Patrick Keelan from Adare, born 1828

Hi Anne, I was quite excited to see your post. My grandmother was Catherine Fennessy, born in Adare in 1870 to James Fennessy and Catherine McEniry. She was the youngest of 9 siblings and came to Australia in the 1890's. Many of her siblings went to England. Her father, James died in Adare in 1889. Her mother, Catherine died in 1901. The 1901 shows that Catherine in Kilfinny with a granddaughter. I was wondering if your Johanna was a sister of James, he was born about 1819. I'm on ancestry.com. If you'd like to see my family tree send a request and I'd be happy to invite you as a guest..... Odgers Family Tree. Best wishes, Maree.

Gosh Maree! That's a possibility isn't it? I would also be happy for you to see my tree. Not sure how we could exchange email addresses privately via here? Roger can you help us out here please?! Many thanks, Anne

Hi Anne,

If your Patrick Keelan was catholic, have you tried the Parish Registers.  A few years ago, my husband and I had the opportunity to actually sit in the parish office and look through their registers (long before they went on line).  We were able to find his father's baptism record from 1892, along with that of his aunts.  In additon, we found records of cousins baptized in the early 1900s which led us to actually finding and eventually conctacting his only living cousin who was 94 at the time!  The registers go back into the 1700s and early 1800s.  Good luck.

Peg

Thanks Peg. Yes he was a Catholic. As such I had no trouble finding his marriage details. He and Johanna were married in Croagh. I could not find Patrick's birth record as I understand it predated official records being kept. Very frustrating! My hope is that someonw somewhere has a piece of family history information that will place Patrick within his wider family context and the same with Johanna.Sometimes all we need is one or two little jigsaw pieces and that's it. Thanks very much for replying.Much appreciated.

Patrick Keelan was police officer in Liverpool there is a story in Liverpool daily post dated 1867 where he was attacked by his lodger Jane Sutcliffe. I'm originally from Liverpool but love in North wales.  My grandmother was born Margaret Jane Robinson her mother was Margaret Jane Keelan whose father was James Keelan born 1852 not sure in Liverpool or Ireland whose father was Patrick Keelan

Patrick Keelan was police officer in Liverpool there is a story in Liverpool daily post dated 1867 where he was attacked by his lodger Jane Sutcliffe. I'm originally from Liverpool but love in North wales.  My grandmother was born Margaret Jane Robinson her mother was Margaret Jane Keelan whose father was James Keelan born 1852 not sure in Liverpool or Ireland whose father was Patrick Keelan.      

Steven

Hi apparently James keelan was my great , great grandad....so my aunty Chris states. I came across this post....my family is originated from Liverpool / Ireland ...

Patrick Keelan was my Gt gt Grandfather. His parents were John Keelan born 1797, and Margaret Gibney 1799-1879. I'm on Ancestry so if you want to view my tree, send me a request.

Kind regards,

Sarah Keatley.