Kane - Finan - Quinn Connections in Castlerea

[Mark Quinn]

Has anyone run across a Roderick Kane from Castlerea in their research? I see him listed in the Griffith's listing. He interests me because my g-g-grandfather, Patrick Quinn (Cloonfower, Castlerea), married (around 1835) Catherine Finan whose mother was said to have been a Kane. Since the name Roderick later became a family name for Quinns and Finans, I suspect a connection and would like to have information to prove or disprove this theory.<p>Many thanks.
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mfquinn51@attbi.com

[Tom Voyles]

Mark,<br>I received a snail-mail letter from Tom Fitzsimmons back in<br>my pre-computer days of 1996 asking about this marriage.<br>Apparently you and he were emailing way back then.<p>Your Quinns and Finans lived in an area where they might<br>have gone to church either in Tibohine (Loughglynn) Parish <br>or in Kilkeevan (Castlerea) Parish. I regret to say that,<br>assuming the Patrick Quinn-Catherine Finan marriage <br>occurred in 1835, there isn't going to be a parish record <br>of it anywhere. LDS has the Tibohine Parish Register <br>on microfilm (FHL 0989753), and I have gone through it <br>in an effort to locate the Patrick Quiin - Catherine <br>Finan marriage. Unfortunately there is a gap in that <br>register which lasted from March, 1827 to February, 1836, <br>and which covers the period that this marriage would<br>have occurred. <p>It is the same situation with Kilkeevan Parish. LDS does<br>not have that parish on microfilm, but the National Library<br>of Ireland has all parishes. I just looked at their<br>website: www.nli.ie and there was a gap in the Kilkeevan<br>Parish register which lasted from April, 1820 until <br>October, 1838. I think the only way you will be able<br>to document that marriage will be if someone out there<br>has a family bible, etc which has been passed down with<br>the information in it.<p>Sorry to be such a downer.....<br>Tom Voyles<br>
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ntvoyles@netzero.net