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Marriage Records, Swineford (Kilconduff, Meelick), Co. Mayo, 1808-10

Swineford (Kilconduff, Meelick), Mayo

Swineford (Kilconduff, Meelick) Marriage Index 1808-10

This is an index of the names of the people who were married in the Roman Catholic parish of Swineford (Kilconduff, Meelick) during the  years 1809-10.   The following table of marriages is transcribed from Swineford Microfilm No. 4225 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.  First names are in English, shortened in some instances.


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.  This, transcript while it covers a few years is actually very short, 38 marriages in all.

Townlands are not 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 6 Marriage Records Swineford Roman Catholic Parish : Transcription begins on this page of microfilm

NameSurnameName BrideSurname BrideDateYear
Barthw???[s]hilnMaryBrennan21-Aug1809
Martin[?P]ordonJudyO'Neil14-Jan1809
Matt[H]ilgalan or ThilgalanSibyConnel25-Feb1810
Luke[Lyden]CathM[i]lroy22-Mar1810
???…..kBridt[R]oyan12 ??Feb1809
MichlBrennanM.Gormly12-Aug1808
Thos.Brennan[H]noraGormly02-Sep1808
Thos.CanivanMaryLyden06-May1810
[Dens]CarrBridtMullany17-Aug1809
Jas.CarrolMaryMcNicholas28 ??Nov1808
StephnCarrolMargtWalsh28-Sep1809
PattColganMaryMcNicholas14-Feb1809
Jas.ConlonBridtMurtagh26-Sep1808
MartnConlonBridtConlon03-Oct1809
LawrenceCosgrifBtReily29-Jan1810
DomnickDevanyHonora[K]elly23-Jan1810
EdwardDonoghueW[e]ndWalsh01-Apr1810
Thos.enyCathRuane12 ??Feb1809
FrancisFitzgeraldMaryLane23-Jan1809
EdmundGilganWendHanly09-May1810
MartnGordonBridtCallahan??3 Oct1809
JohnGradyMary[Kinidy]25-Nov1810
Thos.JenningsMaryKilgalan15-Apr1810
RichardJourdanBridg[et][Gallaher]11-Dec1810
OwenLavanElinorLavan08-May1809
PattLonganElinorCorcoran30-May1810
DanielM[y]lanCathGara01-Oct1810
JohnMcLaughlinBridtLyden08-Jan1809
Jas.MoranJudySheeran05-Oct1808
PattMoranBridtReily14 ??Nov1808
PattMul[d]onyBridt[Ga]llagher01-Mar1810
Jas.MullanyMaryLunchahan04-Sep1809
PattMunni[?o]n(sic)MaryByrne16-Nov1808
MichlNelanMaryMullany01-Mar1810
WilmOghtiganWendMcLaughlin15-Apr1810
PattVaryMaryFox07-Jun1808
J…..WalshCathMcVeeny29-Jan1809

Round Tower, Meelick, Co. Mayo

This page has gravestones but I did not stop to record stones, instead, I was driving home from Mayo and spotted a signpost which mentioned a Round Tower.


There are two ‘cemeteries’ across the road from one another and it was out of the modern cemetery that I met my first person of the surname Lyons that side of the Shannon. We chatted away she and I and she invited me to tea, but, I just wanted to take photos and get back on the road home, it was still a long drive I had in front of me.

Meelick, Mayo. My first Round Tower outside of the ones I am familiar with in Laois and Kilkenny. Also, a cemetery (I did not see sign of a Church remnant, though I am sure there has to be one here. Also, on the side of the Church was a surprise and once again, it is such a pity that I have not mastered the knack of photogrammetry.

The photographs here are not of stones as I said above, they do though show you some of the stones that are in Meelick – just examples.