local knowledge delanys, brophys castletown area

[gerardine]

I am looking for family relationships around the castletown offerlane parish area in the early 1800's. In griffiths it shows andrew brophy, margaret delany, denis delany at knockacollar with edward, john and thomas delany also knockacollar but separate holding. Is anyone able to tell me what was at knockacollar in the 1850's, was it a farm or a mine or mill?
 i am descended from eliza brophy and patrick delany who lived at knockacollar and old borris castletown.  I am hoping someone will have a connection to any one of these people  who can shed light on family ties.  I don't know if Eliza was daughter, sister or cousin of Andrew.  Same with Patrick.   Local Parish priest told me (via email) that andrew and anne had 8 children at knockacollar but I'm not sure if it was andrew brophy or andrew delany as andrew delany was living there at 1901 census, no sign of others. 
does anyone know where they would have been buried.  Camross or castletown.
there were also roger, richard brophy living at castletown at the time,  were they related.
hoping someone can shed some light as it is my biggest brickwall.

[Jack2227]

Cemetery records Churchtown; 1963/2000-1981/2001(new section)

Margaret Delaney; 73, domestic, single, Coole, 11/8/1966

James Brophy; 80, labourer, single, Dysartbeigh, 13/12/1968

Julia Delaney; 61, waitress, single, Dublin, 13/3/1974

Patrick Delaney; 87, labourer, single, A/Leix hosp, 26/8/1977

Ciss Delaney; 81, single, P/Laois hosp, 12/3/1978

Denis Delaney; 76, farmer, single, Coole Kilbricken, 2/6/1982

Mrs Elizabeth Delaney; 84, married, Killane Mountrath, 5/9/1983

New section;
William Delaney; 38, labourer, single, Coole, 23/9/1987

Chris Delaney; 84, ex CIE, married, Coole, 3/12/1987

William Patrick Delaney; 74, ret. butcher, single, Vicarstown, 31/3/1988
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Headstone records Castletown;

Delaney Margaret; 23/10/1950  Coole Kilbricken
Fintan (hus)
Fintan (son)
Margaret (dtr)
Julia (dtr)
Maryanne (dtr)
Denis (son)
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Delaney Patrick; 26/8/1977 87, Coolnareen Trumera
Edward (ftr)
Mary (mtr)
Daniel (bro)
James (bro)
Maryann (dtr)
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Delaney William; 31/3/1988  Hackney London-Coole Kilbricken
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Delaney Christopher; 3/12/1987
William (son); 23/9/1987
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Jack

[gerardine]

thanks Jack for all your work,  i just need to assimilate it all and see if any of them fit, it's a great way to learn geography.

I notice some of the elderly men are described as single, I looked up on IHIf site for Patrick Delany death and found one that would fit in Knockbrack but he was described as single also.  Would a widower be described as single back then?  Otherwise I can find no trace of Patt unless he moved miles away.
Am I right in thinking that all deaths were recorded in civil records, even catholics and therefore should be in IFHF records after the 1860's unless they immigrated?
thanks again

[Jack2227]

Yes, a lot of 'widowers' are recorded as single, thus that causes confusion when searching. Irish Civil Registrations began in 1864 and anything before that might be held by a local Parish priest. But that can also be a problem!!
I'm going to post the Brophy/Delaney records for Mountrath, as there are quite a few interred there, and might match up further along, and might be of us to some other searchers in Laois.
I'll put the Brophy here and Delaney on an other post as there are so many.

Brophy Bridget Miss; 86, spinster, Rushin, 3/9/1955

Brophy Annie Miss; 55, Woodbrook, 17/0/1962

Brophy Elizabeth; 74, married, Rushin, 15/6/1963

Brophy William; 85, blacksmith, single, Rushin, 26/6/1966

Brophy Mary; 44, married, Drim, 11/12/1969

Brophy (baby); 1day, Woodbrook, 10/6/1970

Brophy John; 34, labourer, married, Fr. O Connor cres.,12/9/1977

Brophy Mrs T; 70, married, Shannon st, 23/10/1988

Brophy PJ; 73, ret., married, Drim, 7/5/1992

Brophy Martin; 57, labourer, married, Woodbrook, 23/3/1993

Brophy Nelly; 64, widow, Castletown rd, 16/4/1998

Brophy Frank; 85, farmer, married, Knockinnia, 26/2/1999

Brophy Mary; widow, Rushin, 29/2/2000

Jack

[Jack2227]

Delaney burials Mountrath 1952-2001;

Delaney William; 29, labourer, single, Trumera, 29/4/1952

Delaney Teresa; 82, farmers wife, married, Kilbricken, 15/8/1952

Delaney James; 79, labourer, married, Patrick st, 7/12/1957

Delaney Daniel; 80, farmer, single, Trumera, 31/5/1958

Delaney Ann Miss; 93, spinster, Clonin, 25/7/1959

Delaney Winifred; 48, married, Woodbrook, 14/1/1960

Delaney John; 40, commerical traveller, single, Dublin, 21/6/1960

Delaney Laurence; 75, farmer, married, Shannon st, 14/7/1962

Delaney Jeremiah;  farmer, married, Clonard, 29/11/1962

Delaney William; 73, farmer, married, Pike-of-Rushall, 23/12/1962

Delaney Thomas; 77, labourer, single, Woodbrook, 7/2/1963

Delaney Julia Miss; 86, spinster, Trumera, 14/4/1963

Delaney John; 57, farmer, single, Clonard, 12/12/1963

Delaney Joseph; 60, labourer, married, Main st, 31/5/1964

Delaney Anne;  72, married, Trumera, 16/2/1967

Delaney Bridget; 52, married, Main st, 16/12/1967

Delaney Sarah; 66, domestic, single, Ballycleary Castletown, 24/1/1969

Delaney Maryanne; 79, married, Patrick st, 3/1/1970

Delaney Patrick; 83, labourer, married, Castletown, 25/2/1970

Delaney Bridget; 82, married, Castletown, 1/1/1971

Delaney Martin; 80, ex-soldier, single, Trumera, 11/7/1971

Delaney Anne Miss; 83, spinster, Clonard, 22/12/1974

Delaney James; 68, labourer, married, Derrylusk,2/2/1975

Delaney Patrick; 76, farmer, single, Clonard, 19/9/1976

Delaney Edward; 82, farmer, married, Trumera, 23/11/1976

Jack.

[Jack2227]

Mountrath burials 1952-2001 (contd)

Delaney Michael; 70, labourer, single, Derryduff, 21/4/1978

Delaney Andrew; 68, farmer, married, Clonin, 1/7/1979

Delaney Bill Mrs; 60, married, Patrick st, 12/5/1981

Delaney Fintan; 2, publican, married, 29/3/1982

Delaney William; 72, ret. married, coote st, 6/5/1982

Delaney Elizabeth; 72, single, Clarabrook, 17/2/1983

Delaney William; 75, farmer, single, Cherrybrook, 24/1/1985

Delaney Mr; 89, farmer, married, Paddock, 2/2/1985

Delaney T; 87, ret. single, Roskelton, 2/5/1985

Delaney Mary K; 96, married, Pike, 23/2/1987

Delaney Rita; 33, married, Trumera, 19/11/1987

Delaney Thomas; 84, ret., widower, Shannon st, 12/5/1989

Delaney Edward;  65, farmer, single, Clonin, 6/11/1989

Delaney Danny; 65, farmer, single, Pike, 3/2/1992

Delaney Larunce; 82, farmer, single, Ballycleary, 29/8/1992

Delaney Mary;  98, married, Shannon st, 9/4/1993

Delaney Paddy; 79, labourer, married, Clonin, 6/1/1994

Delaney Jack; 84, labourer, single, M/Mellick hosp, 16/7/1996

Delaney Maryann; 88, ret., widow, Derrylusk, 1/9/1997

Delaney Joe; 90, farmer, single, Cherrybrook, 5/8/1998

Delaney (baby); Tumera, 4/11/1998

Delaney Mary; 90, widow, Paddock, 19/3/2000

Delaney Joseph;  78, farmer, married, Drim,  8/7/2000

Delaney (baby); Rushin rd, 2000.

Jack

[gerardine]

Sorry to take to long to get back, and a huge thank you for all your hard work.  I think I need to get an historical  map of the local area and pin people on it so I can follow it better.  I've just been using the map on griffiths site.

I  am pretty sure my Patrick and Eliza lived in Old Borris Castletown,  Do you know how I would  find out his occupation, i have googled everything i can think of but with no luck, I emailed the library to see if they had any relevant books on the subject but got no reply.  Dr Jane Lyons site had occupations for Mountrath township but not Castletown.  I know there was a mill there and a police barracks but otherwise I don't know what other industry would have been there.  Your ideas would be appreciated, I'm running on empty.

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