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Welcome to my Brennan Family History starting with my 3X Great Grandfather William Brennan Sen b.1780 and his descendants who lived in and around the areas of Woodland, Ballickmoyler, Ballynagall and Cooper Hill in the County of Laois (Queens County), Ireland. Not forgetting our large extended family in Carlow town. William senior and his son William junior were tenant farmers and rented a large house and large amounts of land in the Woodland & Ballickmoyler areas of County Laois in the late 1700s and 1800s. There is a real possibility that our Brennan family could be a descended of the Clan Brennan of Brennan of Idough in Co Kilkenny which is very close to the border of Co Laois <https://www.libraryireland.com/Pedigrees1/Brenan-1-Heremon.php> Unfortunately we have no nocumentry proof of the link to Clan Brennanof Idough. During my research, (along with the help of other researchers),we found two William Brennan’s who, on similar dates, married a Margaret Butler and they lived in two different counties; one couple in Ballyphilip, Freshford Parish, Co Kilkenny., and one in Castlecomer, Co Kildare. Due to the lack of local parish records for the 1700's I cannot prove, beyond reasonable doubt, which one is my 3X Great-grandfather. I would be very interested to hear from anyone who might be researching, releted or connected to this family, and may have information about my family they are willing to share with me, including the area where they lived. I know that there are a number of my Brennan ancestors living in and around Carlow town and they are related through their Grand parents, I would love to hear from you if you have information you are willing to share. Please feel free to contact me via my email address (below) if you think you have any information including photos and you wish to share or you have any questions you want to ask me.
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Generation No.
1
William Brennan Sen
was born c.1780 at
Ballyphilip, Freshford Parish, Co Kilkenny. He died in
1856. His wife Margaret Butler was born on the 9th Sept
1787. in Athy, Kildare, Ireland
1. William Brennan Jun who was born 28 December 1817, at
Woodland nr Ballickmoyler. Co Laois and he died 28
October 1863 aged 45 years in Woodland, nr
Ballickmoyler. Co Laois. He married Maria Annie Walsh,
on 2nd May 1839 in Sacred Heart Church, Arles. Co Laois.
*Witnesses to the wedding was Martin King & Rev Denis
Byrne. Maria Annie Walsh, was born
c.1820.,
and she died 28th October 1894, aged 74 years. (Source:
Headstone inscription in Arles cemetery and The
Nationalist newspaper).
Children of William Brennan and Maria Anne Walsh are:
II. */***Edward
Brennan, b. 4th Apr 1844, Woodland, Co. Laois. Died 5th
Sept 1929 aged 85 years.
He 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 of Ireland 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 (below) 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.
Source: Email from Mick Purcell 3 Sept 2008.
The following is an extract from The Nationalist. Dated
29th April 1920.
We regret to announce the death of Mr. Denis Brennan
which sad event took place at his residence, Woodland,
Ballickmoyler on October 16th. 1918. The deceased, who
was a brother of Rev. Edward Brennan, P.P. Mountrath,
was of a very kind and generous disposition, a good
neighbour and a sincere friend. The chief mourners were
- Rev. Edward 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.
See:
The Death of Mr Denis Brennan, Woodland
IV. *Johanna Brennan, b. 25th Mar 1847, at Woodland, Co.
Laois. d.23 Jun 1934 at Skenhanagh. Co Laois.. Married
to James Delaney 29 Jan 1862 in Arles. James was b.16
Jun 1832 at Newtown Co Laois and d.26 Nov 1893 at
Skenhanagh Co Laois.
* They lived at Skenhanagh. in the County of Laois.
Children of Johanna Brennan and James Delaney are:
*V. Julia Christina
Brennan b. c.1848 in Woodland. Co Laois married
Gerald
O'Byrne from Timahoe in Carlow in 1868. They had 10
children but only 8 survived. They lived in Linkardstown
Nurney, Co. Carlow. In the 1911 census Gerald is listed
as a Farm worker. VI. **Lucy Brennan, b. 19 Feb 1851, Woodland, Co Laois. d.17 Dec 1935 She is buried in the convent plot in Glassnevin Cemetery, Dublin. Notes for Lucy Brennan: Her Mother was recorded in the Arles parish records as Anne (Maria Annie) Walsh - Sponsors: Daniel Murry & Ellen Kealy Her mothers name could have been Annie Marie Walsh and used Annie for Lucy's birth. Entry found on Arles Baptism records for 1849. She probably started her secondary education in c.1862 at the Presentation Convent in Tullow Street, Carlow town. From there she was sent to the Presentation Convent in Dublin to start her introduction to a teaching career. She is listed in the 1901 Census of Ireland as a Resident of a house 3.1 in Georges Hill (Inns Quay, Dublin) and she is aged 51 and a Member of a Religious Community of Sisters of the Presentation Devoted to the Instruction of Poor Female Children .
She is listed in the 1911 census of
Ireland as a Teacher and living in the Presentation
Convent, at George’s Hill, Inns Quay, Dublin. This facility
is for the Religious Sisterhood for teaching the poor.(Presentation
Convent ~ Orphanage and N.S).
Lucy became a
Nun and her Religious name was Sister Mary Joseph
Agnes and she was a full time teacher in the
Presentation Convent, at the Orphanage and the
National.School. She is buried in the convent plot in
Glassnevin Cemetery, Dublin.
Notes for Charlotte Brennan:
We found her in
http://www.laoisgenealogy.com/.
She was b.1849 to William Brennan. and her mother
was Marie Walsh. Sponsor: Michael Coogan & Margaret Brennan.
Location ****land. (Woodland).
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.
VIII. *Margaret Brennan, b.19 Jan 1856, Woodland,
Upper Ballickmoyler, Co
Laois. Sponsors: William Murray & Charlotte Brennan.
Margaret died in 1938 at Tomanierin Lower, Aughrim, Co. Wicklow. She
married Patrick Joseph Carey,. Sen,
b.1861, a farmer, in
1884 in Tomanierin Lower, Aughrim,
Co. Wicklow.
IX. */**Annie Brennan, b.23 Aug 1857,
Woodland, Co Laois. d, 21 Nov 1927 in Presentation Convent
Bagenalstown. Her religious name was Sister De Sales
Brennan. In the 1911 census she is listed as living in
Presentation Convent Bagenalstown aged 56 and working as
a School Teacher at 45 Regent Street. Bagenalstown,
Carlow. At this time (2018) I have received information
from the Convent stating her date of death but they are
unable to tell where she is buried.
Image
of Bagenalstown
Convent in Co Carlow where Annie Brennan served as a Teacher
and a
Nun.
X.
James Brennan
was born in 1858 in Woodland, near Ballickmoyler,
Co. Laois, and he died 20 May 1915 in Pollerton
Road, Carlow. He married Annie Sunderland
b.21 Feb 1862 She is the daughter of
William Sunderland and Honoria
Darby from Mullawn, Tullow. Co. Carlow.
Ireland. She died 1958. James Brennan and Anne
Sunderland were married in Cathedral of the
Assumption, Carlow on Monday 26 Dec 1878.
James Brennan was Godfather to Mary Anne Moran
who was the wife of Thomas Brennan
in c.1874.
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