MICHAEL DALY, YOU ASK?

HE HAD A FIELD WITH THE CLEARYS ON THE BORO ROAD

Dear Phil,

I have been reading your website about your ancestors and the people of the Galtees in Co. Limerick with great interest, as my Great Grandmother, Catherine Daly, came from this Mitchelstown Area of Co. Limerick.

She was born about 1831. She migrated alone, as a single lady, aged 23, and arrived in Hobart on Christmas Day 1854, on the ship "William Hammond".

One of her Granddaughter's who had childhood memories of her, claimed Catherine had followed her brother to Hobart, but couldn't remember her brother's name.

After much researching, I found a Michael Daly aged 44, who had arrived in Hobart on the Ship "Kingston" on the 26 August 1854, from Co. Limerick with his wife Mary (Kierly) aged 40, and with their children: Ellen aged 19, Denis aged 16, Catherine aged 15, Alice aged 14, Margaret aged 7, Michael aged 4, and Roger aged 2.

Michael & Mary had five more children, born in Hobart and on researching their Marriages and Baptisms in Hobart I found my Great Grandmother Catherine and her children, frequently featured as sponsors to Michael's children and vice versa.

Alice Daly was Catherine's bridesmaid when she married James Cooper in 1860. Therefore I was fairly certain that Michael Daly is my Great Grand Uncle.

I then enlisted the help of the "Tipperary Family History Research", which has all the genealogical data for the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emily. This Archdiocese covers the eastern half of Co.Limerick and the western half of Co.Tipperary.

Since Michael Daly's several children provided more links than great grandmother Catherine Daly's lone baptism, I requested a search for his baptism, his marriage, his sibling's baptisms and his children's baptisms. The available records for the different parishes cover different periods of time.

Galbally Parish records cover the period 1809 to 1899; Ballylanders Parish records cover the period from 1842 to 1899 and Kilbehenny records cover the period from 1824 to 1899.

The information I received may be of interest, to yourself or others with ancestors in the area:


NAME - DATE OF BAP - PARISH ADDRESS - FATHER MOTHER

MICHAEL Daly 4/1/1810 Galbally to Michael DALY + Catherine LEWIS
SPONSORS: NMS & Miss DALY.

NAME DATE OF BAP. PARISH ADDRESS FATHER MOTHER

JOHN Daly 4/10/1812 Galbally Keeloges (sic) MICHAEL DALY + Catherine LEWIS
SPONSORS: Denis DALY & Nelly DALY

NAME - DATE OF BAP - PARISH ADDRESS FATHER MOTHER

CATHERINE DALY 5/28/1814 Galbally Keeloges Michael DALY Catherine LEWIS
SPONSORS: Hugh BENNETT ESQ. & Mary HICKEY
Note! This Catherine must have died in infancy.

NAME DATE OF BAP. PARISH ADDRESS FATHER MOTHER

CATHERINE DALY 10/3/1819 Galbally Keeloges Daly Michael Lewis Catherine
SPONSORS: John CONNELL & Mary DALY .

Note! This Catherine must have also died in infancy as my great grandmother was born in about 1831, in the Mitchelstown area of Limerick, so I guess her parents Michael DALY & Catherine LEWIS must have moved to Ballylanders Parish, where the first baptisms were recorded in 1842, about 9 years after my Great Grandmother's birth Catherine's birth.


MICHAEL Daly (born 4/1/1810) married Mary KIELY about 1834 probably in Ballylanders Parish, because no marriage record was found in Galbally or Kilbehenny Parishes.

However, baptisms for some of their Limerick born children were found in Kilbehenny Parish.

NAME DATE OF BAP. PARISH ADDRESS FATHER MOTHER
CATHERINE DALY 1/4/1839 Kilbehenny - Michael DALY Mary KIELY

SPONSORS:Con KIELY & Mary DALY


NAME DATE OF BAP. PARISH ADDRESS FATHER MOTHER

ALLICIA DALY 17/10/1841 Kilbehenny Michael DALY Mary KIELY

SPONSORS: William CLEARY & Honora GORMAN
This Alice DALY married James Waterson McKAY in Hobart in 1861.

NAME DATE OF BAP. PARISH ADDRESS FATHER MOTHER

MICHAEL DALY 0/5/1843 Kilbehenny Lackendarra Michael DALY Mary KIELY
SPONSORS: George MASSEY & Margaret KIELY
This Michael Daly didn't come to Hobart with his parents - he may have died.


NAME - DATE OF BAP - PARISH ADDRESS - FATHER MOTHER

JOHN DALY 10/11/1844 Kilbehenny Lackendarragh Michael DALY Mary KIELY

SPONSORS: Richard CONNELL & Catherine LEWIS
This John Daly didn't come to Hobart with his parents - he also may have died young.

Knockmagh in the townland of Lackendarragh, just north of where Michael Daly and his wife Mary Kiely (sic) were living at the time of the baptism of their son John.

NAME - DATE OF BAP - PARISH ADDRESS - FATHER MOTHER

MARY DALY 15/5/1846 Kilbehenny Lindarra (sic) Michael DALY Mary KIELY

SPONSORS: Richard ROCHE & Mary Nagle
This Mary Daly didn't come to Hobart with her parents - she also may have died young.


NAME - DATE OF BAP - PARISH ADDRESS - FATHER MOTHER

MARGARET DALY 10/6/1847 Kilbehenny Lindarra (sic) Michael DALY Mary KIELY
SPONSORS: Henry MURPHY & Honora CLEARY
This Margaret Daly married Edward Bachelor in Hobart in 1864.

NAME - DATE OF BAP - PARISH ADDRESS - FATHER MOTHER

MICHAEL DALY 31/12/1850 Kilbehenny Michael DALY Mary KIELY

SPONSORS: John MASSEY & Ally SULLIVAN

I have the baptism dates for their Hobart born children - if anyone is interested and I am keen to hear from anybody who may be able to add to this information.

FROM THE GRIFFITHS VALUATION

From the Griffith Primary Valuation, for the Townland of Lackendarragh, the following entries show that Michael Daly and family were neighbours of William Cleary:

No. 61 Occupier: Michael Daly..........Lessor: Lord Massy.....Description of Tenement: Land 2 acres.
61 a Occupier: Daniel Hanrahan.....Lessor: Michael Daly....Description of Tenement: House and garden 26 p
No. 62 A Occupier: Michael Daly..........Lessor: Lord Massy.....Description of Tenement: House, offices, and Land 12 acres
62 B .........Ditto................................Ditto.....................Description of Tenement: Land 19 acres.

No. 63 Occupier: William Cleary........Lessor: Lord Massy......Description of Tenement: House, offices, and Land: 32 acres.

No.64 Occupiers: William Cleary and Michael Daly.....Lessor: Lord Massy....Description of Tenement: Land 6 acres.

After arriving in Hobart in August 1854, Michael and Mary had five more children:Bridget Daly. born 18 Sep.1854, in Hobart, Tas., and chr. 24 Sep.1854 at St. Joseph's Church, Hobart.Tas., Aus.

Mary Ann Daly Celia, born 12 Jun. 1856, in Hobart, Tas., and chr. 28 Jun 1856 at St. Joseph's Church, Hobart, Tas., Aus.
She married David Morgan Brooker on 1 Oct 1880 at St. Joseph's Church, Hobart. David later became known as Councillor David Morgan, Mayor of the Brunswick Municipal Council in Victoria, Aus., (abt. 1889)

Robert Daly, born 11 Jun. 1858, chr.25 Jul 1858 at St.Joseph's Church, Hobart, Tas., Aus.
He married Ellen Gorman on the 1 Mar 1881 at St. Joseph's Church, Hobart.

James Michael Daly, born 21 Feb. 1861, in Hobart Tas., and chr., 10 Mar. 1861 at St. Joseph's Church, Hobart, Tas., Aus.

Anna Maria Daly, born 28 Aug. 1862, in Hobart, Tas., and chr. 21 Sep 1862 at St. Joseph's Church, Hobart, Tas., Aus.

Roger Daly, was born abt.1852 in Co. Limerick; but his christening was not in the information I received from the TFHR.
He died in Hobart on 6 July 1855 aged 2 !/2 years. Cause of death was given as Debility.

Michael Daly died 31 Jul.1895 in Ringeton, Tas. Aus. and his wife Mary Daly died 24 Aug.1892 in Sandy Bay Hobart, Tas. Aus.

I would appreciate hearing from anybody who has an interest in the above Daly family.

Best Regards,


Geoff Naylor

naylorwg@alphalink.com.au