Genealogical Troves: Volume Two

By Dennis Ford

Genealogical Troves ~ Volume Two provides Nineteenth Century records of baptisms, marriages and deaths pertaining to the—

Griffin families
Connell (O’Connell) families

—who resided in the vicinity of Ballybunion and Listowel in Northwest County Kerry.

Volume Two relies on a number of sources to assemble the family records. These records include:

Roman Catholic parish registers
Civil records
Land records
The Calendar of Wills

Volume Two includes additional records for families (Forde and Freeman of County Mayo and Allen and Linnane of County Kerry) and townlands (Laughil in County Roscommon and Derrynacong in County Mayo) found in Genealogical Troves ~ Volume One.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Nov 13, 2020
• ISBN: 9781663213150

Dennis Ford

Dennis Ford is the author of nineteen books, including the recent novels Tracks That Lead To Joy and World Without End. He lives on the Jersey Shore, where he walks the beaches and thinks about ghosts.

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To the people of the past, that we remember them

Contents

Preface

Sources

Griffin Records ~ Tithe Applotment Bks., House Books & Griffith’s Valuation

Griffin Records in Listowel, Ballylongford & Ballybunion R.C. Parish Books

Civil Records of Griffin Deaths in the Listowel Union

Griffin ~ Calendar of Wills & Boston Pilot’s Missing Friends

Connell Records ~ Tithe Applotment Bks, House Books & Griffith’s Valuation

Connell Baptisms & Marriages in Listowel R. C. Parish Books

Connell Baptisms & Marriages in Ballylongford R. C. Parish Books

Connell Baptisms & Marriages in Ballybunion R. C. Parish Books

Civil Records of Connell Deaths in the Listowel Union

Connell ~ Calendar of Wills

Additions to Genealogical Troves ~ Volume One

Preface

This book was to be the second of two volumes pertaining to my Irish surnames and ancestral villages. Owing to the large amount of genealogical records extracted, this book is now, with God’s permission, the second of three volumes. It includes predominantly 19th Century records concerning:

~ Griffin families residing in the vicinity of Ballybunion and Listowel in County Kerry.

~ Connell (O’Connell) families residing in the vicinity of Ballybunion and Listowel.

Roman Catholic parish registers are available on-line at www.registers.nli.ie. The records terminate circa 1880. (When I was visiting the Family History Library in Manhattan years ago, microfilm records for some parishes continued into the 20th Century.) The records are searchable by event and date, not by surname. The legibility of the records, which are in PDF format, varies greatly. Some of the registers are in Latin. The pages are not always in chronological order—events in the same month and year could appear in different places in the register, depending on which priest wrote the records. I elected to include only the month and year of individual records.

Civil records of births, deaths and marriages are available at www.irishgenealogy.ie. The records continue from 1864 into the 1950s. They are searchable by name, year and civil registration district. (The latter facilitates searches, but is not required.) The website is periodically updated. In addition, the website contains select Roman Catholic records searchable by name, year and parish. Luckily for the Griffin and Connell surnames, records for North Kerry parishes are available on the website.

Census records for 1901 and 1911 are available at www.census.nationalarchives.ie. The records are searchable by surname and townland. Images of the census forms can be downloaded and printed.

Land records are available on-line at the Valuation Office at www.irish-geneaography.com/valuation-office. The records are searchable by surname and county. For North Kerry, these records slightly predate Griffith’s Valuation. There are a number of websites pertaining to the Tithe Applotment books and to Griffith’s Valuation. The website of the National Archives of Ireland contains a number of interesting databases, including a Calendar of Wills that can be searched by surname, county and date of death.

All records in Genealogical Troves ~ Volume Two need to be verified. There may be errors in transcription. Informants may have provided inaccurate details. Priests and civil registrars may have erred in recording events. Researchers who digitized the records may have made errors. Shamefully, I may have erred in copying names and dates.

Dates of births and deaths in civil records should be considered approximations of the actual events. Since families had several months to report events, it sometimes happens that dates in civil records do not correspond with dates in the church registers. Irish babies are found to be baptized before they are reported as born, a situation no less amazing than the Mormon practice of baptizing deceased people. Ages in civil death records should be considered approximations of the actual ages. Frequently, informants only had estimates of the decedents’ actual ages.

Family records in Genealogical Troves ~ Volume Two should be considered incomplete—this is especially the case with older records. Baptisms and marriages that occurred before the commencement of church registers are permanently lost. Deaths and burials were not recorded by the churches included in this volume. Illegibility of handwriting in the parish registers may have resulted in overlooked records or in erroneous interpretations of names and dates. Pages may be missing from the extant registers—chunks of pages appear to be missing in some registers. Families may not have reported events to the civil authorities. Errors of transcription may have occurred.

Family records are in chronological order from the first occurrence of names in parish books or civil records. The names of witnesses and godparents are in parentheses. Question marks are used to indicate uncertainties in transcribing names, dates and townlands.

Records for Griffin families include Listowel, Ballylongford and Ballybunion church records and civil records in the Listowel Union. Griffin records derive from a few contiguous civil parishes in North Kerry. Connell records are more widely dispersed geographically. Records for Connell families are separated into individual sections for Listowel, Ballylongford and Ballybunion parishes. The Listowel parish books included records for a diverse number of civil parishes, including Lixnaw, Duagh, Murher and others. Church records are combined with civil records for each family. Readers are advised to review all sections for the Connell surname, since couples may have married in one parish and raised their children in a different parish.

Both Connell and O’Connell occur in church and civil records. There is little consistency, although O’Connell became more frequent in later years. So as not to encumber the text with copious apostrophes, Connell is used throughout.

Lastly, a few records pertaining to surnames and townlands contained in Genealogical Troves ~ Volume One are at the conclusion of this volume. These records were found after Volume One was published.

Sources

Griffin Families in the Vicinity of Ballybunion and Listowel

Listowel, Ballylongford & Ballybunion Parish Books, 1804 – 1901

Valuation Office - House & Tenure books, 1848 - 1850

National Archives of Ireland – Calendar of Wills, 1875 - 1910

Civil records of marriages and baptisms commence in 1864

Civil record of deaths in the Listowel Union, 1871 – 1910 [images available on-line]

Connell Families in the Vicinity of Ballybunion and Listowel

Listowel Parish Books, 1802 – 1901

Ballylongford Parish Books, 1823 – 1897

Ballybunion Parish Books, 1831 - 1901

Valuation Office - House & Tenure books, 1848 – 1852

National Archives of Ireland – Calendar of Wills, 1858 - 1900

Civil records of marriages and baptisms commence in 1864

Civil record of deaths in the Listowel Union, 1871 – 1901 [images available on-line]

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Griffin Records ~ Tithe Applotment Bks.,

House Books & Griffith’s Valuation

The Griffin surname derives from the Irish O Griobhtha, translated descendant of the Griffin-like. As it is unlikely that our ancestors had the heads and wings of eagles and the bodies of lions, the surname probably refers to personal qualities of aggression and contentiousness. Early spellings included O Griofa and O Griffy. The Griffin surname is heavily represented throughout Munster.

Tithe Applotment Book, 1827

Denis Griffin, Faha, Kilconly

John Griffin, Gortagrane West, Lisselton

John Griffin & partners, Gortagrane West, Lisselton

John Griffin, Kilgarvan, Lisselton

Thomas Griffin, Beale, Kilconly

Thomas Griffin, Gortagrane East

House & Tenure Books, 1848 – 1851 (lessors in parentheses)

Bridget Griffin, Drom (Connor Mulvihill)

Cate Griffin, Killehenny (Thomas Leonard)

Catherine Griffin, Tulla More (George Gun)

Daniel Griffin, Islandganniv

Daniel Griffin, Kilgarvan (John Lynch)

Darby Griffin, Ballydonohoe (Edmund Walsh)

Denis Griffin, Faha (Thomas O’Connor)

Denis Griffin, Killehenny (Robert Cashel)

Edmund Griffin, Barraduff

Ellen Griffin, Ballingowan, (Michael Foley Jr.)

Ellen Griffin, Gortcurreen (Lord Listowel)

Ellen Griffin, Listowel (John Enright)

Henry Griffin, Clievragh (Lord Listowel)

Henry Griffin, Dromin, Listowel

Henry Griffin, Listowel

James Griffin, Bromore West (Mary Flahan)

James Griffin, Bromore West (Michael Flahan)

James Griffin, Bromore West (Thomas Flahan)

James Griffin, Kilmulhane (John Walsh)

John Griffin, Ballingowan (Thomas Foley)

John Griffin, Ballingowan (Patrick Shanahan)

John Griffin, Ballyeagh (Denis Harty)

John Griffin, Ballyeagh (Mrs. Herrene)

John Griffin, Faha (Thomas O’Connor)

John Griffin, Moybella North (John Mulvihill)

John Griffin, Tulla More (Gorge Gun)

Kate Griffin, Moybella North

Laurence Griffin, Clievragh (Daniel Leonard)

Margaret Griffin, Gortcurreen (Maurice Byrne)

Margaret Griffin, Gortcurreen (Maurice Flaherty)

Margaret Griffin, Gortcurreen (Thomas Flaherty)

Margaret Griffin, Killehenny (Thomas Leonard)

Mary Griffin, Clievragh (Daniel Leonard)

Mary Griffin, Killehenny (Thomas Leonard)

Mary Griffin, Lyre (Matthew Doyle)

Mary Griffin, Lyre (James Hennessy)

Maurice Griffin, Lyre (Timothy Foley)

Maurice Griffin, Tulla More (George Gun)

Michael Griffin, Doon East (John Browne)

Michael Griffin, Doon East (Martin Carroll)

Michael Griffin, Doon East (Michael Hennessy)

Michael Griffin, Doon East (Darby Seanlen)

Michael Griffin, Faha (Thomas O’Connor)

Norry Griffin, Lyre (John Blacker)

Patrick Griffin, Ballybunion (Lord Burghersh)

Patrick Griffin, Barnadarrig (Mrs. Church)

Patrick Griffin, Dunferris

Patrick Griffin, Faha (Thomas O’Connor)

Patrick Griffin, Killehenny (Lord Burghersh)

Patrick Griffin, Lahesheragh North (Patrick Francis)

Patt Griffin, Barnadarrig (Mrs. Church)

Patt Griffin, Barnadarrig (Tom Riordan)

Patt Griffin, Killehenny (Thomas Leonard)

Thomas Griffin, Bromore West (George Gun)

Thomas Griffin, Curraghweesha (Michael Dee)

Widow Griffin, Gortcurreen

Griffith’s Valuation, 1852

Timothy Griffin, Carrigane, Ballylongford Parish (Aghavallen)

Daniel Griffin, Curraghderrig

Julia Griffin, Larha

Timothy Griffin, Letter

Jeremiah Griffin, Ballydonohoe, Galey Parish

Bridget Griffin, Leansaghane, Kilconly Parish

John Griffin, Tulla More

Catherine Griffin

Patrick Griffin, Castlequarter

James Griffin

Thomas Griffin, Bromore West

Johanna Griffin, Doon East, Killehenny Parish

Patrick Griffin, Killehenny

Denis Griffin

Patrick Griffin, Ballybunion

Patrick Griffin, Barnadarrig

Ellen Griffin, Ballingowan, Lisselton Parish

John Griffin, Moybella North

Maurice Griffin, Lyre

Patrick Griffin, Sr., Gortagrane

Patrick Griffin, Jr.

Margaret Griffin

Patrick Griffin, Lahesheragh North

Thomas Griffin, Curraghweesha

Ellen Griffin, Gortcurreen, Listowel Parish

Honoria Griffin, Listowel

Ellen Griffin

Laurence Griffin, Clievragh

Mary Griffin

Henry Griffin

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Griffin Records in Listowel,

Ballylongford & Ballybunion

R.C. Parish Books

Johanna Griffin & Thomas Gallivan

John, Jan. 1804 (Denis Connelly & Honora Healy), Listowel Parish

Julia Griffin & Richard Murphy

John, Sept. 1804 (J. Reliah & Margaret Scanlan), Listowel Parish

Ellen, May 1809 (Patrick Griffin & Mary Griffin)

Patrick, Apr. 1811 (Maurice Dunnivan & Mary Fitzmaurice)

Johanna Griffin & Thomas Paradine

Elizabeth, Feb. 1805 (Martin Griffin & Ellen ?), Listowel Parish

Patrick Griffin & Ellen Enright

Patrick, Feb. 1805 (Thomas Harding & Mary Doulin), Listowel Parish

Bridget, Sept. 1810 (John Bunion & Ellen Brien)

Daniel Griffin & Ellen Shea

Daniel, Augt. 1805 (Thomas Morgan & Elizabeth Murphy), Listowel

Michael Griffin & Catherine Reidy

Daniel, Sept. 1805 (Thomas Griffin & Mary Shea), Listowel Parish

Michael Griffin & Johanna Griffin

William, Oct. 1805 (Patrick Connor & Ellen Swiney), Listowel Parish

Ellen Griffin & Michael Dillane

Michael, Oct. 1805 (Patrick Dee & Catherine Fitzmaurice), Listowel Parish

Maurice Griffin & Margaret Mulvihill

Maurice, Nov. 1806 (Daniel Brisnahan &