Owen McCue - Louth

RootsIreland offers the following transcription of the birth of an Owen McCue in 1843:

OWEN MCCUE    

 Baptism:    05-May-1843

Address:    Rathbrist    

Roman Catholic Parish/District:    LOUTH, Co. Louth

Father:    Thos Mccue    

Mother:    Peggy Ginnitty

Sponsors Jas Carolan, Mary Keiran

Marriage record from RootsIreland for the above Thomas...

Marriage:        30-Jul-1839                 

Parish of LOUTH, Co. Louth

Thomas           Mccue,                        Margaret         Ginnitty of Rathbrist

Both RC, first marriage for both

Witnesses:  Patt         Larney,                        Mary   Gartlany

Bruce,

I found two additional sons on Roots Ireland:

Patt Mccue

Baptism: 24 Mar 1841

Address: Tallanstown

Roman Catholic Parish/District:  Louth, Co. Louth

Father: Thomas Mccue

Mother: Peggy Ginnatty

Sponsors: Peter Mackey & Anne Crolly

Laurence Mchugh

Baptism: 5 Jan 1851

Address: Rathbrist

Roman Catholic Parish/District: Louth, Co. Louth

Father: Thomas Mchugh

Mother: Margaret Ginnitty

Sponsors: Patk Cassidy & Mary Keiran

Carolyn

Do you know what specific church they were baptized in? 

Bruce,

This is just a guess, but there is a Catholic church called Saints Peter and Paul in Tallonstown, Louth that existed back when your relations were baptized, and still stands today. When I searched for churches in that area, the result showed "Tallanstown, Rathbrist"....the two addresses in the above information.

Carolyn

Thank you so much for the info!!!  I apologize for my delayed response but I'll be reaching out to you guys in the future!!!   Thanks again!!!  

Bruce 

Owen McCue's father Thomas McCue I believe his dad was also Thomas McCue and I have his birthdate 1775 in Daver, co, Louth, Ireland.  I don't have a spouse for him either.   Any possibility of finding information on Thomas McCue Sr.   Also, I thought someone said the spelling of McCue could have been at one time McHugh.   Thoughts? 

Thank you so much!!

Bruce Drake

Sorry - his wife's name might be Mary Savage 

Bruce,

The baptism records for the RC parish of Louth begin in 1833, so neither Thomas would have one. However, the neighboring RC parish of Tallonstown has records back to 1817. I no longer have a rootsireland subscription, so I cannot check for you regarding Thomas. On the free site johngrenham.com, it shows that one of the popular surnames in Tallonstown, RC parish of Tallonstown is McCue; so they might be from there. Current google searches show "Rathbrist, Tallonstown, Louth". The records of marriage/birth for your relatives show Rathbrist in RC parish of Louth, not Tallonstown. There are Griffith's Valuation for three McCue families in three different townlands in the civil parish of Tallanstown, but no Thomas.

Anyhow, McCue and McHugh are variations of the same name as shown by the birth records of sons Patt and Laurence. 

Regards,

thank you!!!