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There may be transcription errors - I do try to be 100% accurate but sometimes the odd error occurs. Also, the dates are in European style rather than American - I have come across a lot of confusion from both sides of the pond because of this. If anybody contacts you with a query about somebody on that list, i.e. questioning the accuracy of the information, I would be more than happy to doublecheck the records.

Regards Deirdre

Fitzpatrick Baptisms in Kilcoo Parish

With thanks to Deirdre McEvoy & John Michael Fitzpatrick for the information

Date	Child	Parents	Sponsors	Townland
15.9.1833	Thomas	Michael Fitzpatrick, Catherine Greenan	Peter Burns, Sara Greenan
19.4.1835	Mary	Michael Fitzpatrick, Catherine McKeown	Michael McKeown, Ann McKeown
4.4.1837	John	Michael Fitzaptrick, Catherine Greenan	Matthew Greenan, Bridget Savage	Letalion
22.2.1839	Margaret	Michael Fitzpatrick, Catherine Greenan	Michael Fitzpatrick, Ann Murnin	Letalion
12.1.1841	Bridget	Michael Fitzpatrick, Mary Greenan	Hugh McEvoy, Mary McKeown	Letalion
28.5.1845	Ellen	Michael Fitzpatrick, Catherine Greenan	Patrick Taken, Elizabeth McEvoy	Letalion
9.2.1834	Bridget	John Fitzpatrick, Mary Ward	William Ronan, Catherine Maginn
18.6.1834	Mary	John Fitpatrick, Susan Murnin	Edward McCrickard, Honora Murnin
22.7.1834	Elizabeth	Michael Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth Morgan	Terence Small, Rose Dougherty
27.3.1837	Michael	Michael Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth Morgan	John Fitzpatrick, Bridget Fitzpatrick	Ballymoney
3.4.1835	Mary	John Fitzpatrick, Bridget Rush	Michael Fitzpatrick, Rose McPolin
7.12.1842	Hugh	John Fitzpatrick, Betty Rush	James Fitzpatrick, Rose McCrickard
21.10.1835	John	Francis Fitzpatrick, Rose McCrickard	Charles McKey, Mary Murphy	Moyad
18.6.1837	Rose	Francis Fitzpatrick, Rose McCrickard	John Fitzaptrick, Susan McCrickard	Moyad
29.4.1836	Patrick	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Rose Hillen	John Owens, - McLaughlin	Ballymoney
9.1.1836	Sarah	James Fitzpatrick, Rose Smyth	Henry Hughes, Mary Murnin	Moyad
11.12.1837	Elizabeth	James Fitzpatrick Rose Ann Smyth	Patrick Murnin, Bridget Hughes	Moyad
9.3.1840	Margaret	James Fitzpatrick, Rose Ann Smyth	Patrick Bannon, Susan McDowl	Moyad
25.7.1836	James	John Fitzpatrick, Rose Fitzpatrick	Patrick Morgan, Margaret McCrickard
12.10.1841	Peter	James Fitzpatrick, Rose Fitzpatrick	Michael O’Hare, - McCaugherty	Clonachullion
3.6.1837	Ann	James Fitzpatrick, Alice Fitzpatrick	Daniel McAlllister, Bridget Fitzpatrick	Clonachullion
18.9.1839	Mary	James Fitzpatrick, Alice Fitzpatrick	John and Mary Fitzpatrick	Clonachullion
20.8.1845	Margaret	James Fitzpatrick, Ally Fitzpatrick	Daniel McCartah, Margaret McCartan
4.6.1837	Francis	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine McGuinness	John Morgan, Mary Bannon	Cross

Date	Child	Parents	Sponsors	Townland
22.11.1837	Rose	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Catherine Mulholland	Matthew Taken, Mary McCaugherty	Tullanasoo
10.11.1839	N	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Catherine Mulholland	William Prey, Catherine Fitzpatrick	Drumena
3.9.1841	Francis	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Catherine Mulholland	John Savage, Mary McManus	Drumena
25.9.1844	Ann	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Catherine Mulholland	Francis Mulholland, Margaret McCrickard	Drumena
25.9.1846	Susanna	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Catherine Mulholland	Patrick McCarthy, Catherine McCartan
23.8.1849	Catherine	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Catherine Mulholland	Patrick McGeown, Mary McManus	Drumena

25.7.1838	Patrick	Owen Fitzpatrick, Ellen Lindon	James Murphy, Mary McCuskey	Fofanny Bane

23.9.1840	Catherine	Hugh & Catherine Fitzpatrick	James McAlister, - Dougherty	Clonachullion

15.12.1840	Margaret	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Susan McAtie	Patrick Fitzpatrick, Ann Fitzpatrick	Moyad
9.4.1845	Mary	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Susan McAtie	Daniel Kelly, Margaret McCrickard	Moyad
29.10.1846	Susanna	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Susan McAtie	Daniel Kelly, Mrs -
14.8.1849	Mary Ann	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Susan McAtie	Francis Dougherty, Catherine McLaughlin	Moyad
10.4.1858	Edward	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Susan McAtie	John Doherty, Ann Fitzpatrick	Moyad

25.3.1843	Peter	James Fitzpatrick, Mary Fitzpatrick	Michael and Catherine McCarthy

7.10.1843	Michael	Owen Fitzpatrick, Shibby McMahon	Daniel McCartan, Rosey Rush
27.7.1848	Bridget	Owen Fitzpatrick, Shibby McMahon	John Fitzpatrick, Catherine Sawey	Drumena
6.7.1851	Mary	Owen Fitzaptrick, Shibby McMahon	Patrick Rush, Mary McCartan

30.4.1846	Patrick	Francis Fitzpatrick, Biddy McCrickard	Michael and Rosey McCrickard

15.10.1847	Elizabeth	Thomas Fitzpatrick, Mary A Mellnamo	Ann O’Neill
21.8.1851	Ellen	Thomas Fitzpatrick, Mary A Mellnamo	Susan Fitzaptrick	Letalion
17.4.1861	Jane	Thomas Fitzpatrick, Mary Ann Milnamo	Mary O’Neill

18.7.1848	Rose	Michael Fitzpatrick, Bridget Devlin	Daniel McElevey, Ann Maginn	Fofanny Reagh
28.4.1853	John	Michael Fitzpatrick, Bridget Devlin	Harry Woods, Mary McAlevey
15.1.1856	James	Michael Fitzpatrick, Biddy Devlin	Hugh Murphy, Biddy Gregory
6.6.1858	Laurence	Michael Fitzpatrick, Bridget Devlin	Michael Fitzpatrick, Liza Magin	Fofanny Reagh
23.5.1861	Michael	Michael Fitzpatrick, Bridget Devlin	James McClean, Mary Maginn	Fofanny Reagh

Date	Child	Parents	Sponsors	Townland
29.11.1852	John	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine Raverty	Arthur Morgan, Brdiget McEvoy	Fofanny Reagh
23.8.1854	Thomas	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine Raverty	William Raverty, Mary Fitzpatrick
3.5.1856	Mary	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine Raverty	John Fitzpatrick, Mary Morgan

11.8.1854	Mary	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Rose Fegan	Michael McConville, Molly Smith
19.7.1856	Owen	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Rose Fegan	James Fegan, Mary Hughes
18.6.1858	Patrick	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Rose Fegan	John McCrickard, Mary McCartan	Moyad
18.5.1859	Rose	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Rose Fegan	Patrick Cunningham, Agnes McEvoy	Moyad

7.6.1855	John	Patrick Fitzpatrick, Bridget King	Michael Fitzpatrick, Catherine Morgan
6.2.1857	Michael	Patrick Fitzpatrick, Bridget King	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Susan Fitzpatrick	Moyad
1.5.1859	Hugh	Patrick Fitzpatrick, Bridget King	James Mallon, Mary Fitzpatrick	Moyad
29.5.1862	Laurence	Patrick Fitzpatrick, Bridget King	Edward Hughes, Rose McEvoy	Moyad
8.4.1864	Rose	Patrick Fitzpatrick, Bridget King	Owen McConville, Mary Morgan	Moyad
7.5.1866	Patrick	Patrick Fitzpatrick, Bridget King	John and Mary Fitzpatrick	Moyad
11.7.1871	Mary Ann	Patrick Fitzpatrick, Bridget King	Michael Fitzpatrick, Catherine Morgan	Moyad

14.7.1857	Hugh	Hugh and Isabella Fitzpatrick	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth Hughes

12.1.1861	Patrick	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine Maginn	Patrick Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth Maginn	Fofanny Reagh
5.2.1863	Michael	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine Maginn	Michael Devlin, Mary Maginn	Fofanny Reagh
27.4.1865	Daniel	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine Maginn	Daniel Maginn, Ellen Gregory	Fofanny Reagh
9.6.1867	Michael	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine Maginn	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Mary Maginn	Fofanny Reagh
6.3.1870	Catherine	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine Maginn	Patrick Kelly, Ann Rush	Fofanny Reagh
13.11.1872	Hugh	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine Maginn	Peter Maginn, Elizabeth Maginn	Fofanny Reagh
12.12.1875	Thomas	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine Maginn	Owen Maginn, Mary Murnin	Fofanny Reagh
23.4.1879	James	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine Maginn	Laurence Fitzpatrick, Mary Maginn	Fofanny Reagh

1.1.1866	Mary	John Fitzpatrick, Margaret Sheridan	John Morgan, Susanna Sheridan	Fofanny Reagh
14.8.1868	Ann	John Fitzpatrick, Margaret Sheridan	John Fitzpatrick, Mary Sheridan
2.8.1872	John	John Fitzpatrick, Margaret Sheridan	Patrick Morgan, Ellen Gregory

Date	Child	Parents	Sponsors	Townland
11.2.1869	James	Peter Fitzpatrick, Mary Maginn	Owen Maginn, Elizabeth Fitzpatrick	Clonachullion
28.7.1870	Peter*	Peter Fitzpatrick, Mary Maginn	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Mary Kane	Clonachullion
	*Peter married Ann O’Hagan in Belfast on 1.5.1929
13.2.1872	William	Peter Fitzpatrick, Mary Maginn	Peter Maginn, Alice Fitzpatrick	Clonachullion
27.3.1875	Margaret	Peter Fitzpatrick, Mary Maginn	William McEvoy, Mary Fitzpatrick	Clonachullion
10.4.1877	Patrick Hugh	Peter Fitzpatrick, Mary Maginn	Peter O’Hare, Bridget Fitzpatrick	Clonachullion
2.7.1879	Mary Ann*	Peter Fitzpatrick, Mary Maginn	John Kinney, Bridget O’Hare	Clonachullion
	* Mary Ann married James McCartan, 8.8.1913

27.6.1872	Thomas	Peter Fitzpatrick, Catherine Doyle	James Burns, Ann Doyle	Moyad
24.7.1873	James	Peter Fitzpatrick, Catherine Doyle	Bernard Doyle, Elizabeth Ronan	Moyad

15.5.1873	Owen	Stephen Fitzpatrick, Mary Cull	James McCormick, Ellen Cull	Fofanny Bane

12.10.1874	Bridget	Michael Fitzpatrick, Mary Darby	Owen Darby, Catherine Darby	Moyad
2.9.1876	Hugh	Michael Fitzpatrick, Mary Darby	Patrick Darby, Ann Fitzpatrick	Moyad

10.8.1875	Francis	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Mary Ann Fitzpatrick	Patrick Cunningham, Margaret Kelly	Moyad
17.8.1877	Bridget	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Mary Ann Fitzpatrick	Felix Morgan, Sara Marmion	Moyad
15.11.1878	Susanna	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Mary Ann Fitzpatrick	Peter Fitzpatrick, Mary Morgan
22.9.1880	Margaret	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Mary Ann Fitzpatrick	James McCrickard, Bridget Kelly	Moyad

30.10.1875	Daniel*	Francis Fitzpatrick, Rose Morgan	James McGreevy, Catherine Fitzpatrick	Drumena
	*Vida Lib. Mary Rose O’Hare 20.11.1917
12.4.1877	Francis	Francis Fitzpatrick, Rose Morgan	James Mulholland, Ellen McManus	Drumena

5.1.1876	Mary Ann	John Fitzpatrick, Ann Rush	Patrick Fitzpatrick, Mary Fitzpatrick	Fofanny Reagh
10.7.1879	Hugh	John Fitzpatrick, Ann Rush	James Morgan, Mary Morgan	Fofanny Reagh

23.2.1876	Charles	Patrick Fitzpatrick, Mary Ann McAvera	William McAvera, Margaret Fitzpatrick	Fofanny Bane

8.10.1877	Thomas	Peter Fitzpatrick, Mary Walls	Thomas Goodman, Margaret Taken	Letalion

Sheridans and Greenans in Kilcoo Parish

Date	Child	Parents	Sponsors	Townland
1.9.1834	Daniel	Thomas Sheridan, Alice Grant	Patrick Sheridan, Mary Grant
2.3.1839	Patrick	Thomas Sheridan, Alice Grant	John Falkner, Mary Taken	Ballymoney
22.8.1841	Edward	Thomas Sheridan, Alice Grant	Francis Raverty, Ellen Taken	Fofanny Reagh

1.11.1834	Rose	Charles Sheridan, Bridget Laughlin	Patrick Kelly, Rose Darby
13.9.1844	Susanna	Charles Sheridan, Bridget Laughlin	John McLaughlin, Mary Hanlon

8.2.1836	Patrick	Patrick Sheridan, Bridget Darby	Hugh Darby, Rose Darby	Fofanny Bane
18.10.1837	Rose	Patrick Sheridan, Bridget Darby	Charles Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth Darby	Fofanny Bane
31.11.1839	James	Patrick Sheridan, Bridget Darby	Patrick Keenan, Ellen Greenan	Fofanny Bane
19.4.1844	Bridget	Patrick Sheridan, Bridget Darby	James Keenan, Mary Darby
11.11.1848	Edward	Patrick Sheridan, Bridget Darby	Thomas Feran, Catherine McAlindon	Fofanny Bane

25.8.1876	Bridget	James Sheridan, Margaret Sheills	John Woods, Ellen Sheills	Fofanny Bane

7.5.1833	Laughlin	Laughlin Greenan, Catty Burns	Bernard Burns, Ann Murnin

1845	Michael	Henry Murnin, Margaret Greenan	(per Ros Davies website)

27.8.1874	Arthur*	Laughlin Greenan, Ann Grant	Laurence Burns, Mary Burns	Letalion
	Vida lib 13.1.1910
31.8.1876	Thomas Joseph	Laughlin Greenan, Ann Grant	Francis King, Mary McAlindon	Letalion
30.10.1880	Catherine	Laughlin Greenan, Ann Grant	Bernard Greenan, Catherine McMahon	Letalion

26.8.1880	Mary	John Greenan, Mary Doran	Micahel and Mary Murray	Tullinasoo

This extract was written in the middle of the baptismal records!

1849

Mrs Murray said in the presence of God that Michael McCartan of Moneyscalp owned her £4.0.0 which he never paid her. She said that Hugh Smyth of Loughinisland would take or receive it for her as she went to America . She went often before her departure to McCartan for it, but to no purpose.

Fitzpatricks by Townland

Date	Child	Parents	Sponsors	Townland
15.9.1833	Thomas	Michael Fitzpatrick, Catherine Greenan	Peter Burns, Sara Greenan
19.4.1835	Mary	Michael Fitzpatrick, Catherine McKeown	Michael McKeown, Ann McKeown
4.4.1837	John	Michael Fitzaptrick, Catherine Greenan	Matthew Greenan, Bridget Savage	Letalion
22.2.1839	Margaret	Michael Fitzpatrick, Catherine Greenan	Michael Fitzpatrick, Ann Murnin	Letalion
12.1.1841	Bridget	Michael Fitzpatrick, Mary Greenan	Hugh McEvoy, Mary McKeown	Letalion
28.5.1845	Ellen	Michael Fitzpatrick, Catherine Greenan	Patrick Taken, Elizabeth McEvoy	Letalion

15.10.1847	Elizabeth	Thomas Fitzpatrick, Mary A Mellnamo	Ann O’Neill
21.8.1851	Ellen	Thomas Fitzpatrick, Mary A Mellnamo	Susan Fitzaptrick	Letalion
17.4.1861	Jane	Thomas Fitzpatrick, Mary Ann Milnamo	Mary O’Neill

8.10.1877	Thomas	Peter Fitzpatrick, Mary Walls	Thomas Goodman, Margaret Taken	Letalion

Date	Child	Parents	Sponsors	Townland
22.7.1834	Elizabeth	Michael Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth Morgan	Terence Small, Rose Dougherty
27.3.1837	Michael	Michael Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth Morgan	John Fitzpatrick, Bridget Fitzpatrick	Ballymoney

29.4.1836	Patrick	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Rose Hillen	John Owens, - McLaughlin	Ballymoney

Date	Child	Parents	Sponsors	Townland
21.10.1835	John	Francis Fitzpatrick, Rose McCrickard	Charles McKey, Mary Murphy	Moyad
18.6.1837	Rose	Francis Fitzpatrick, Rose McCrickard	John Fitzaptrick, Susan McCrickard	Moyad

9.1.1836	Sarah	James Fitzpatrick, Rose Smyth	Henry Hughes, Mary Murnin	Moyad
11.12.1837	Elizabeth	James Fitzpatrick Rose Ann Smyth	Patrick Murnin, Bridget Hughes	Moyad
9.3.1840	Margaret	James Fitzpatrick, Rose Ann Smyth	Patrick Bannon, Susan McDowl	Moyad

15.12.1840	Margaret	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Susan McAtie	Patrick Fitzpatrick, Ann Fitzpatrick	Moyad
9.4.1845	Mary	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Susan McAtie	Daniel Kelly, Margaret McCrickard	Moyad
29.10.1846	Susanna	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Susan McAtie	Daniel Kelly, Mrs -
14.8.1849	Mary Ann	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Susan McAtie	Francis Dougherty, Catherine McLaughlin	Moyad
10.4.1858	Edward	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Susan McAtie	John Doherty, Ann Fitzpatrick	Moyad

11.8.1854	Mary	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Rose Fegan	Michael McConville, Molly Smith
19.7.1856	Owen	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Rose Fegan	James Fegan, Mary Hughes
18.6.1858	Patrick	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Rose Fegan	John McCrickard, Mary McCartan	Moyad
18.5.1859	Rose	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Rose Fegan	Patrick Cunningham, Agnes McEvoy	Moyad

7.6.1855	John	Patrick Fitzpatrick, Bridget King	Michael Fitzpatrick, Catherine Morgan
6.2.1857	Michael	Patrick Fitzpatrick, Bridget King	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Susan Fitzpatrick	Moyad
1.5.1859	Hugh	Patrick Fitzpatrick, Bridget King	James Mallon, Mary Fitzpatrick	Moyad
29.5.1862	Laurence	Patrick Fitzpatrick, Bridget King	Edward Hughes, Rose McEvoy	Moyad
8.4.1864	Rose	Patrick Fitzpatrick, Bridget King	Owen McConville, Mary Morgan	Moyad
7.5.1866	Patrick	Patrick Fitzpatrick, Bridget King	John and Mary Fitzpatrick	Moyad
11.7.1871	Mary Ann	Patrick Fitzpatrick, Bridget King	Michael Fitzpatrick, Catherine Morgan	Moyad

27.6.1872	Thomas	Peter Fitzpatrick, Catherine Doyle	James Burns, Ann Doyle	Moyad
24.7.1873	James	Peter Fitzpatrick, Catherine Doyle	Bernard Doyle, Elizabeth Ronan	Moyad
Catherine Doyle Fitzpatrick died 8.10.1873 (aged 25). Her husband Peter died 7.6.1902. Their son Thomas (who put up the headstone) died 6.8.1949 aged 77 and his wife Mary Ann died 3.7.1960 aged 70. Also on the stone are Sarah died 22.3.1978, Mary C died 31.1.1979, Elieen died 11.2.1982 and Gerry died 15.11.1996

12.10.1874	Bridget	Michael Fitzpatrick, Mary Darby	Owen Darby, Catherine Darby	Moyad
2.9.1876	Hugh	Michael Fitzpatrick, Mary Darby	Patrick Darby, Ann Fitzpatrick	Moyad

10.8.1875	Francis	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Mary Ann Fitzpatrick	Patrick Cunningham, Margaret Kelly	Moyad
17.8.1877	Bridget	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Mary Ann Fitzpatrick	Felix Morgan, Sara Marmion	Moyad
15.11.1878	Susanna	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Mary Ann Fitzpatrick	Peter Fitzpatrick, Mary Morgan
22.9.1880	Margaret	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Mary Ann Fitzpatrick	James McCrickard, Bridget Kelly	Moyad

Date	Child	Parents	Sponsors	Townland
25.7.1836	James	John Fitzpatrick, Rose Fitzpatrick	Patrick Morgan, Margaret McCrickard
12.10.1841	Peter	James Fitzpatrick, Rose Fitzpatrick	Michael O’Hare, - McCaugherty	Clonachullion

3.6.1837	Ann	James Fitzpatrick, Alice Fitzpatrick	Daniel McAlllister, Bridget Fitzpatrick	Clonachullion
18.9.1839	Mary	James Fitzpatrick, Alice Fitzpatrick	John and Mary Fitzpatrick	Clonachullion
20.8.1845	Margaret	James Fitzpatrick, Ally Fitzpatrick	Daniel McCartah, Margaret McCartan

23.9.1840	Catherine	Hugh & Catherine Fitzpatrick	James McAlister, - Dougherty	Clonachullion

11.2.1869	James	Peter Fitzpatrick, Mary Maginn	Owen Maginn, Elizabeth Fitzpatrick	Clonachullion
28.7.1870	Peter*	Peter Fitzpatrick, Mary Maginn	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Mary Kane	Clonachullion
	*Peter married Ann O’Hagan in Belfast on 1.5.1929
13.2.1872	William	Peter Fitzpatrick, Mary Maginn	Peter Maginn, Alice Fitzpatrick	Clonachullion
27.3.1875	Margaret	Peter Fitzpatrick, Mary Maginn	William McEvoy, Mary Fitzpatrick	Clonachullion
10.4.1877	Patrick Hugh*	Peter Fitzpatrick, Mary Maginn	Peter O’Hare, Bridget Fitzpatrick	Clonachullion
2.7.1879	Mary Ann*	Peter Fitzpatrick, Mary Maginn	John Kinney, Bridget O’Hare	Clonachullion
	* Mary Ann married James McCartan, 8.8.1913
Patrick Hugh moved to Moyadd and then to Ballybannon (according to his tombstone). His wife was called Rose, who died 15.2.1939. Patrick Hugh died 2.12.1952, aged 75. He had a sister Annie (who must have been born after 1880) who died 9.4.1947 - she lived in Clonachullion and his brother Peter died 9.7.1947. Patrick Hugh and Rose Fitzpatrick’s children are also on the tombstone - Peter, died 17.4.1967, Mary E died 30.5.1983, Patrick Francis died 30.5.1987 and James died 19.2.2001 in England. Another tombstone in Kilcoo parish for Peter Fitzpatrick and his wife Mary Maginn as well as their son Joseph who died 2.9.1960. Peter Fitzpatrick was the son of James F Fitzpatrick born Islandmoyle and Alice McCartan, Ballymagreehan). Peter and Mary had a 40 acre farm in Clonachullion and had 10 children. Peter born c. 1840, died 1911, and Mary Maginn Fitzpatrick from Fofanny Reagh born 1845 died 30.6.1920.

Date	Child	Parents	Sponsors	Townland
22.11.1837	Rose	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Catherine Mulholland	Matthew Taken, Mary McCaugherty	Tullanasoo
10.11.1839	N	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Catherine Mulholland	William Prey, Catherine Fitzpatrick	Drumena
3.9.1841	Francis	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Catherine Mulholland	John Savage, Mary McManus	Drumena
25.9.1844	Ann	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Catherine Mulholland	Francis Mulholland, Margaret McCrickard	Drumena
25.9.1846	Susanna	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Catherine Mulholland	Patrick McCarthy, Catherine McCartan
23.8.1849	Catherine	Daniel Fitzpatrick, Catherine Mulholland	Patrick McGeown, Mary McManus	Drumena
7.10.1843	Michael	Owen Fitzpatrick, Shibby McMahon	Daniel McCartan, Rosey Rush
27.7.1848	Bridget	Owen Fitzpatrick, Shibby McMahon	John Fitzpatrick, Catherine Sawey	Drumena
6.7.1851	Mary	Owen Fitzaptrick, Shibby McMahon	Patrick Rush, Mary McCartan
30.10.1875	Daniel*	Francis Fitzpatrick, Rose Morgan	James McGreevy, Catherine Fitzpatrick	Drumena
	*Vida Lib. Mary Rose O’Hare 20.11.1917
12.4.1877	Francis	Francis Fitzpatrick, Rose Morgan	James Mulholland, Ellen McManus	Drumena

Date	Child	Parents	Sponsors	Townland
25.7.1838	Patrick	Owen Fitzpatrick, Ellen Lindon	James Murphy, Mary McCuskey	Fofanny Bane
15.5.1873	Owen	Stephen Fitzpatrick, Mary Cull	James McCormick, Ellen Cull	Fofanny Bane
23.2.1876	Charles	Patrick Fitzpatrick, Mary Ann McAvera	William McAvera, Margaret Fitzpatrick	Fofanny Bane

Date	Child	Parents	Sponsors	Townland
18.7.1848	Rose	Michael Fitzpatrick, Bridget Devlin	Daniel McElevey, Ann Maginn	Fofanny Reagh
28.4.1853	John	Michael Fitzpatrick, Bridget Devlin	Harry Woods, Mary McAlevey
15.1.1856	James	Michael Fitzpatrick, Biddy Devlin	Hugh Murphy, Biddy Gregory
6.6.1858	Laurence	Michael Fitzpatrick, Bridget Devlin	Michael Fitzpatrick, Liza Magin	Fofanny Reagh
23.5.1861	Michael	Michael Fitzpatrick, Bridget Devlin	James McClean, Mary Maginn	Fofanny Reagh

29.11.1852	John	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine Raverty	Arthur Morgan, Brdiget McEvoy	Fofanny Reagh
23.8.1854	Thomas	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine Raverty	William Raverty, Mary Fitzpatrick
3.5.1856	Mary	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine Raverty	John Fitzpatrick, Mary Morgan

12.1.1861	Patrick	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine Maginn	Patrick Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth Maginn	Fofanny Reagh
5.2.1863	Michael	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine Maginn	Michael Devlin, Mary Maginn	Fofanny Reagh
27.4.1865	Daniel	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine Maginn	Daniel Maginn, Ellen Gregory	Fofanny Reagh
9.6.1867	Michael	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine Maginn	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Mary Maginn	Fofanny Reagh
6.3.1870	Catherine	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine Maginn	Patrick Kelly, Ann Rush	Fofanny Reagh
13.11.1872	Hugh	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine Maginn	Peter Maginn, Elizabeth Maginn	Fofanny Reagh
12.12.1875	Thomas	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine Maginn	Owen Maginn, Mary Murnin	Fofanny Reagh
23.4.1879	James	Hugh Fitzpatrick, Catherine Maginn	Laurence Fitzpatrick, Mary Maginn	Fofanny Reagh

1.1.1866	Mary	John Fitzpatrick, Margaret Sheridan	John Morgan, Susanna Sheridan	Fofanny Reagh
14.8.1868	Ann	John Fitzpatrick, Margaret Sheridan	John Fitzpatrick, Mary Sheridan
2.8.1872	John	John Fitzpatrick, Margaret Sheridan	Patrick Morgan, Ellen Gregory

5.1.1876	Mary Ann	John Fitzpatrick, Ann Rush	Patrick Fitzpatrick, Mary Fitzpatrick	Fofanny Reagh
10.7.1879	Hugh	John Fitzpatrick, Ann Rush	James Morgan, Mary Morgan	Fofanny Reagh

Taken from the book

Immigrants Son

A memory and essay

Richard O'Prey

Chapter Two

Cattle Spoil in An Age of Industry

In the murky annals of the past, the O’Prey name was associated with tribute to marauders. Inconsequential squatters, the O’Preys existed as a part and apart from the social structure. As expendable wealth attached to no one of consequence, the O’Preys were peripheral to the community’s importance or development. Apparently they neither contributed much to the group nor detracted substantially from the social order. Although barbarian incursions became an adventure of the past, the role of the O’Preys didn’t appear to change that much. The technological advances of the industrial revolution and the demand for cheap, insignificant, unskilled, disposable labor grew.

Labor seemed to benefit least from the new industrialization. Historians claim that many scientific or technological advances did not enhance the standard of living for the poor. As technology grew, so too did the population. More mouths to feed exacted more money for minimum survival. Such seemed the case of the O’Preys. Those impoverished who had little land or ties to the community became fodder for the insatiable appetite of the mills, mines and factories of the British Isles and North America. Without a homestead to cultivate, or nurture, or sustain family continuity, the O’Preys seemed to enlist in the work forces of industry wherever opportunity arose.

Anthropologists and economists have often argued that every advance for a standard of living in the nineteenth century was offset by an increase in population. On the farms of old, large families were important for family wealth. The abundance of labor and the distribution of chores enabled several generations to subsist on a single farm. The same was not so true when applied to the urban poor or the landless peasantry. The concept of primogeniture left the family farm in the hands of the oldest son and the rest of the children had to scrounge for themselves. Without substantial dowries or highly developed skills, the younger siblings generally had to emigrate and fend for themselves. Often a farm that was in the family for years could be subsumed through marriage and lost to the original family.

Without a tradition of land, even in a country with a large tenant farmer population, the O’Preys apparently concentrated on working for industry in the nineteenth century. They would be quarrymen, stonecutters, miners, mill hands, and laborers even in a bigoted North of Ireland where Catholics were least appreciated. When the nineteenth century spilled over into the twentieth, not much had changed for the Catholic laborers in the North. Few jobs were available and those had little future.

I suppose the O’Prey family tradition could almost epitomize Lenin’s concept of the urban proletariat. Although living in the countryside, they sought jobs in cities or factories, and this demanded relocation. Without any marketable skills aside from the sweat and toil of their bodies, the O’Preys were no longer sacrificed to the pillaging barbarians, but rather to the robber barons and mill owners who demanded cheap labor. In the economy of the North, the Catholic laborer had only a choice of least desirable jobs. In Belfast in the linen mills, those hired were most likely women who worked for half a man’s wages, or children around twelve years old who earned even less.

The harsh laissez faire capitalism of the nineteenth century and the tenets of Social Darwinism played havoc with the surplus, unskilled labor in Northern Ireland. The sectarian prejudice of Ulster also prevented many Catholics from working at any meaningful jobs with economic potential for stability. Therefore, many faced periodic emigrations to wherever they could find employment. Often these emigrants worked in foreign lands, choosing to return periodically to their homeland in the Mountains of Mourne near Tullaree and Kilcoo in County Down.

Perhaps a very few managed to sustain life on what little land they owned, but most of my ancestors seemed to be laborers rather than landowners. Much of the community had little respect for the landless, and their welfare and economic hardships were of little concern to them. Like the preigh of old, the fodder of the Industrial revolution absorbed little interest or concern from the more secure. If they demanded little from the community and didn’t drain any resources, they could be tolerated.

According to records maintained by my father, his great grandfather, Peter O’Prey, was born in Tullaree in the early nineteenth century. He died in 1895 and is buried in either Kilcoo or Tullaree churchyard. He is one of the few O’Preys in recent times born in Ireland and buried there too. In 1850, his son Richard was born in Tullaree. Richard married Ellen McEvoy, a neighbor from Kilcoo, who had been born in 1853. Ellen and Richard had five sons and four daughters who personified the Diaspora required of the landless in County Down. By the time Richard died on May 8, 1915 and Ellen passed to her reward on April 29, 1929, they had witnessed their children seeking employment and subsistence beyond the Mountains of Mourne.

Like so many before and after him, Richard himself went to Liverpool in the pursuit of work. While he and Ellen were in Liverpool, my grandfather, Patrick O’Prey was born on April 2, 1883. Richard set a pattern that was to repeat itself due to economic realities many times over the coming years. Typically, Richard and Ellen would return to the Mountains of Mourne to spend their final years. Yet, their children remained economic vagabonds or nomads who were drawn to wherever employment could be secured.

My grandfather’s birth in Liverpool and his subsequent return to Ireland mirrored the experience of my own father. My grandfather Patrick had married my grandmother, Elizabeth Lennon, around 1908. His wife Lizzie, as she was known to most, was born to Andrew Lennon and Rose Sloan in 1886 in Gargary, County Down. Lizzie’s mother died shortly after childbirth, and the Sloan family raised my grandmother. When she decided to marry Patrick O’Prey, the Sloans were very disappointed and in essence, disowned her. Although they had raised her with kindness and consideration, they were appalled that she would marry a man with little prospects, no land, and little expectations for a comfortable future.

Patrick and Lizzie, however, lived in Ireland until 1909 when economic necessity compelled them to migrate to Glasgow in search of work. The same forces that drove the O’Preys out of their homeland in search of a livelihood for the family of Richard O’Prey were visited upon his sons, and most particularly upon Patrick. Just as his father was born on foreign soil in Liverpool, my father would be born at 264 Garngad Hill, Townhead, Glasgow, Scotland on March 30, 1910. His birth would signal the need for constant movement and disruption in the lives of Patrick and Lizzie.

The pursuit of economic security would span the North American continent and end in a cemetery in Queens, New York. My father would participate in this journey into the unpredictable and often oppressive circumstances dictated by poverty and indifference. Unlike some men, the experience would mold an imperturbable personality and sterling character with only a few evident flaws. His experience would not warp his personality or dull his determination to find a secure place in some society for his own family.

My grandfather’s generation is an excellent portrait of what poverty and need may generate. The five sons of Richard O’Prey, Peter, Patrick, Richard, John, and Henry, followed opportunity westward from Ulster. All five men labored as miners in the lead and copper mines of Utah and Montana. At first they worked in the mines at Park City, Utah, sporadically returning to Tullaree, but already showing the traces of tuberculosis or lung disease which would claim some of them at an early age. Several years ago when descendants of Richard O’Prey met, a young widow capsulated the situation by saying rather pithily, “The O’Prey men tend to die rather young.”

When the company store seemed to hold more of their wealth than they did, the miners moved on to Butte, Montana which at that time had the highest percentage of Irish of any city in the United States. Their life as miners was harsh and unrelenting. The long hours beneath the ground and the unhealthy air and consequent dust took its toll upon their health. Unfortunately some of them, my Grandfather included, found some alleviation in alcohol. My father always identified alcohol as a “good man’s failing.” Under that criterion, the O’Prey family can boast of producing innumerable “great men.”

With nothing but scorn for drug addiction, gambling, whoring, abandonment, or other vices, the family seemed to accept alcoholism and tolerate its consequences with a note of benign resignation. Of course, it was this same attitude that led my father to declare, “The vices of the Irish surpass the virtues of other races and nationalities.” I suppose there must be some chauvinism or national pride in the statement, but it does seem to belittle other groups without properly measuring the damage alcoholism has done to the family. Alcoholism was not only tolerated, but also reverenced as a man’s right.

My Grandfather’s generation illustrates the ravages of unemployment and the necessity of emigration. His brothers traveled back and forth between Tullaree and America. Their bones rest in either place. My grand Uncle Peter disappeared from family contact and no one knows what became of him. My grand Aunt Ellen McClure never left Ireland and died in County Down on March 14, 1966.

Noting my Grandfather’s premature death on August 11, 1931, my grand Uncle Jack soon after brought his entire family back to Ireland. He thought America was an unhealthy place to raise his family. Ironically, his Grandchildren reflect the same emigration pattern as his own generation. His Grandson John works for an oil company and he is currently assigned to Malaysia. His Granddaughter Jennifer is a teacher working in London. Only one Grandchild remains in County Down. Martine Fulcher continues to live in Tullaree near her widowed mother Maureen O’Prey.

Catherine Tierney, another grand aunt, died on December 29, 1943 in Brooklyn. Catherine’s granddaughter, also named Catherine Tierney, occasionally calls my brother Ray with inquiries about pictures of her mother. A grand Uncle Dick never married, returned to Ireland, and died in February 1936. My grand Aunt Minnie McCahey raised a family in Brooklyn. Her son John exemplified what life in America could mean for the next generation. John McCahey fought as an officer in the Third Army under George Patton. He used to boast of being the personal target of a legendary tongue-lashing from the acerbic commander in World War II. He used the subsequent GI benefits to attend St. John’s Law School. Ultimately, he retired from the New York City Police Department as the second highest ranking uniformed officer. As happenstance would have it, the last time we were in contact with him was at my father’s funeral. My brother Ray had maintained some conversation with the McCaheys until Ray himself moved to Maui.

Another grand Uncle, Henry, died in November 1966 in Detroit, Michigan. Finally, my grand Aunt Lizzie died on December 16, 1959 in New York City. The Irish born generation of my grandfather scattered throughout Ireland, England and America because they, for the most part, could not find gainful employment in the home they loved

That generation of nine children dispersed in America and yet somehow remained focused on County Down. Never having met my own grandfather, I have only what my father has written about him or what my Aunt Helen has reported. Not one of that generation emerged from the ranks of unskilled laborers. Few provided the economic stability and security to make their families comfortable. Patrick and his brothers became interested in the International Workers of the World while they were miners. His membership card is still among the family papers.

The five brothers recognized the exploitation and inhumanity of capitalism in its unbridled form. Unions became very important to them and especially to Patrick’s widow, my grandmother Lizzie. I heard a story told by a close friend’s father about my grandmother while she was a housekeeper in a hotel. During a strike, she used to hide in the linen closet in ambush for scabs. When one entered in search of clean linens or sheets, Lizzie would hammer her over her head with the heel of her shoe.

For all the O’Preys of my grandfather’s era hard labor seemed a daily task, but it never added up to social progress. There was never enough left over to invest in property or for that matter education. It fell upon my father’s generation to develop into property owners in America and to stress the importance of education and employable skills for their children. In this process, the Immigrants’ Son saw a world different from my father’s.

My generation could examine options that lay open to Dick O’Prey only through civil service. Residential stability, a commodious dinner table, a comfortable loving home, a predictable future, an education acquired in Catholic schools, all conspired to open new doors to my generation. What may have occurred without those underpinnings is only idle speculation. My generation has an unredeemable debt to the heroic sacrifices and personal examples set by the immigrants who forged a new life on America’s shores.

*Peter married Ann O’Hagan in Belfast on 1.5.1929

*Vida Lib. Mary Rose O’Hare 20.11.1917

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*Peter married Ann O’Hagan in Belfast on 1.5.1929

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*Vida Lib. Mary Rose O’Hare 20.11.1917

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