Query on Cullen ancestors

A recent visitor to Kilcullen had come from the other side of the world to find information about his family.

John Cullen from Melbourne had been over to London for the cricket tests, he took a detour to visit Ireland before going home.

John was particularly interested in a Patrick Cullen who was born in Kilcullen in 1809. He sailed to Hobart on the ‘Panama’ on 27 April 1853. Married perhaps to Henrietta Maxwell, he is also linked with the names of Mary Brown or Georgina Brown. He had six children, Rosanna, Thomas, Stephen, Michael, Andrew and William, born between 1833-1842.



John visited New Abbey Graveyard during his visit, and also Old Kilcullen where a headstone to a Patrick Cullen (died 1798) and a William Cullen (date of death unreadable) intrigued him.

He was also interested to find that it was the late Cardinal Paul Cullen who laid the foundation stone of Kilcullen’s parish church 140 years ago.

Anyone with information can contact him initially through this writer at 086 8267104.