Seeking descendants of Connolly family of Yellow Bog Common

A Diary reader in the UK is seeking details of any descendants of the Connolly family, to whom he is related through his grandmother Annie Connolly, born in Halverstown in 1883, writes Brian Byrne.

His name is Chris, and he will be visiting Kilcullen in early August and would like to get any local knowledge on where they lived, and if anyone connected is living locally, hopefully to meet with them.

The original family, Patrick and Rose Connolly, (neé Doyle) lived in Yellow Bog Common. Their children, four boys and three girls, later lived in Halverstown, Kilcullen, Old Kilcullen, Calverstown, Kilgowan, and Killinane. They were John, Thomas, Patrick and James, and Ellen Mary, Annie (Chris's grandmother), Rose and Mary.

There were further connections through marriage with other families, O'Toole, Doyle, Emanuel and Keogh.

In the photo above, provided by Chris, Annie is on the back left, with possibly one of her sisters — Margaret or Mary Ellen. The children are, Chris believes, his uncles.  

There's a record of the 1911 census showing Frank and Norman Emanuel living with Patrick and Rose Connolly and noted as their grandchildren. Their father may have been married to one of the Connolly sisters, likely Mary Ellen. Norman married Catherine Keogh in 1934, with one of the witnesses recorded as James Connolly, possibly Annie's brother. The other witness was Mary O'Toole.

If anyone reading this has further information, contact me at 086 8267104.

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