1872 by P. O'Reilly (Pastor?)

Sp: John Rooney and Jane Rooney

1974. JAMES MARTIN Born: April 11, 1873

J ames Martin and Bridget Carroll

Res: Collops Bapt.: April 13, 1873 by Richard Kelly, CC

Sp: Pat Farrelly and Rose Donahue

1980. ELIZABETH CARROLL Born: April 29, 1873

James Carroll and Mary Tully

Res: Drumsgallagh Bapt.: May 2, 1873 by Rich. Kelly, CC

Sp: Edward McCann and Alice Latham

1981. MARGARET CARROLL Born: May 1, 1873

Charles Carroll and Anne Donnelly

Res: Bracklin Bapt.: May 2, 1873

Sp: Philip Ward and Mary Ward

1901. ANNE CARROLL Born: June 18, 1873

Patrick Carroll and Anne Finegan

Res: Corlea Bapt.: June 22, 1873 by R. Kelly, CC

Sp: Owen Cunningham and Mary McMahon

1913. CATHERINE HAND Born: August 6, 1873

Michael Hand and Catherine Weldon

Res: Collops Bapt.: August 8, 1873 by R. Kelly, CC

Sp: Thomas Farrelly and Judith Hand [Married in Kingscourt Church to

Eugene Farrelly of Relaghan, Bailieboro Parish, Son of John

Farrelly and Catherine Reilly

on Feb. 20, 1912; ww. Owen Gargan and Bernie Smith(?)]

920. JAMES CLARKE Born: August 29, 1873

Patt. Clarke and Catherine Reilly

Res: Lisnasasina Bapt.: August 31, 1873 by Chris. Mullen, CC

Sp: John Lynch and Margaret Cassidy

1969. JAMES SMITH Born: December 16, 1873

Peter Smith and Anne Muldoon

Res: Collops Bapt.: December 19, 1873 by C. Mullen

Sp: Edward Martin and Anne McKane

contributed and transscribed by Selected Records: Baptisms, Enniskeen/Kingscourt Parish, 1870-1873

Extractions from LDS Microfilm #926175

DIOCESE OF MEATH

PARISH: Kingscourt (and Enniskeen)

1874-1877

1972. BRIDGET CARROLL Born: January 3, 1874

Michael Carroll and Mary Murtagh

Res: Bracklin Bapt.: January 4, 1874 by C. Mullen

Sp: Phil Carolan and Rose Lynch

1979. PETER FINEGAN Born: January 22, 1874

Lawrence Finegan and Mary Duffy

Res: Collops Bapt.: January 25, 1874 by M. Tumey

Sp: Michael Duffy and Rose Lennon(?)

2001. PATRICK TULLY Born: March 17, 1874

Andrew Tully and Mary Reilly

Res: Collops Bapt.: March 17, 1874 by M. Tumey (Vicario)

Sp: Andrew Carroll and Alba Sheridan

2050. BRIDGET REILLY Born: October 22, 1874

Patk. Reilly and Bridget Carroll

Res: Taheart Bapt.: October 25, 1874 by C. Mullen (Vicario)

Sp: Patk. Brady and Margaret Reilly (My Note: Could be Thomas & Rose Carroll Grandchild)

2063. MARGARET HELEN CARROLL Born: December 7, 1874

Thomas Carroll and Rose Reilly

Res: Collops Bapt.: December 8, 1874 by Michael Tumey

Sp: Thomas Donohoe and Anne Carroll

[Married November 24, 1917 in Kingscourt Church to Pat J. Clarke son of Michael Clarke and Catherine Reilly; ww. Patrick J. Reilly and Julia Carroll. Married again 2/6/20 (June 2, 1920) to Michael Carolan, son of James Carolan and Bridget Murtagh, ww. P. Boylan & ? Reilly]

2066. THOMAS DONOHUE Born: December 15, 1874

Philip Donohue and Anne Reilly

Res: Collops Bapt.: December 15, 1874 by C. Mullen, Vicario

Sp: Pat Owens and Catherine Owens

[Married September 8, 1913 in Kingscourt to Elizabeth Byrne, daughter of Owen Byrne and Mary Reilly, ww. James Byrne and Kathleen Donohoe, Stephen Kelly, PP]

2067. PETER CLARKE Born: December 15, 1874

Pat Clarke and Anne McKenna

Res: Collops Bapt.: December 15, 1874 by C. Mullen, Vicaro

Sp: James Smith and Ellen Clarke

2068. PETER CLARKE Born: December 13, 1874

Pat Clarke and Anne Gala(?)

Res: Lara Bapt.: December 20, 1974 by Michael Tanney

Sp: Bernard Curtis and May Murray

2088. MATTHEW DONOHOE Born: February 5, 1875

Thomas Donohoe and Rose Carroll

Res: Collops Bapt.: February 5, 1875 by Michl. Tumey, V.

Sp: Pat Donohoe and Catherine Carroll

(NOTE: THE PRIEST/RECORDER GOT CONFUSED ON NUMBERS)

2026. MICHAEL CARROLL Born: April 22, 1875

John Carroll and Ellen Carolan

Res: Collops Bapt.: April 24, 1875 by Christopher Mullen

Sp: James Martin and Bridget Carroll

2082. PETER CARROLL Born: August 17, 1875

James Carroll and Mary Tully

Res: Drumsdoyle(?) Bapt.: April 24, 1875 by M. Tumey, V.

Sp: James McCann and Catherine Halpin

[NOTE: Married October 2, 1910 in St. Francis (?) Brooklynn to Katie

Traymore

(the rest is illegible)

2070. JAMES CLARKE Born: September 23, 1875

ames Clarke and Ellen Reilly

Res: Bracklynn and Crops(?) Bapt.: September 26, 1875 by M. Tumey

Sp: Pat Carroll and Mary Carroll

2128. THOMAS HAND Born: February 17, 1876

Michael Hand and Catherine Weldon

Res: Collops Bapt.: February 18, 1876 by Michael Tumey

Sp: Patk. Daniel and Mary Daniel

2134. PATRICK CARROLL Born: February 29, 1876

John Carroll and Margaret Lennon

Res: Bracklin Bapt.: February 29, 1976 by Chris Mullen

Sp: Owen Langley(?) and Bridget Carroll

[Married in Carduff Chapel Carrick(?) to Catherine Ward

by Rev. Duffy on Augsut 31, 1910]

2135. ROSE CARROLL Born: February 29, 1876

Charles Carroll and Anne Donley

Res: Bracklin Bapt.: February 29, 1876 by Chris Mullen

Sp: John Carroll and Catherine Donley

2143. PETER KEENAN Born: March 16, 1876

James Keenan and Anne Leonard

Res: Lieter(?) Bapt.: March 17, 1876, by Chris. Mullen

Sp: Thomas Lynch and Annie Carroll

2161. ? CLARKE Born: April 17, 1876

Patrick Clarke and Anne McKenna

Res: Collops and Deggan Bapt.: May (probably April) 19, 1876, by

Chris. Mullen

Sp: Patk. Fogarty and Mary Clarke

2164. JAMES FARRELLY Born: May 6, 1876

Mich. Farrelly and Mary Farrelly

Res: Drumbar Bapt.: May 7, 1876 by M. Tumey

Sp: James Carroll and Mary Carroll

2165. JOHN REYNOLDS Born: May 6, 1876

Bernard Reynolds and Ellen McQuillan

Res: Drumpeak Bapt.: May 7, 1876, by M. Tumey

Sp: Phil Carrolle and Anne Carroll

2176. JAMES GILLICK Born: June 2, 1876

James Gillick and Bridget Reilly

Res: Bracklin Bapt.: June 6, 1876

Sp: Pat Carroll and Mary Sullivan

[Married in (?)bally, 1st of June 1910 to Anne Doyle]

2190. MICHAEL CARROLL Born: July 27, 1876

Michael Carroll and Mary Murtagh

Res: Bracklin Bapt.: July 28, 1876, by C. Mullen

Sp: Patt. Clarke and Bridget McPhilips

2195. PHILIP TULLY Born: August 5, 1876

Andrew Tully and Mary Reilly

Res: Collops Bapt.: August 6, 1876, by C. Mullen

Sp: James Carroll and Margaret Carroll

2215. BRIDGET DRAKE Born: October 1, 1876

James Drake and Catherine Hand

Res: Collops Bapt.: August 6, 1876, by Chris. Mullen

Sp: Mich. Hand and Mary Carroll

2237. CATHERINE MULDOON Born: January 4, 1877

Peter Muldoon andCatherine McEntee

Res: Collops Bapt.: January 5, 1877

Sp: Andrew Tully and Mary Tully

NOTE: Married to James Tully, Collops, July 29, 1904, in Kingscourt Church

2271. JULIA CARROLL Born: April 8, 1877

Thomas Carroll and Rose Reilly

Res: Collops Bapt.: April 8, 1877, by P. O'Reilly

Sp: James Keenan and Judy Reilly

2240. MARY REILLY Born: November 27, 1877

Patt Reilly and Bridget Carroll

Res: Collops Bapt.: November 17, 1877, by E. Cooke

Sp.: Thomas Levins and Maggie Levins

Extractions from LDS Microfilm #926175

DIOCESE OF MEATH

PARISH: Kingscourt (and Enniskeen)

1878-1881

2956. BRIDGET CARROLL Born: January 23, 1878

John Carroll and Margaret Lennon

Res: Brocklyn Bapt.: January 27, 1878, by E. Cooke

Sp: Peter Kelly and Bridget Kelly

[Married January 27, 1910, in Kingscourt Church to Patrick McCabe,

ww. Michael Finnegan and Elizabeth Mooney, G. Kelly, PP]

3018. PATRICK GALLOPHY Born: August 6, 1878

Micl. Gallophy and Ellen Martin

Res: Collops Bapt.: August 9, 1878, by E. Cooke

Sp: James Hand and Honor Reilly

3025. PATRICK CAROLAN Born: August 22, 1878

James Carolan and Bridget Murtagh

Res: Clossenbradden(?) Bapt.: August 23, 1878, by E. Cooke

Sp: Bessy Farrelly

[Married June 2, 1920, in Kingscourt Church to Margaret Clarke, daughter

of Thomas Carroll and Rose Reilly; ww. Pat Boylan and Bridget Reilly

Subcono(?)]

3034. JAMES CARROLL Born: September 27, 1878

John Carroll and Ellen Carolan

Res: Collops Bapt.: September 29, 1878, by M. Tumey

Sp: Thomas Carroll and Rose Carroll

3036. ALICE CARROLL Born: October 1, 1878

Patt. Carroll and Anne Finnegan

Res: Corlea Bapt.: October 4, 1878, by E. Cooke

Sp: Garrett Burnett and Alice Lamb

3681. PATT CLARKE Born: March 13, 1879

Patt Clarke and Catherine Reilly

Res: Lisnasassena Bapt.: March 16, 1879

Sp: John Gargan and Anne Daly

3688. CATHERINE HAND Born: April 24, 1879

Matthew Hand and Margaret Clarke

Res: Corinseca Bapt.: April 25, 1879, by Tho. Cole

Sp: Thomas Martin and Mary Carroll

[Married 19th April 1908 (?)]

3008. JOHN MULDOON Born: September 1, 1879

Peter Muldoon and Catherine McIntire

Res: Collops Bapt.: September 4, 1879, by E. Cooke

Sp: John McCabe and Margret McCabe

3014. MARGARET CAROLAN Born: November 5, 1879

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Margaret Carolan

Res: Collops Bapt.: November 5, 1879, by E. Cooke

Sp: Peter Meehan and Margaret Meehan

3063. LAWRENCE FINIGAN Born: February 7, 1880

Lawrence Finigan and Mary Duffy

Res: Collops Bapt.: February 11, 1880 by Jas. Flood, PP

Sp: John Cassidy and Mary Finigan

3412. JOHN LYNCH Born: January 1, 1881

Peter Lynch and Rose Marron

Res: Collops Bapt.: January 2, 1881 by E. Cooke

Sp: Wm. Cluskey and Cath. Marron

END OF FILM

contributed and transscribed by Carol Granville

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