Connolly in Caddagh

[heywood]

I might have missed this - who is Michael Connolly?

[thedownman93]

Micheal Connolly is Bridget Connolly's father. I can't anything information from her mother.

[heywood]

Just found it - I was away with James Connolly in my head 

[thedownman93]

No worries if you can help find Michael Connollys wife maiden name,
I'd appreciate it

[heywood]

This is Griffiths Valuation (abt 1850s) for Clontibret civil parish.
Bridget was living in Coolmannan when she married.
It gives you an idea of the Connollys in that parish
https://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/monaghan/clontibret.htm

[heywood]

Possibly a sister to Bridget - marriage of Anne Connolly and John Evans - same residence and father Michael (alive) in 1881
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1881/10988/8017586.pdf

The church record gives parents as Peter and Maria Connolly 
https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000632826#page/56/mode/1up
It is easier to read on Ancestry

Here is another possibility
James Murray and Mary Conly
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1873/11269/8133009.pdf

The parish record shows parents as Michael and Mary (Connolly) names are in Latin on the record
https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000632826#page/44/mode/1up

As the mother’s names are given on other records it could be that the mother is Mary Connolly.

[thedownman93]

Thank you for finding. So If Bridget was married in Colemannon on that list of names it has a Michael jr and sr. I wonder if jr was bridget's daughter and Michael Sr could be my 4 times great grandfather.

Sorry if this is confusing but you think Michael Connolly's wife Mary was also a Connolly (maiden name?)

[heywood]

Yes, it could well be.
On the parish records, the surname of the mother is shown. On at least two of those records, the mother is shown as Maria Connolly.

[thedownman93]

So Michael Connolly married Maria Connolly?