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looking for when Collina arrived in Ireland ? Irishtown County Mayo Byrnes, Godfrey possible connections

looking for when Collina arrived in Ireland ? Irishtown County Mayo Byrnes, Godfrey possible connections

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 5:42AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Collina, Byrne Godfrey
Please help if you can not Collins but Collina

Re: looking for when Collina arrived in Ireland ? Irishtown County Mayo Byrnes, Godfrey possible connections

Posted: 5 Apr 2015 9:02PM GMT
Classification: Query
I had looked through any directories that gave the name Collina appeared but when looking at the directories Collina's on the pages, went through 6. Just Colins, Collier, Colhoune etc.

None in the Griffith Valuation of Ireland, nor the Tithe Valuations of 1823-1837, although this isn't the best on line resource as there are some parishes missing in counties.

In the Civil Registrations are:

Mary Collina aged 77, died in 1933, Clifden, Galway estimate birth year as 1847 based on age given at death (*this only tells where died not where born)

Patrick Collina aged 90 died in 1930, Tuam, Galway, estimate birth year as 1840 based on age given at death(*)

Lots of Godfrey's in Co. May, mostly Claremorris, Ballina and Castlereagh
eg:
Bridget Godfrey, death registered April-June 1885, Claremorris, age 60, estimated birth year 1825
based on age given at death.

Byrnes there are usually hundreds but in Mayo only 10 and Galway 4 listed.

None married to a Godfrey or Collina from 1864 civil registrations, parish records would probably be the place to look as depending on the Parish.

Castlereagh, Mayo was located in two Parishes:
Civil Parish Cronboyne, Poor Law Union Claremorris
and
Civil Parish Killala, Poor Law Union, Killala

Ballina, Galway and Mayo:
Civil Parish Killerin, Tuam, Galway
Civil Parish Kilcommon (Erris) Poor Law Union Belmullet
Civil Parish Kilmoremoy, PLU Ballina
Civil Parish Kilmainemore, PLU Ballinrobe

I believe but maybe wrong that Irishtown was a designation rather than a place? as in over there in Irish Town.

Griffith Valuation 1857 Mayo: A tax on property, now used as a census substitute
www.askaboutireland.ie You can see who the neighbours and others in each townland.

I went through all 45 Godfrey's in the Parishes of Annagh, Crossboyne, urlough and the majority in Parish Kilvine. Not one townland was called Irish Town. There were 291 Byrne in Mayo for the Griffith Valuation 1857.

Parish records are available for Mayo from www.rootsireland.ie two eg: are
RC Kilmoremoy/Ballina baptisms 1823-1904 & 1904-1911; marriages 1823-1836, 1841-1900, & 1900-1911
Church of Ireland Kilmoremoy baptisms from 1770-1900, marriages same, deaths 1871-1900

Parishes changed names, amalgamated under another name, and spelling differences can make it difficult.

www.ipg-web.com

www.from-ireland.net click on county you are looking for

1901/1911 Census: www.census.nationalarchives.ie recently added fragments from early
census 1821-1851 that have survived. 0 Collina in these census, doesn't mean they were not there just that the records didn't survive the 1922 Four Court Fire.

I can think of no other websites to try.

Annette Code
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