Hi I too am trying to trace my Great Great Grandfathers birth in Ireland, Henry Magoolaghan born 1836 married a Mary Ann Kelly in Liverpool in 1868, he was a stoker in the gas works in Liverpool but was from County Down. I have found another Henry in the wills for Belfast who died two years before my relation.
My Henry's father was Patrick, and I have a story and poem recorded in the downpatrick recorder in 1837 about the shipwreck of the Coer de Lion at Dundrum Bay. Patrick Magoolaghan and George Starkey were drowned trying to save the crew. Patrick left a widow with five children and I believe that my Henry may have been the baby, but I have no proof other than the dates relate and his father is shown as Patrick deceased when Henry got married. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have picked up a lot of the births and marriages for the other Magoolaghans but cannot find anything about the names of the orphans. My Father is 83 this year and I took him to Tyrella last year but had no real evidence to show him. I would love to fill in the gaps........ I telephoned the Church at Killyleagh and no records, they suggested the RC church at Crossgar, or Dundrum but I am in Wales. Are there any parish records on line going back to the mid 1850s? Thank you
