Patrick Behan/Mary Behan nee Dolan Townsend St.

[Sueblue71]

My Great-grandfather was Thomas Keenan, married Anne Maloney, had three children…their son William was my grandfather, born Summerhill.

[Sueblue71]

The Anne Keenan of Behan Cottages married to Thomas Keenan is not a Maloney. She was Annie Fennell.
The Keenans where Anne Maloney was the wife & mother lived in Summerhill. Thomas Keenan was in the Merchant Navy. Died at sea. Anne died young too leaving three children to be brought up by an uncle apparently.
Their son Thomas was in the RAF and William was in the Royal Ulster Rifles, sadly killed in Cambes Wood, Battle of Caen July 1944.

[Comsewogue]

Most Irish civil records are publically available - any births over 100 years, marriages over 75, and deaths over 50. They are all available on https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/. Bear in mind they only started in the 1860s and can be patchy in places.

Here's some relevant ones I've found:

Patrick Behan and Mary Dolan marriage record | 5th May 1918 at St. Andrew's Church. Residences: 25 Lombard Street and 161 Townsend Street. Fathers: Patrick Behan (labourer) and Patrick Dolan (labourer). Witnesses: John Kelly and Mary Anne Behan.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1918/09711/5523275.pdf

Mary Behan death record | 13 Jun 1927, late of 161 Townsend Street, aged 31 years, informant P. Behan, widower. Cause was TB.
(https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1927/04977/4356176.pdf)

Patrick Behan, child of Patrick Behan and Rosanna Brien, born 27 Mar 1889, at 42 Moss Street.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1889/02475/1919100.pdf


Patrick Behan death record | 29 Mar 1932, late of 25 Lombard Street, aged 43 years, widower, labourer. Died in Dubin Union Workhouse (presumably the southside one).
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1932/04886/4322967.pdf

Margaret Behan, child of Patrick Behan and Mary Dolan, born 1 Oct 1918 at 170 Townsend Street.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1919/01249/1519074.pdf


Patrick Behan, child of Patrick Behan and Mary Dolan, born 17 Sep 1921 at 25 Townsend Street.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1921/01169/1487407.pdf


The two other children seem to have been born after 1921. However, the records of these won't be released until 100 years have passed (so if the third child was born in 1923, the record will be released in 2024).

FYI the addresses Townsend Street, Lombard Street, and Moss Street are all a short distance from each other. Both Lombard Street and Moss Street connect to Townsend Street.

I realise this is an old post that's been recently bumped, so chances are you know all this by now. However, I wanted to research it anyway since I have a Patrick Behan in my tree - my granduncle's wife's father. Not the same Patrick Behan as it turns out, but still in a close area and possible related (Patrick's all the way back), so it's not wasted time