Driscoll from Skibereen

[triathlon]

Can anyone help please.

Michael Driscoll born abt 1830 Skibereen  died in 1894 in Boston USA.
His parents were William Driscoll and Joanna Donavan - Skibereen.
Michael married Margaret Monahan in 1860 in Boston

Trying to find any siblings of Michael above, any info about his parents or where in Skibereen he lived.  Any info please thank you.

[oldkingkole]

Hello
I presume that this is the extent of information that you have regarding Michael's connections to Ireland and that it comes from his wedding cert?
Have you tried IrishGenealogy? if you search for William Driscoll with Johanna Donovan you'll find one possible match. The mother is transcribed as  'Joan' but that shouldn't put you off.
http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/ec58a40156112
Bap of MICHAEL DRISCOLL of N/R on 11 April 1829  SKIBBEREEN
Father: WILLIAM DRISCOLL Mother: JOAN DONOVAN
Sponsors    TIMOTHY MURPHY  ELLEN MURPHY
There are 4  baptism records of possible siblings and a ? Townland mentioned
CORNELIUS DRISCOLL of DRISSAVEMORE on 3 December 1826
Sponsors: MICHAEL DRISCOLLS, JULIAN DONOVAN
PATK DRISCOLL of N/R on 29 January 1832
Sponsor:  WM LEAHY,  MARY DONOVAN
MARIA DRISCOLL of N/R on 20 March 1836
Sponsor:  SAML BARCHCK,  CATH DRISCOLL
JOHN DRISCOLL of N/R on 23 February 1841  (Fa: latin name 'Gulielmus')
Sponsor:PATK DRISCOLL, MARGT DRISCOLL

I did a quick search where Drissavemore maybe but no luck. Does anyone else know?
I also searched on IrishGenealogy just using Drisavemore, one 's',  and you get quite a few other records from others in the area.
So here's at least one possibility.
Regards  Padraig

[triathlon]

WOW thank you so much for this . we are visiting cork soon and will be looking in skiberreen and now Drissavemore?   I have nothing about the driscolls whilst they were in skiberreen

[Elwyn Soutter]

I did a quick search where Drissavemore maybe but no luck. Does anyone else know?
I also searched on IrishGenealogy just using Drisavemore, one 's',  and you get quite a few other records from others in the area.

Griffiths Valuation for 1853 lists a Michael Driscoll in Drishanemore townland, where he had a house and some separate land.

[triathlon]

Thank you , is DRis ... a village within skibereen please can you tell, trying to locate it

[Elwyn Soutter]

Drishanemore is 3 or 4 miles south of Skibbereen, near Lough Hyne. You can see it using the maps on Griffiths Valuation (use the place name option and then clock on the map option. You can overlay a modern map by using the slider bar in the top rh corner of the screen).

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml

There were only 14 households in the townland in 1911. It's 300 acres, so not very big. One of the families was an O'Driscoll family, so that may be yours.  (Note that the O & Mac prefixes on Irish names are detachable).

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cork/Castlehaven_South/Drishanemore/

[triathlon]

Thank you they are mine

[miggs 191]

Hi,just wondering if my William Driscoll may fit in here.
My great grandmother was Mary Driscoll of Drishane she married Pat Hegarty of Laharadane. The marriage cert shows Mary's father as William Driscoll farmer of Drishane
It's difficult to know birth dates but maybe around 1844.
Does this fit with any one please?
I know the area and am aware that lough Ine is very close as is Killaderry where my grandmother born 1877 married into the Bohane's.
Does anyone have any idea who Williams wife may have been? Thanks.

[miggs 191]

For info.
I believe there are two separate areas called Drishane.
One is part of Castletownsend which I think is the one linked to above.
The other is Drishane more and Drishane Beg which are townlands on the south west coast and part of a spit of land near the beach of Tralispean. I believe it is this one where my William Driscoll and his daughter Mary lived.