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Marriage Index. Caragh (Downings), Kildare. 1850-52

Caragh (Downings), Kildare

  Caragh (Downings) Marriage Index 1850-52

This is an index of the names of the people who were married in the Roman Catholic parish of Caragh (Downings) during the years 1850-52.  It runs until November 1852, the pages after this one were almost impossible to read up to Sept 1856. The following table of marriages is transcribed from Microfilm No. 4206 held online by the National Library of Ireland accessible through their Roman Catholic Parish Register Search page.   All names and surnames given here are as I read them.


My list is sorted by the surname of the groom.  Question marks indicate letters or words I had a problem reading.  The letters ‘sic’ indicate that is how I read the letters I have typed.
[ ] indicates that the letters within the brackets are my best guess at what the letters might be. n.g=not given.

Townlands are given.

Nicknames, Shortened names used in Irish records

If you go to the page I have linked to below and are sitting at a PC and want to search the records for a surname that you are interested in then press Ctrl and F together.  A box will pop up for you to enter the characters you’d like to find on the page you are on. Pressing enter will bring you to the next entry for that name and so on.  My thanks to Clare Lawler Kilgallen who posted this information on a Facebook page.

If you are working with a Mac then press ⌘ & F and continue as above.

Page 28 Marriage Records Caragh (Downings) Roman Catholic Parish : Transcription begins on this page of microfilm.

 

NameSurnameBride NameBride SurnamePlacenameDateYear
ThomasBa[con]Bridget??BrennanNewtown14-Aug1852
PatBoweRoseMullallyNewtown07-Feb1850
JamesByrneMaryBernesNewhall29-Oct1851
JamesCribbinAnneFitzpatrickCurrabell13-Oct1851
JohnDalyAnneFoxClongong (sic)25-Nov1852
JohnDonnellyMargaretBreretonDownings04-Nov1852
PatEllisAnneBarnesProsperous24-Feb1852
ThosEverettCatherineFarrellCock Bridge03-Mar1851
JohnFitzsimons…aGallaherProsperous10 ??Sept1852
WillmFlemingAnneQuinnProsperous09-Feb1852
PatFloodEllenFulhamBarretstown26-Nov1851
PatFoxMarySwordsNewtown27-Nov1852
RichFullardMargaretDowdeProsperous02-Feb1852
JasKavanaghMargtJohnstonRobertstown18-Jun1852
PatKayesMargaretSwordsNewtown24-Oct1851
PatKennyMaryFulhamClongong26-Nov1850
LaurenceKimmageAnneMcGowranCarah (sic)20-Jan1852
ThomasLynamMargaretCoffayClongong21-Sep1850
PeterMalayCatherinePowerProsperous4 ??Sept1852
?PatrickReillyBridgetCoff?ayGib…..?town25-Jul1852
PatrickRoganMargaretSwineyCaragh31-Jul1850
ThosTierneyMarySmithDownings21-Jul1852
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Inquest at Caragh, Co. Kildare, 1845

The inquest on the body of Donelly was held on Friday last, in the school house of Caragh – belonging to the Rev. Thomas Tierney, P.P., who kindly gave the use of it for this occasion – before Thomas Harrisson, Esq., Coroner,  J. Dopping, Esq., was also present. Several witnesses were examined with great acuteness by the Rev. Mr. Tierney, – who evinced the greatest anxiety to bring this dreadful deed to light – and by Mr. Dopping ; but we regret to say that no testimony whatever could be obtained to lead to the knowledge of the guilty parties.


The first witness examined was John Losty, who knew nothing more of the transaction than that he saw deceased for a few minuets shortly before he was murdered, and had a conversation with him. Anne M’Gowan and Anne Ennis, the persons who were in company with the deceased when he was attacked (but who were not relatives as stated in last week’s ‘Express’) were the next witnesses examined. They deposed that they joined company with the deceased on the evening in question , and that on coming near the village of Caragh, two men dressed in black, who lay in wait, leaped from behind the ditch, and proceeded to attack deceased who defended himself with a crutch which he was in habit of using, having been afflicted with lameness ; one of the men exclaimed to the other “d…n you, why don’t you drive it though him?” on which a pistol was discharged at deceased. The two women immediately alarmed the neighbourhood, but no traces of the murderers could be discovered. Both witnesses prevaricated very much in their testimony and both persevered in denying all knowledge of the murderers. Bridget Donelly, wife of the deceased and other relatives, who, it appears lived on bad terms with each other, were minutely examined, but they all persisted in saying they knew nothing of the transaction. Dr. Walsh, Naas, deposed that he had examined the body, and that his death had been caused by gun-shot wound through the organs of the eyes, causing a fracture of the skull. Mr. Currin of Naas also gave similar testimony. After a patient enquiry of several hours, the jury found a verdict of “willful murder against some persons unknown. Thus this deed of darkness remains at present in obscurity. But, we trust it will not be long until it is brought to light.

Taken from:
The King’s Co. Chronicle
Vol. 1 No. 3
Wednesday, Oct 6th, 1845

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