I'm researching a Luke Kelly from Dunmurraghoe townland in Elphin parish in County Roscommon (I think he might be my 4th great grandfather).
Luke appears seems to have had the following children with an Ann Doyle, all baptised in Elphin parish except the last at Strokestown and with some giving a residence of Dunmurraghoe on the register:
- James (Jacobus) 1825
- Honora 1831
- Patrick 1833
- Michael 1845
Obviously there are some big gaps between recorded children, so there may have been more. One of them I think was probably my possible ancestor, the Thomas Kelly who was recorded as the bride's father at the marriage of Thomas Madden & Margaret Kelly in Kilglass parish on 7 Nov 1873. The bride's mother was noted as Mary Flanagan while the groom's mother was not recorded.
This couple (Thomas Madden & Margaret Kelly) lived at Dunmurraghoe for most of their married life and it was a townland of only 3 households so perhaps they inherited. The first time I find them at Dunmurraghoe is in 1879 (they seem to have been in Ballyfeeny & nearby before that - this place was noted as their residence in 1873 when they married and the residence was noted as Tully when they baptised a child Thomas before marriage on 11 Aug 1873.
The Luke Kelly that I am interested in is recorded at Dunmurraghoe in 1825 at the baptism of a son and apparently in 1857 in the Griffiths Valuation. I suspect he accounts for one of two death registrations in Strokestown district by that name: 1865 aged 62 or 1867 aged 80.
For the latter 1867 death record there is a will calendar saying Luke Kelly of Doonard and appointing a Michael Kelly as executor:
http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/search/cwa/details.jsp?id=1639301026I am wondering whether this Luke Kelly of Doonard could be the Luke Kelly of Dunmurraghoe? These townlands appear close - does anyone know if someone from Dunmurraghoe might be described as someone from Doonard in a will calendar?
Also, is there any way (paid or otherwise) of getting access to the actual wills that sit behind the will calendars?