KEOHANE & DRISCOLL, Desertserges area

Hi Bren, welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

I had a look at the free record site www.irishgenealogy.ie and searched the church records, there is a baptism for a Julia Keohane 30 August 1830 in Deserterges county Cork with father John Keohane but the mothersname is different,  Biddy (Bridget Lynch)

Thank you so much for trying to help! I did find that one too, but my Julia had a really 'colourful'  shall we say life and didn't marry till she was in her fifties and so the info I have regarding parents and her age have come from her through her marriage certificate and not 2nd hand memories of others .. she couldn't read or write all through her life so it's verbal information she is passing on for someone else to fill out the forms and I presume her parents couldn't read or write during their life either .. so I think my Julia might be down on that site with the wrong surname:  Area - Cork & Ross (RC) Parish Clonakilty  JULIA HOULIHANE b. 26 June 1835. Father down as JOHN HOULIHAN mother MARY DRISCOLL. and sponsor THOS NUGENT  &  CATH HOULIHANE ..  I have read that misunderstandings such as this is not unheard of. So that would mean Cath Houlihane was actually John Keohanes mum.  Have also found a Laurence Keohane and wife Catherine on the 1796 Flax Spinning Wheel list for this area Desertserges.  Could Cath Houlihane be Julia's grandmother down as her sponsor?  I don't know the rules for this sort of thing?  If so I might have the line .... ??  I need an unbiased view here .. 

Hi Bren:

We have a local volunteer in the Skibbereen area who may be able to help you with your Desertserges research.

Will you email me at:  jhalloranryan@irelandxo.com and I will forward his email address to you?

Thanks for your interest in Ireland Reaching Out.

Kind regards,

Jane.