Updated 5/28/2000 by
Elizabeth Haren

Report from the Clare Heritage
Center

On the Haren
and Cull Families of Kilmihil

Dated: February
22, 1988

(This report
was done for my cousin. I am not connected in any way to this Cull/Coll family. I am however connected to the Haren side. Please also note that this report was done in
1988 when the Heritage Center was still in its infancy.)

Civil registration did not begin in Ireland until 1864 so that prior to
that date we depend on existing church records to provide important family
history data. Had John Coll (Cull/Culle)
not married Susan Dixon until after 1864 one would expect to locate at least
the address of John's native place and obtain details on his father's name, as
this information is usually given on civil records.
Church records are not nearly as detailed, the only information being given as
follows:

John Cull married Susan Dixon, Kilmihil,
June 1st 1858. The witnesses were Michael Dixon and Sinon Hunt.

Church records for Kilmihil are not
particularly old commencing in 1849. There was no doubt an earlier register,
when Kilmihil and its neighbouring
parish Kilmacduane (Cooraclare)
were the one ecclesiastical union, but these were obviously lost or destroyed.

Even if the Kilmihil records were much older it
is unlikely that we would learn more from them about John Cull/Coll. The marriage of John to Susan is the only union
involving a Coll/Cull in all of our 19th century
church records for Co. Clare. One can safely assume that John was not from this
county. Your own press cutting suggests that John was a veteran of the Crimean
War (1853 -55). This means that he was not long in Kilmihil
before his marriage to Susan. One might suggest that one of the Dixons (or a neighbour) also served in that war and that John returned
with him to Kilmihil.

In the Griffith Valuation Land Records (1855) no Coll/Cull
or other variant is listed in the Kilmihil area.
However a Michael Dixon is shown having a house in Kilmihil
village. He may have been Susan's father and John Coll
probably married in there. John and Susan had the following Family:

Name (Cull/Coll)

Baptism Date (in European format)

Sponsors

Patrick

17-3-1859

Pat Cull and
Margaret Barry

Michael

August 1860

James Walton and
Margaret Barry

John

16-1-1863

James Walton and
Margaret Kenny

Thomas

7-12-1866

Michael O'Donnell
and Margaret Ryan

James

23-11-1868

William and
Margaret Ryan

Mary

1-7-1871

Mary Leary

Francis

16-6-1873

Michael Walsh and Brid Callahan

Margaret

5-3-1877

Catherine Walsh

One could point to the common Irish tradition of naming the first born
son and daughter after the paternal grandparents and the second born son and
daughter after the maternal grandparents. On this basis John's parents would
have been Pat and Mary while Susan's parents would have been Michael and
Margaret. This tradition was not of course always followed and one simply
offers it as a possibility. One has to wonder however as to the identity of Pat
Cull who acted as a sponsor to the first child in 1859. Was he perhaps John's
brother or father?

The press cutting also suggests that John was from Bruree
in County Limerick. Our Centre deals almost exclusively with County Clare
records and in general cannot assist with Limerick queries. There is no doubt
however that if one is to establish a connection with John Coll
and Catherine Coll, the mother of Eamon
DeValera, then Limerick records hold the key, if
indeed the relevant records are sufficiently old. I did check with Dr. Chris O'Mahoney who provides a similar service for County
Limerick regarding the Colls of Bruree.
He informed me that while Bruree church records date
from 1821 the first Coll on record there was in 1852.
This might indicate that "your" Colls were
from the Bruree area of County Limerick, but not from
Bruree parish.

Eamon DeValera
was born in 1873 which would indicate that his mother Catherine was probably
born c1850. Presumably, it must be fairly well known who Catherine's parents. i.e. Eamon's grandparents were. I
am enclosing some information on the Coll surname
taken from one of the books on Irish names by Dr. Edward McLysaght
who was Irelands foremost authority on name origins.

Haran/Haren
from Kilmihil and Tullaghaboy

On the Haran side,
the 1901 census shows that Terence Haran was residing at Kilmihil
with his parents Terence and Mary and also present at the taking of the census
was his nephew John Cusack. Terence Haran (senior) had married
Mary Coughlan in Kilmihl on
February 16, 1860. Terence was originally from Tullaghaboy
in the western end of Kilmaley parish and it was Tullaghaboy that the family resided for at least the next
twenty years. Terence Haran and Mary Coughlin had the following children:

Haran/Haren Children

Baptism Date

Sponsors

Dan

7-11-1860

Dan Haran & Catherine Boland

Jane

10-5-1863

James Coughlan and Ellen Conway

James

1865

* found in subsequent records in Hoboken, NJ

Bridget

9-6-1867

Dan Haren and Cath Murphy

John (married Elizabeth Haran from Quilty
and lived in Hoboken, NJ)

20-6-1869

Pat Cambell and Nora Haran

Terence (died)

23-6-1872

Cath Cooly

Kate (married a Turner and went to Long Island, NY

10-8-1873

Pat Boland and Nora Julian

Terence (married Margaret Culle
July 16th, 1905)

5-12-1875

John and Bridget Haren

Mary (married a Dundon and lived
in Hoboken, NJ)

3-2-1878

Michael Campbell and Jane Haran

It appears that Terence (1872) died as the next boy was also called
Terence. The ties with Kilmihil were obviously strong
and Jane Haran married there in February 18th 1883 to John Cusack. It would
appear therefore that the Haran family were resident
in Kilmihil at that time (1883). John and Jane had
seven children between 1884 and 1897. As our indexation ends in 1900 others may
have been born after this date who do not appear on
our records. The Cusack children on our files are William (8-1-1884), Bridget
((21-9-1885), Pat (24-1-1885), Martin (14-5-1890), Mary (Nov 30th 1892), John
(5-4-1895), and Winny (22-10-1897).

Terence Haran married Margaret Culle on July
16th, 1905. Terence was said to be a farmer and Margaret a shopkeeper.

John Haran emigrated to Hoboken, NJ, USA with
his brothers Dan and James.

John married Elizabeth Haran of Quilty and had
the following children:

Name

Birthdate

Sponsors

Richard died soon after birth

December 5, 1891

John Flaherty

Mary O'Brian

Terence died at age 11 on May 7, 1905 of Spinal Menengitis

Born Sept 11, 1893,

Baptized Sept 17, 1893

John Hastings

Bridget Curtin

Mary married Charles Harper and lived in Hoboken, NJ until
her death at the age of 42 on February 13, 1938

Born Oct 3,1895

Baptized Oct 13, 1895

Michael Reddy

Catherine Haren

Elizabeth married a Thiele and lived in lower NY State.
She died in 1996 (?) at the age of 98 in Colorado.

Born June 14th 1898

Baptized June 19th, 1898

Thomas Keefe

Ellen McGuirk

John Haran died on November 17, 1902 at the age of 31 from injuries
suffered in a fall. He worked as a Customs Inspector on the docks of Hoboken.

Elizabeth Haran died on Christmas day, 1910 at the age of 39 (I think
that is incorrect).

Dan moved to Buffalo, NY - he never married.

James Haran married Bridget Haran (Elizabeth's sister- both girls from Quilty).

Additional Information gathered over
the years:

This is by no
means a complete list, but it is a collection of Haren/Haran's
that I've gathered together and posted here.

Year

Name

Fathers Name

Mothers Name

Townland

Birth Record Quarter/Page

1864

Bridget

Daniel Haren

Mary Coughlan

Tullaghaboy

9-1/258

1865

Terence

Daniel Haren

Mary Coughlan

Tullaghaboy

14-1/260

1868

Terence

Daniel Haren

Mary Coughlin

Tullaghaboy

14-1/273

1870

Daniel

Daniel Haren

Mary Coughlin

Tullaghaboy

4-1/303

1871

John

Daniel Haren

Mary Coughlin

Tullaghaboy

14-1/259

1873

Terence

Daniel Haren

Mary Coughlin

Tullaghaboy

4-1/387

1874

Bridget

Daniel Haren

Mary Coughlin

Tullaghaboy

14-1/253

1871

Michael

John Haren

Bridget Doherty

Lacamore

4-1/347

1872

John

John Haren

Bridget Doherty

Lacamore

14-1/275

1873

Honora

John Haren

Bridget Doherty

Lacamore

19-1/262

1875

Bridget

John Harhen

Bridget Doherty

Lacamore

9-1/257

1877

Patrick

John Haren

Bridget Doherty

Lacamore

4-1/287

1880

Mary

John Harhen

Bridget Doherty

Lacamore

4-1/265

1865

Terence

John Haren

Hannah Murphy

Tullaghaboy

4-1/267

1867

Mary

John Haren

Hannah Murphy

Tullaghaboy

14-1/251

1870

Daniel

John Haren

Hannah Murphy

Tullaghaboy

9-1/284

1873

James

John Haren

Hannah Murphy

Tullaghaboy

4-1/288

1875

Thomas

John Haren

Anne Murphy

Tullaghaboy

14-1/220

1866

John

Martin Haren

Bridget Wyng

Lacarrhue

4-1/294

1868

Bridget

Martin Haren

Bridget Wynne

Lacarew

4-1/285

1869

Anne

Martin Haren

Bridget Wynne

Lacarhue

4-1/256

1871

Thomas

Martin Haren

Bridget Wynne

Lacarhue

19-1/256

1874

Martin

Martin Haren

Bridget Wynne

Lacarhue

4-1/280

1878

Richard

Martin Harhen

Bridget Wynne

Lacarhue

4-1/261

1876

John

Michael Haren

Bridget McCormack

Ardrish Cluana

9-1/207

1878

Timothy

Michael Haren

Bridget McConnoe

Ardrish Cluana

4-1/221

1880

Richard

Michael Haren

Bridget McCormack

Ardrish Cluana

4-1/177

1865

James

Terence Haren

Mary Coghlan

Connolly

9-1/244

1870

John

Terence Haren

Mary Coghlan

Corroncree

4-1/301

1871

Mary

Terence Haren

Mary Coghlan

Tullaghaboy

9-1/286

1876

Terence

Terence Haren

Mary Coghlan

Salaboula

4-1/271

1864

James

Terence Haren

Catherine Corry

Tullaghaboy

4-1/211

1867

Margaret

Terence Haren

Catherine Corry

Tullaghaboy

4-1/270

1870

Terence

Terence Haren

Catherine Corry

Tullaghaboy

9-1/286

1867

Agnes

Thadeus Haren

Bidelia Kelly

Frances St Kilrush

9-1/415

1868

Frederick

Thadeus Haren

Bedilia Kelly

Frances St. Kilrush

14-1/398

1879

Thomas

Frances Haren

Anne King

Tullaghaboy

4-1/262

1880

Mary

Frances Haren

Anne King

Tullaghaboy

4-1/201

1867

John

James Haren

Mary Brown

Hector St. Kilrush

9-1/415

1873

Patrick

James Haren

Mary Brown

Hector St Kilrush

19-1/383

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