Bride's name at Castlejordan parish, Meath, Ireland

[GeoffTurner]

Hi all,

This all relates to Castlejordan, which is in a corner of Meath, near Offaly and Westmeath. We have found a baptism of interest for Michael Gaffney on 17 Mar 1834, son of Patrick and Margaret.

https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000635070#page/50/mode/1up

Working backwards to discover the mother's maiden name, we found the marriage on 23 Jan 1827

https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000635071#page/5/mode/1up

The bride's name seems to be HAVY or HARRY. My main question is, which of those seems more likely?
We also found a baptism for John Gaffney on 7 Dec 1827 at Castlejordan, son of Patrick and Margaret, which doesn't help much, except to tell us Michael Gaffney had a brother.

https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000635070#page/12/mode/1up

There is a James Gafney baptism 1 Dec 1843, same place, for which the parents seem to be Patrick Gaffney and Margaret HEANEY

https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000635070#page/83/mode/1up

Finally there is a baptism on 20 Mar 1848 for Joseph. It looks like the parents are Patrick Gaffney and Margaret HENRY.

https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000635070#page/100/mode/1up

It may be that there are two Patrick Gaffneys, one married to Margaret  Havy/Harry and one married to Margaret Heaney/Henry, but both marrying and baptising their children at Castlejordan.
It is 21 years between the first and last baptisms, so it is possible it is all the one couple, and the handwriting is fooling us all along.
We really just want to know the name of Michael Gaffney's mother. Any ideas?
All help gratefully received.
Thanks,
Geoff Turner

[mckha489]

I am inclined to think they all say Henry

In that first one the letter you think might be an a is not formed like for instance the a in all the marrieds. Whereas the es on the page are not so consistent. Once that is an e then the nr flow works.

[aghadowey]

We've Heaney in our family tree and the name is written Heany, Heney, etc. but often confused with Henry. Here are my guesses-

https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000635070#page/50/mode/1up Heney
https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000635071#page/5/mode/1up Ha_y (possibly Haney)
https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000635070#page/83/mode/1up (Heany)
https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000635070#page/100/mode/1up (Heney)

[GeoffTurner]

Thanks for your thoughts. Even if we can’t be sure exactly what Margaret’s maiden name was, knowing there were probably four brothers is significant, Geoff