Kirby genealogy; Irish Christmas; St. Nicholas; Roscommon
Posted by: Mike in Irish Families, Irish in America, tags: Bards and Poets, Dance Archive, Kirby, RoscommonIrish Family History with curious news and notes.
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Show 141
Among Todays Topics at the Hedge School:
1) The family name of the week: Kirby
2) County Roscommon is the Genealogy book of the month.
3) The Best and Worst City in Ireland ?
4) The ‘Hamely Tongue’ is what dialect in Northern Ireland ?
5) Irelands First Dance Archive where ?
6) How much snow fell for Christmas this year in Ireland ?
7) St. Nicholas is buried where in Ireland ?
8) Bards and Poets is this weeks Hedge Row History excerpt !
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Todays Topics: 1:00
Notes from Mike: 2:00
One Minute Podcast: 4:00
Book of the Month: 6:30
The Magnificent Seven: 9:30
Irish Name of the Day: 11:30
Sources: 15:30
Websites of the Week: 16:30
Curious News and Notes: 18:30
Total Time: 25:50
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Notes This Week:
What’s happening today at the Irish Roots Cafe
1) Christmas and the end of the year is here ! Thanks
for tuning in. It will be 5 years we’ve been podcasting
in just a few days.
2) New for this last year ? The Hello Fada, Irish Language
podcast; The Irish Hedge Row History Podcast….and more
to come. Thanks for the great response
3) Nigh on to broke my foot two weeks ago and can just
get it back into a large tennis shoe starting yesterday. So I
have been slower than usual ! It was a crate of books I was
lifting, and suddenly the bottom broke out of it and after
that it’s all a blur, trying to balance the crate and falling books
and making it down the step I had already started to take….
4) Well, we heard the Enya version of Silent Night in the Irish
language and decided to learn it, so Christmas time we did
just that. Here is a link to hear Enya herself sing it on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN3uPrJR7IY
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One Minute Podcast
Let’s take a listen to one of our 8 other podcast series.
Covering Song; Recitation; Travel; History; Irish-America;
or Irish language.
Todays Podcast excerpt is from The Irish Hedge Row History
series, with myself and Peter Reilly Adams. This is from the
upcoming session on the Bardic Schools and poetic tradition
before the coming of Patrick, let’s take a listen……
( You must listen to the podcast for this )
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Book of the Month:
1) County Roscommon genealogy and family history notes.
For more about this book go to:
http://www.irishroots.com/id4519.htm
Notes from the contents of County Roscommon and genealogy notes
The Irish Families Project for Roscommon The Master book to the
29 volume Irish Families series is ‘The Book of Irish Families, great &
small’. That book gives hundreds of family histories from County
Roscommon, and the surrounding areas. ” County Roscommon Genealogy
and Family History Notes”, volume 23 in the series, expands upon that
coverage with added families and new resources just for Roscommon.
(In this way both books can work together as a set if desired, or they
may be used independently for research.)
The Most Numerous Families
Among the most numerous families here in the 19th century were:
MacDermott,
Kelly,
O’Connor (Conner),
Beirne,
Regan (Reagan),
Flannigan (Flanigan),
Connor,
McDonagh (MacDonough),
Quinn (Quin),
Murray,
Brennan,
Higgins,
Towey (Tuohey),
Kenny and
Flynn (Flinn)..
Among the many other noted families of Roscommon were Hayes,
(Hays) McAneeny (MacAniny), Mc Dockery, Gormley (Gormly) and
Duignan. The major towns of Roscommon included Strokestown,
Boyle, and Castlerea……
TABLE of CONTENTS
Publications List
Septs & Territories from Topographical Dictionary……
P a r t O n e
MacDermot Entry from King James Irish Army List
Introduction to Sources; Birth Index……………..
National Resource List …………………………..
Local Resource List………………………………
Names in Roscommon. …………………………
P a r t T w o
The complete existing returns from the ‘census’ of 1659,
also showing the methods of spelling family names and place names
at that time in history. This census is organized by barony, townland
and parish. The baronies included are Roscomon; Ballintobber; Boyle;
Ballimoe; Moycarnan; and Athlone. The full names of tituladoes are
given, such as “Steeven Fallon & his sonn”, Murtagh Naghten,
Michaell Stanley, Michael Boyer, Edmond Ormesby, Terlagh Bryan,
and so on. These tituladoes are tied to specific townlands.
Furthermore, at the end of each barony there is a list of ‘Principall
Irish Names and Their Number’. In one barony the names of
‘OCahan 11, Dillon 6, Dolane and Dollane 14, O Higgin and O Higgan 7,
Kelly 32, McLoughlin 5, O Teige 11′ and so on, are listed. This is
repeated for families in each barony. Different surnames appear
in different baronies, thus providing a clue for researchers. It is
important to note that the spellings of place names and family
names changed over time. The researcher should be aware of
minor changes in the spelling of his name.
P a r t T h r e e
Coats of Arms rough sketches and Genealogical Notes.
Arms connected in some way to the county, as taken from the Irish
Book of Arms. The original listings provide specific locations for
families, and clues for future research.
Among the specific family arms shown in this section are:
Coote of Castle Coote; Ann Crofton of Mote; Patrick Dillion, Irish earl;
George King of Kingston; Maurice Mahon of Strokestown; Henry
Moore Sandford of Castlerea; O’Connor of Ballindubber;
Kelly of Kilcash; O’Conor of Mount Druid; Irwin of Rathmoyle;
French of Cloonyquin; Mulloy of Hughestown; Walsh of Mul Hussey;
Lloyd of Croghan House;
Talbot of Mount Talbot; and French-Brewster of Cloonanartmore.
P a r t F o u r
Finding Locations……………………………….
Map of Co. Roscommon………………………………………
Index of Place Names, ancient & modern.
A sampling of place names to assist in finding locations in the county,
as taken from the Master Book of Irish Placenames. Included in this
selection are modern parish names and older townland names.
Parish Names in County Roscommon. The parish is an important
subdivision of the county. Parish records can be vital to research in the
county. The following modern parishes are listed as in Co. Roscommon
in this work: Ardcarn, Athleague, Aughrim, Ballintober, Ballynakill,
Baslick, Boyle, Bumlin, Cam, Castlemore, Clooncraff, Cloonfinlough,
Cloontuskert, Cloonygormican, Creagh, Creeve, Drum, Drumatemple,
Dunamon, Dysart, Elphin, Esternow, Fuerty, Kilbride, Kilbryan, Kilcolagh,
Kilcolman, Kilcooley, Kilcorkey, Kilgefin, Kilglass, Kilkeevin, Killinvoy,
Killukin, Killummod, Kilmacumsy, Kilmeane, Kilmore, Kilnamanagh,
Kilronan, Kilteevan, Kiltoom, Kiltrustan, Kiltullagh, Lissonuffy, Moore,
Ogulla, Oran, Rahara, Roscommon, Shankill, St. John’s, St. Peter’s,
Taghboy, Taghmaconnell, Termonbarry, Tibohine, Tisrara and Tumna .
Keep in mind the spelling of place names and parishes can change
over time. Be flexible in your research when looking for these names.
P a r t F i v e
Extracts from O’Harts Irish Pedigrees, Including: Dillon, Earls of
Roscommon; Fallon of Clan Uadach; Flanagan of Roscommon; Hanly
of Doohy-Hanly; MacDermot of Moylurg; O’Carroll of Coologe;
O’Naughten of Lislea; Molloy of Harperstown; O’Connor of Annagh;
O’Donel of Larkfield; and many other noted clans of Ireland are given
in specific areas of the county. Extracts are included on the names
and locations of Irish chiefs and clans in the county.
Families on the 4 Masters Map
What families were in the county in earlier days ? This might provide a clue
to the locations of your family today. This book lists some of the families
given on the Map in the History of Ireland by the 4 Masters (Connellan
translation. 2003, I.G.F.) E. = Earl, L.=Lord, C. = chieftain, V = Viscount,
B.= Baron:
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The Blog has additional entries, and written shownotes.
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Coming Up:
The Best and Worst Cities of Ireland.
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Time to raise our eyes skywards, give thanks, and ask for help !
Here are todays “Magnificent Seven” :
1) John B. Sullivan of Shoreline, WA, welcome as a full member !
2) Peter Richards of Devon, United Kingdom, welcome as a
member. Researching the Davis family from Donabate, Dublin
and Bardin from Dublin.
3) Richard O’Dowd of Bradenton, FL your Irish Book of Arms
shipped.
4) Susan McDermott of Lancashire, Great Britain, your County
Tyrone, Ireland book has shipped.
5) Lawrence R. McGirr II of Warner Robins, Georgia, your Co.
Armagh, Ireland genealogy book has shipped.
6) Mark Swan of Colorado Springs, CO., Your Book of Irish
Families, great & small; Passenger List; and Birth index shipped.
7) Karen Booth of Jensen Beach, FL and Dana Flynn of Easton,
PA. Your packages were destroyed by the post office before
Christmas, I am sending new ones now !
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Irish Family Name of the Day:
Kirby
Todays family history in honor of member:
Kathleen Heravi
Related Spellings of the Name
O’Kirby, Kerribly, Kerwick
Varient Spelling Groups: #1033
From The Guide to the Various Spellings of Irish Family Names
http://www.irishroots.com/id4918.htm
History of the Name
The name of Kirby may be of either English or Irish extraction.
Milesian families states that the name settled in Roscommon
and Cavan in 1760 from England. The 1890 Birth index finds
the name in Mayo, Kerry and Limerick. In Mayo the name may
come from the original spelling as ‘Kerribly’. In Kilkenny the
family is found as ‘Kerwick’, and in Waterford as ‘Kervick’.
In Keatings History O’Kirwick (Kirby) is said to be ‘the mainstay
of the territory” in which they resided. In the same work Kirby
is noted in specific areas in Limerick.
copyright 2009, IGF, based in part upon
The Book of Irish Families, great and small
http://www.irishroots.com/id4098.htm
Irish Family Coats of Arms From the Irish Book of Arms
A Brief search in that work shows:
http://www.irishroots.com/id4861.htm
1) None shown
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Coming Up Later in this episode:
How many inches of snow fell in Ireland in the last week or two ?
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The Free Master online index at www.Irishroots.com shows:
Listings for the name 31 times, here are a few examples:
1) Matt Kirby in ‘Missouri Irish’ book.
2) R. Kirby in ‘Irish Knighthoods…’
3) Joseph, Michael and Peter Kirby in J27, AIHS
4) Kirby in Irish Genealogies ( v.3 of Keatings History)
5) In our County books on Cavan & Leitrim; Mayo; Kilkenny;
Limerick, Cork, and more….
You can use this free index to search for your family name:
http://www.irishroots.com/content/view/21/45/
Remember to leave off the Mac or O when typing your name.
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Around the World, in Irish Ways.
The Web Page and Video of the Month.
1) Kirby clan of Duagh, County Kerry, Ireland
I am a descendant of the Kirby Clan of Duagh, County Kerry,
Ireland. A number of my clan emigrated to San Francisco
beginning in the late 1840’s with John O’Keefe. His nieces
and nephews followed him there.
http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/users/h/a/r/Kirby-C-Harris/index.html
2) Irish dialects (59 seconds)
Kate Fannell, National University of Ireland Maynooth, explains how many dialects there are in Irish language.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Irish+language+dialect&search_type=&aq=f
3) Modern Turf cutting @ ballaghaderreen co roscommon , Flanagan plant.
cutting turf with de flanagan crew in roscommon. getting stuck into it with a hitachi ex 100 tracked excavator & home made tracked turf machine …
4) Snow boarding and Skiing in Dublin Ireland 2009
Heavy Snow in Ireland for once. Eoin, Ciaran, Aoife, Niamh, Darren and Gavin. Took skis and snowboards and body boards to Ballinascorney for the
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihHixO37rno
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Curious News and Notes, From Ireland today
1) Well, snow has fallen in Ireland with 7” reported in
some areas, and the temperatures were so low that it
remained on the ground through Christmas. Schools
had to close all the way from Donegal to Cork.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1222/1224261108537.html
2) Ireland’s First Dance Archive opening, as announced
by the University of Limerick.
http://www.theirishworld.com/article.asp?SubSection_Id=2&Article_Id=12328
3) Seems to be a lot on Cable lately with Irish and Scots-Irish
language influences on the mountain folk in America.
Now here is a book with a lot on the dialect of the Scot-Irish
in Co. Antrim, N. Ireland, called ‘ The Hamely Tongue’ .
http://www.ulsterscotslanguage.com/shop/books/the-hamely-tongue-a-personal-record-of-ulster-scots-in-county-antrim.html
4) Best place to live in Ireland ? Galway city ranked #1,
and Bray came in last ! The best county was Donegal
and the worst was Cork, according to this study..
http://www.theirishworld.com/article.asp?SubSection_Id=1&Article_Id=12329
5) And I like to remind everyone that Santa Claus, or at least
St. Nicholas of Myra, is buried in Ireland, as his remains were
moved to Jerpoint Abbey in Co. Kilkenny 800 years ago. Old St. Nick
was the bishop of Lycia and gave generously to the poor.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/santa-claus-buried-in-ireland-14603237.html
6) Irelands first city to city roadway has just opened this month
and runs from Galway to Dublin. Travel time will be considerably
shorter…. and perhaps that is an improvement, bypassing Ballinasloe,
Loughrea, Oranmore…
http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/road-opening-heralds-first-city-to-city-motorway-in-ireland-438730.html
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