john ryan of ballyknockan leighlinbridge and old leighlin county carlow

Ryan line

Oriaghain  oriain descendant of rian maoilrian descendant of maoilriaghain oruadhain descendant of the little red one

Ryan Claiming descent from

1.Cathair mor  see genealogy of the dunne duinn of the parish of rosenalis queens county county laois leix   

2.Fiachu baicced

Fiacha Baicheda (the lame), who is described below. Cathair mor left in his will to his twelveth son fiacha baicheda Leaves country about Wexford, 50 large vessels of yew, 50 cups, 50 pied horses with brass bits

3.Bressal belach

5.labraid laidech

much of idrone country belonged early to the ui bairrche an early ui drone genealogy displays their descent from dron a brother of enna cennseach (progenitor of the ui chennselaig) which is cited by some as a politically motivated genealogy      the original ui drone like the original ui dega were likely genealogically independent of the ui chennselaig the sept of ui rethe was noted south of of lethglenn leighlin co Carlow in ui drone according to felire of Gorman

of smooth land is a canted long the land ui-drona 474  474. Ui-Drona. - This tribe, descended from Drona, the fourth in descent from Cathaoir Mor, monarch of Ireland in the second century, gave its name to the barony of Idrone, in the county of Carlow. See Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 212, note k. of pleasant hills more befitting to him than a strange territory  

900ad 10th century the territory of the ui drone was ruled by a branch of the ui chennselaig who later took the name ua riain (oryan)

6.sept of oryan  the name originates from rian who was of the 10th century

oryan later lords of ui drona now 2013 preserved in baronies of idrone east and idrone west in county Carlow 

Dinn-righ, i.e., the Hill of the Kings. This was the most ancient palace of the kings of Leinster. The ruins of it are pointed out in the townland of Ballyknockan, on the west side of the River Barrow, about a quarter of a mile to the south of Leighlin Bridge, in the county of Carlow. See Leabhar na gCeart, pp. 14, 15, note o.

Hereditary to o’riaghain 473  473. O'Riaghain, now made Ryan, a name still extant in the county of Carlow. It is to be distinuished from O'Mulryan, of the county of Tipperary, which is now usually shortened to Ryan, with the O' or the Mul.

 Eo Yew  Ahoghill 4.yew, aireg fedo nobles of the wood yew for buildings    E?, however, means 'yew'. Other texts state that E? Mugna was an oak. However this may be explained, it is clear that the tree, in legend at least, was no ordinary oak or yew; like its parent tree it bore acorns, apples and hazel nuts. It is said to have fallen before the end of the seventh century, due south over Mag n-Ailbe. E? Mugna was elsewhere said to have sprung from the seed of the Tree of Knowledge from the Garden of Eden   the Yew of Ross (E? Ruis),  the yew of mugna eo mugna

The Yew of Ross (E? Ruis), E? Rosa (‘Yew of Ros’) at Old Leighlin (Co. Carlow) were believed to be sacred     the Tree of Ross is described as “a firm strong god”:‘E? Rossa   Eo Rosa, ibar ?. Sairtuath co Druim Bairr dorochair, ut Druim Suithe cecinit: Eo Rosa, roth ruirech recht flatha, fuaim tuinni, dech duilib, diriuch dronchrand, dia dronbalc […]. The Tree of Ross  The tree of Ross is a yew. North-east as far as Druim Bairr it fell, as Druim Suithe (‘Ridge of Science’) sang: Tree of Ross, a king’s wheel, a prince’s right, a wave’s noise, best of creatures, a straight firm tree, a firm-strong god […].1044   The bile, ‘large tree’, ‘tree trunk’ or ‘post’, from Celtic *bilios, generally had an atypical form and was believed to be the dwelling of the gods.1040 The chiefs of tribes and kings were inaugurated under its branches were believed to be sacred                                                                                                                                    trying to find family in ballyknockan leighlinbridge  

???? john ryan married to catherine may 

1824 tithes applotments county carlow parish old leighlin townland old leighlin                              184 john ryan 8 acre 2 rood 30 perch @ 1.20 per acre = £9;0;10 for landlord and 16s 6d for vicar          381 james fry & john ryan 1acre 3rood 3perch                  £1;03s;35d for landlord and 1s 7d for vicar   

1827 may 20th baptism john ryan saint laizerains leighlinbridge leighlin county carlow to john ryan and catherine may sponsors jj robert shea and bridget may

1845 april 23rd wedding john ryan (b1827) marraige to ellen rice at saint laizerains leighlin bridge witnesses james ryan and mary mcnally old leighlin 

1852 griffith valuation idrone west carlow old leighlin plot 17c john ryan 

1857 july 12th leighlinbridge baptism maria bridget ryan saint laizerians leighlinbridge county carlow to john ryan and ellen rice sponsors james kinsella marianne maher

???? birth bridgit ryan daughter of john ryan and ellen rice

1889 july 22nd wedding maria ryan spinster dressmaker resident ballyknockan leighlinbridge (father john ryan parents john ryan and ellen rice ballyknockan) marraige to edward doyle tradesman residence bagenalstown  (father william doyle tradesman parents william doyle eliza dycher address bagenalstown) married in the roman catholic chapel of st lazerians leighlinbridge leighlin county carlow celebrant james e delany cc  witnessed by jereimiah bolger bagenalstown and kate rice ballyknockan catherine rice moanduff

1890 may 4th leighlinbridge birth william to maria bridgit ryan doyle and edward doyle profession builder dwelling place leighlinbridge registered may 6th present at birth margaret mcabe there is a verbal story that marias sister bridgit ryan brennan acted as midwife at the birth-----william became an oblate 

???? wedding marias ryan sister bridget a midwife married a brennan leighlinbridge -----------------------------------------------------------------birth they had a son john ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------birth a daughter esther who worked in the post office in bagenalstown county carlow --------------------------------------------------birth and another daughter masie or mary who married a businessman johnson in urlingford kilkenny     

1901 march 31st sunday census residents of a house 8 in woodfield terrace new kilmainham dublin maria b ryan doyle 

1911 april 2nd sunday census residents of house number 3 in station road (bagenalstown urban carlow) maria b ryan doyle 21 years married 7 born alive 3 still living 

any assistance on the above would be gratefully recieved