Great Great Grandfather

Hello Rita,

I have a John Malia/>Malley/O'Malley in my tree married to a  Great aunt don'y have much other info,

if you go onto Ancestry there is an O'Brien tree researching the O'Malley/Malley/ Malia  line you may find what you are looking for there.

Good Luck.

Tks You mean ancestry.com  as have to be a member of that or roots, anyone ever hear of a place called CONNICK co Mayo or a parish near it?

Hello Rita,

The place in County Mayo that you call "CONNICK" sounds a lot like the phonetic spelling or pronunciation form for "Connacht" (or "Connaught"), the western province of Ireland that is comprised of the 5 counties of Mayo, Galway, Leitrim, Roscommon and Sligo. 

There was a good deal of movement in the hard times of the 17th and 18th century---as in "To Hell or Connaught"---so maybe a person just gave "Connaught" as their place of origin to give people a rough idea of where they came from, without getting into a detailed listing (or without giving out too much information if they were worried about the possibility that the British were looking for them).

Many, many O'Malley/Malley names in County Mayo, as well as elsewhere. Don't forget that you can sign up for the "ancestry.com" website for free for the first two weeks and then cancel out your account just before the two weeks are up. And The Latter Day Saints (Mormon) library's website at "familysearch.org" is free and loaded with information after you join (...joining just the website, not the church itself).  

Good luck.

----Robert O'Keane

Thanks Robert, I thought that as this info was written on his death certificate as place of birth in Australia, I have since found out there were also 2 brothers also sent in 1834 but theiir surname was spelt O'Maley a Patrick 1810 and Arthur 1795. Tks Rita 

Looks like that Daniel O'Malley is not mine as heard from Australia and he requested his wife over and her name was Mary Walsh, our Daniel'w wife was a Bridget Walsh from Co. Meath. So I will keep on searching.  Thanks

Looks like that Daniel O'Malley is not mine as heard from Australia and he requested his wife over and her name was Mary Walsh, our Daniel'w wife was a Bridget Walsh from Co. Meath. So I will keep on searching.  Thanks

Sorry should have said Bridget Gaffney