Rathdowney, Laois. Baptisms 1854

Rathdowney, Laois

Rathdowney, Laois.  Baptismal Index 1854

The following table of Lixnaw marriages is transcribed from Microfilm No. 5014/2 held online by the National Library of Ireland accessible through their Roman Catholic Parish Register Search page.  This is an index of the names of the people who were baptised in the Roman Catholic parish of Rathdowney, during the year 1853.


This register is in English and there were a few converts baptised – the children of Daniel & Anne Ringwood, Sophia Evans and Robert ?Marvet.  Robert was 65.  One child was baptised at the ago of ten and the register says that the parents of the child are unknown.

I have the letters n.g. where no word was written for a name or a placename.  Question marks indicate that I had a problem reading the name and I am giving a best guess.  With the repeated entries placenames were spelled differently.  I keep to all spellings as I read them.

My list is sorted by the surname of the groom.  Please note that a section of the register was repeated from about August 1854.  For some of the entries which were put into the register a second time there was a different placename, for one of them I read the male surname incorrectly the first time.  Edward Dunn got married in 1912.  A few of these children were born out of marriage.

NameSurnameFatherM NameM SurnameFromDateYear
??JosephCoyne????JohnBiddyKeyn.g.??28 Nov1854
BiddyHoins??DanMaryLawlerRaheen19-Mar1854
PattJons??MickMaryRielyn.g.26-Feb1854
MaryKenedy??JamesAnneKenedyRathdowney20-Aug1854
ElizaKerawick??JamesBettyBrophyRathdowney19-Aug1854
PattKing??AntonyMaryKingBallycoulid26-Aug1854
JamesHanlon??JamesKittyKavanaghRathdowney27-Nov1853
MaryKeenan??PattEllenCurranB. Bugga10-Aug1854
RobertMarvet??n.g.n.g.n.g.n.g.08-Apr1854
MaryAnglesyCharlesMaryGreffanLisduff25-May1854
WilliamBerginJohnJaneBrittRathdowney15-Aug1854
MargaretBoweJohnMaryGavinGrogan25-Dec1854
RichardBrittJamesMaryBurdinPark03-Aug1854
MargaretBrophyMickMargaretTalbertcan't readJuly1854
BiddyBryanMickJoanneNealn.g.17-Jan1854
??Campion??JoanneRyanKnockile?March1854
MargaretCampionRodyPeggyDeavyClonmeen16-Mar1854
MickClearMartinEllenFanningRathdowney30-Jul1854
AndrewCoalmanJohnKittyDunnClonburn05-Jul1854
??PattCooganJohnAnneFitzpatrickBallycoulid??10 Sept1854
MaryCostiganJimEllenFanningCoolkerry05-Dec1853
ElizaCostiganPattEssyCor?corBorahen22-Jan1854
KittyCouralyWilliamElizaBoweRathdowney25-Feb1854
MickCrearyJohnKittyMulhi?rRathdowney18-Feb1854
EllenDeavyTomMaryMansellcan't read25-Jun1854
MaryDeavyMickJudy??BerginDerries 06-Jul1854
ElizaDeeganWilliamElizaNaggsErrill23-Sep1854
CatherineDelanyKyranMargaretDelanyHarristown09-Jul1854
BiddyDelanyJohnMaryBrophyHarristown03-Aug1854
AnneDelanyWilliamMaryDavyn.g.24-Aug1854
AnneDelanyWilliamMaryDeavyKileahan24-Aug1854
ThomasDelanyWillyMargaretMooreClonmeen13-Dec1854
EdwardDonnellyPattHonora??LivisonRathdowney26-Nov1854
WilliamDonovanGerMaryBerginErrill04-Mar1854
KittyDowlingMathewKittyPetersErrill06-Jun1854
DanielDowling??JudyTracyn.g.Dec1854
EdwardDunneMick?PeggyMahann.g.28-May1854
PattDunneMickMariaGleesonRathdowney30-Jul1854
MaryDunphyMichaelEllenGuiderCoolkerry21-Dec1854
SimonEllisSimonMaryDoronGraiguavalla20-Aug1854
SophiaEvansRichardEssyMcClearMoonamonra19-Jan1854
MaryFitzgeraldJohnMaryBreenRathdowney11-Jun1854
PattFitzpatrickDenisMaryMuldowneyCappalinan23-Apr1854
MaryGleesonPattMargaretCarrollErrill26-Feb1854
AnneGormanTomAnnePhilipsBallycoolid11-Dec1853
BiddyGormanKeiranBiddyn.g.Moonamonra15-Jun1854
JohnGrimesJohnMary??CurBoyesBorahen25-Mar1854
EllenHowleyJamesBiddyBrackenRathdowney20-Jul1854
JamesHu?ntGeorgeEllenTroyRathdowney30-Jul1854
KittyKavanaghJohnJuliaDorann.g.06-Jun1854
MaryKaysEdwardAnneMaloneLismore31-Aug1854
WinnyKearyWillyMaryPhelanGlosha04-May1854
BallybuggaKellyJohnPeggyBrophyBallybugga01-Dec1853
MickKellyWilliamBessBrophyRathdowney17-Dec1854
KittyKenneyMickHoneyLoughmanCappalinan09-Nov1854
PattKiganAntonyMaryKingBallacolad26-Aug1854
TimKinahenDanEssyDuiganLyrouge24-Jan1854
MaryKinahenTomBiddyBaconCappalinan28-Jan1854
ElizaKinahenJamesBettyBrophyRathsaran19-Aug1854
WilliamKirevanJohnBiddyTynan??Rohen19-Mar1854
PattLogan or HoganJohnAnneFitzpatrickBallacolad11-Sep1854
PeggyLoughlinKyranKittyPhelanCappalinan12-Feb1854
BettyLougnanMickMaryMa?llonRaheen02-Jul1854
PeggyLowryLeonardPeggyn.g.Rathdowney19-Mar1854
EllenMcDonalTimOnnyBarberRathdowney18-Feb1854
JohnMcKeyPattGraceKellyHarristown13-Apr1854
MaryMintonJamesAnneKenedyRathdowney20-Aug1854
ElizaMullinKyranMaryManganRathdowney11-Dec1854
JamesMurrayJamesMaryPratKileahan15-Jun1854
Francisn.g.n.g.n.g.n.g.Rathdowney01-Mar1854
ElizaNolanMickKittyBrophyRathdowney20-Jan1854
MickNowlanPattBettyPhelanKnockile07-Feb1854
JoannePerryJamesMaryMaraMoonamonra20-Nov1853
JosephPhelanMickAnnen.g.Bilady25-Jan1854
MaryPurcellJohnMaryLawlerMoonamonra21-Jun1854
JamesQuiglyPattMargaretDowlingRathdowney01-Jan1854
KittyQuinMickKittyDowlingReleara??20-Aug1854
KittyQuinMichaelKittyDowlingKileahan20-Aug1854
SamuelRingwoodWilliamSophiaRidgeErrill15-Jan1854
MaryRingwoodSamuelMaryFitzpkErrill01-Nov1854
MaryRowneyWilliamSophiaEvansCastle Fleming23-Apr1854
BiddyRusselJamesMaryLawlerRathdowney29-Jan1854
JudySlateryJohnJudyLawlerCastletown26-Dec1854
EdwardSparrowEdwardEllenKirwanRathdowney23-Aug1854
EdwardSparrowEdwardEllenKirwanRathdowney23-Aug1854
JosephStanlyRichardKittyMcGrathCastlefleming22-Jan1854
KittySullivanJohnAnneGrimesBallagh25-Sep1854
MaryWhiteJohnJudyB(??er)ginBallycou(??lid)20-May1854
JoanneWhiteJohnJudyB(??er)ginBallycou(??lid)20-May1854