Brennan Family Tree

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The Brennan Family Tree

Page 1

The Last Ancestral Home

of the Brennan & Moran Family

"The Cottage", Cooper Hill, nr Ballickmoyler, Co. Laois. IRELAND

Built in 1911 and the home of Thomas Brennan & Mary Anne Moran and their family until July 1996.

This is Part 1 of the Family History of my Great, Great Grandfather William Brennan and his descendants who lived in and around the villages of Woodland, Ballickmoyler, Ballynagall and Cooper Hill in the County of Laois (Queens County), Ireland. William Brennan, born c.1810 was a tenant farmer and rented large amounts of land in the Woodland & Ballickmoyler areas.

I would be interested to hear from anyone who are releted to this family and may have information about my family, and the area that they lived in. I know that there are a number of my Brennan ancestors living in and around Carlow town and I would love to hear from them.

Please feel free to contact me via my email address (below) if you think you have any information and you wish to share or questions to ask.

Please Note: Not all of the information on this page has been verified by official parish records or official documentation except where stated.

Thank you from Michael Brennan

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Headstone of William & Maria Brennan (nee Walsh) in Arles Cemetery County Laois
(Photo of gravestone (above) in Arles Graveyard taken by William Muldowney) c.2007).

Descendants

WILLIAM BRENNAN & MARIE ANNE WALSH

This is the entry in the Index to Griffith's Valuation of Ireland, for the County of Laois in 1851 of my Great, Great, Grandfather:

Mr. William Brennan, Parish : Killabban Location: Woodland / Garragh. County : Laois/Leix/Queens

These images are of the original home of the William Brennan's family.
The last member of the family to live in the house was Mary Brennan, the daughter of Denis Brennan who died 16 Oct 1918.

Generation No. 1

1. William Brennan was born c.1810, Woodland and died 24th December 1862 aged 52 years in Woodland, Co Laois. He married Maria Anne Walsh, on 2nd May 1839 in Ballickmoyler. *. Witnesses to the wedding was Martin King & Rev Denis Byrne. Maria was born c.1820., and died 28th October 1894, aged 74 years. (Source: Headstone inscription in Arles cemetery).

Children of William Brennan and Maria Anne Walsh are:

i. ***Denis Brennan, b. 1841; d. 16 Oct 1918, Arles. Co Laois; m. Bridget Byrne. b. 1863. d 1939 aged 76. (Source: Headstone inscription in Arles).

They had a daughter named Mary Brennan; b. c.1906 in Woodland, Co Laois. She married Ned Dillon.

Laois Papers Rentals

Genealogical Society of Ireland

Surname

First Name

Townland

County

Date/Year

Document

Estate

Item No

Holding No

Page Ref

Notes

Brennan

Denis

Woodlands

Laois

1898

Rental

Coote

1

1364

*see note 1 below

Rural District Council

Woodlands

Laois

Rental

Coote

1

1363

*see note 2 below

*Note 1. 16 October 1918 Denis died and left holding to widow Bridget.

*Note 2. 10 Oct 1918 Denis Brennan died will 9 Oct 1918, probate 27 Aug 1920, holding to widow Bridget for life and thereafter to daughter Mary Brennan.

ii. Mark Brennan, b. c.1839?, Ballickmoyler, Co. Laois; d. 21st Mar 1902, Ballickmoyler, Co. Laois. **

iii. Ellen Brennan, b. Bef. 1842, Ballickmoyler, Co Laois; d. Aft. 1874.

Notes for Ellen Brennan: She was Godmother to Mary Anne Moran wife of Thomas Brennan in 1874

iv. */***Edward Brennan, b. 4th Apr 1844, Woodland, Co. Laois. Died 5th Sept 1929 aged 85 years.

Edward Brennan was variously a curate at Tullow, Bagenalstown, Killeigh, Paulstown and Newbridge.

He was parish priest of Mountrath from 1885-1929 and died on 5 September 1929. Aged 85 years of age.

He appears in the 1911 census as Parish Priest in Mountrath aged 66.

Notes for Edward Brennan: Birth appears in Arles Church Records of 1844. Sponsors: William King & Judy Neal.

Letter received on 4th Sept 2009 from Bernie Deasy. Archivist Delany Archive Trust, c/o St Patrick's College, Carlow

Your email to Knockbeg College seeking information about the above was passed onto me for response. Fr John McEvoy published a book in 1993 called Carlow College 1793-1993: The ordained students and teaching staff of St Patrick’s College, Carlow. According to this, Edward Brennan was from Arles, Co. Laois, and attended Carlow College between 1859-1861. He was ordained in 1867 for the diocese of Kildare and Leighlin. It seems he was ordained at Maynooth. According to another book I have here, an Edward Brennan matriculated at Maynooth on 25 September 1861 and was in the Humanity Class. According to the Maynooth book, he was ordained in 1866-1867.

Parish of Mountrath Source: Rev M Comerford" Collections relating to the Dioceses of Kildare and Leighlin" Vol. 3 (1886 -

The Rev. Edward Brennan, the present pastor of Parish of Mountrath. Brother to Denis Brennan.

Extract from Nationalist. Dated 29th April 1920. Denis Brennan late of Woodlands, Ballickmoyler, Queens county, Farmer, deceased. All persons claiming to be creditors or having any claim against the estate of the above named should contact John J. Duggan, Solicitor, Carlow. Denis Brennan was 77 years of age at the time of his death on the 16th October 1918.

We regret to announce the death of Mr. Denis Brennan which sad event took place at his residence, Woodlands, Ballickmoyler on October 16th. The deceased, who was a brother of Rev. E. Brennan, P.P. Mountrath was of a very kind and generous disposition, a good neighbour and a sincere friend. The chief mourners were -Rev. E. Brennan P.P. Messrs P.J. Carey, M. Doyle, and F. Lawlor. (brothers-in-law) T. Byrne, P. Byrne, E. Carey, J. O'Leary, nephews. There are no mention of any other brothers or sisters.

Source: Email from Mick Purcell 3 Sept 2008.

v. *Johanna Brennan, b. 25th Mar 1847, Woodland, Co. Laois. Married James Delany 29 Jan 1862 in Arles

Map of Skenhanagh House. Co Laois.

* They lived at Skenhanagh. Co Laois.

Children of Johanna Brennan and James Delany are:

i. William Delany, b. 05 Dec 1862, Skenhanagh. Co Laois; m. Maria Angus Conway, 04 Oct 1910, Cork; b. Date Unknown. Notes for William Delany was 48 years of age when he married.
ii. Pat Joseph Delany, b. 08 Apr 1864, Skenhanagh. Co Laois. Sponsors: Patrick Delaney & Mary Haydon
iii. Anne Delany, b. 29 Sept 1865, Skenhanagh. Co Laois.
iv. Mary Josephine Delany, b. 25 Apr 1868, Skenhanagh. Co Laois.
v. Johanna Delany, b. 10 May 1869, Skenhanagh. Co Laois.
vi. Margaret Delany, b. 27 Nov 1872, Skenhanagh. Co Laois. Sponsors: James Delany & Sarah Delany
vii. Elizabeth Delany, b. 10 Nov 1873, Skenhanagh. Co Laois. Sponsors: James Delany & Kate Brennan

vi. **/***Charlott Brennan, b. 14 Jan 1849, Woodland, Co Laois. d. ??

Notes for Charlott Brennan: Mother Marie Walsh Father William Brennan Sponsor: Michael Coogan & Margaret Brennan. Location ****land. (Woodlands) - Entry found on Arles Baptism records for 1849 in http://www.laoisgenealogy.com/.

vii. **Lucy Brennan, b. 19 Feb 1851, Woodland, Co Laois. d.17 Dec 1935

Notes for Lucy Brennan: Mother Anne Walsh - Sponsors: Daniel Murry & Ellen Kealy Her mothers name could have been Anne Marie and used Anne for Lucy birth. Entry found on Arles Baptism records for 1849 in http://www.laoisgenealogy.com/

She is listed in the 1911 census of Ireland as a Teacher and living in the Presentation Convent, George’s Hill, Inns Quay, Dublin. This facility is for the Religious Sisterhood for teaching the poor. She is aged 60. (Presentation Convent ~ Orphanage and N.S).

Lucy became a Nun and her Religion name was Sister Mary Joseph Agnes and she was a full time teacher in the Presentation Convent and the Orphanage and N.S.

She is buried in the convent plot in Glassnevin Cemetery Dublin.

viii. *William Brennan, b. 29 Jun 1852, Woodland, Co Laois; *d. 11 Sep 1898, aged 46, Arles. Co Laois. (*Headstone inscription in Arles). Sponsors of his Baptism: James Wall & Margaret Kealy.

ix. *Margaret Brennan, b. 19 Jan 1856, Woodland, Co Laois. d. ?? Sponsors: William Murray & Charlotte Brennan.

x. */**Anne Brennan, b. 23 Aug 1857, Woodland, Co Laois. d, ?? In the 1911 census she is listed as living in Bagenalstown Convent aged 56 working as a School Teacher at 45 Regent Street. Bagenalstown, Carlow. At this time (2018) I have not been able to establish or confirm her details with the Convent.

Bagenalstown Convent in Co Carlow where Anne served as a Teacher & Nun.

xi. James Brennan, b. 1858, Woodland, Ballickmoyler, Co Laois; d. 20 May 1915, Pollerton Road, Carlow. (see notes below on James).

* = Source: Arles Parish Baptism Records
** = http://www.laoisgenealogy.com/.
*** = Source: 1901 Census & Reg of B.M.D. Dublin found by Rita Murphy (Moran) 1999.

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If you know of any information or you have connections with any of the above mentioned families
Please contact Michael Brennan