My Great Grandfather, Thomas Moroney was born in County Clare, Ireland around 1857. There is not a recorded baptism record for Thomas Moroney in the Kilfarboy Parish (Miltwon Malbay) or any of the neighboring parishes. Civil Birth Registration did not start until Jan 1864.
There is no record of Thomas Moroney until 1878 when he was married in St. Joseph's RCC, Miltown Malbay.
The "Residence" listed for both Thomas Moroney and Catherine Conole is Islane. This is short name for the townland of Illaunbaun where Catherine lived with her parents, Michael Conole and Bridget Gorman.
Thomas was a laborer on the Conole Farm when he was a young man. This is how he met and married "the farmers daughter", Catherine Conole on 16 February 1878 in Miltown Malbay at St Joseph's RCC.
From this marriage there were eleven children that produced fifty-one grandchildren in America and Thomas and Catherine Moroney never met one of their grandchildren.
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