County
Tipperary Records
associated with
Baltimore, Maryland Flannerys
Two Flannery
families, likely related,
emigrated to the United States during the Great Hunger. These two Flannery
families, Michael Flannery and Brigit (O) Mara, and Francis Flannery and Honora
(O) Meara, are known to originate in County
Tipperary.
The Michael Flannery family is most
closely associated with the parish and city of Nenagh, the largest town in
County Tipperary, located in the northwestern quarter of the county. The
author and her Flannery cousins have visited the area on multiple occasions and
have located baptism records for many of the children of Michael and Bridget
(Mara) Flannery.
(The name Mara/Meara also hails from
County Tipperary, particularly the parish just east of Nenagh, Toomevara.
The marriage and baptism records for Michael Flannery and Bridget Mara have not been located to date.)
Major Cities in County Tipperary
The second known Flannery family,
very likely related to Michael Flannery, above, is that of Francis Flannery and
Honora Meara. One baptism record for the offspring of this couple has been located at Cloughjordan parish. Cloughjordan is a middling sized town, maybe 15 kms north of Nenagh.
Cemetery records that are assumed,
by the North Tipperary Heritage Centre, to be associated with the Francis Flannery line are provided here. The author has visited the old Kilruane
and Ballygibbon parish church and graveyards to transcribe tombstone inscriptions for Flannerys buried there.
Kilruane parish is so small as to
not be shown on the map above. The townland of Kilruane is tiny, punctuated only by Luckybags Pub (owned by Mearas), the former National School (taught by a Flannery from County Offaly at the turn of the century), and the ruins of the three churches that have been erected on this site since the 1300s. The townland is about 5 km
from Nenagh.
FLANNERYS FROM COUNTY TIPPERARY WHO
SETTLED IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND:
- Michael Flannery and Bridget (O) Mara;
- Baptism records for 5 children located to date in Nenagh parish;
- Wife and 4 children arrived Philadelphia on Ship Astracan in 1846;
- Settled Baltimore by 1847;
- 6-7 more children born in Baltimore
- Francis Flannery and Honora (O) Meara;
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Baptism record for youngest Irish-born child located in Cloughjordan parish;
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Several tombstone inscriptions for Francis Flannerys found in Kilruane parish;
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Wife and 5 children arrived Baltimore
on Ship Scotia in 1849;
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No known children born in Baltimore
POINTS OF FLANNERY INTEREST IN
COUNTY TIPPERARY: Under Construction
OTHER RESOURCES FOR COUNTY
TIPPERARY:
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The Flannery Clan website is a terrific source for family records, parish registers, passenger lists, and other Flannery researchers. Be sure to join the Clan!
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There are two good Rootsweb resources: the Rootsweb County Tipperary website and the Rootsweb Ireland Genweb for County Tipperary
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Grace, Daniel/Whyte, Canon J. Cloughjordan
Heritage Journal
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Irish
library numbering for books related to County Tipperary history,
genealogy, famine, etc.
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Queries are no longer taken but County
Tipperary Historical Society , part of the Tipperary Libraries Local Studies department remains an excellent resource. A list of monographs and publications about County Tipperary and by authors from County Tipperary is offered by the Local Studies Department, Castle Avenue,Thurles,Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
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