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Cousin Steve Keogh in America found a link with Bernard Joseph and his family at Ballinasloe in Galway and posted a message on the town web site forum - and eventually he got a reply from them with information on our forebears.

The following is a copy of the information that was sent and now we just have to sort through it to try to make sense of who is who - as is usual with Irish families there are lots of children and we can see the pattern of names that came through the generations to the present day........

Oliver Donellan sent the following. It appears that a Brendan Donellan, a relative of Oliver, did research in the archives of the Fohenagh (sometimes Fophenagh) & Kilgerrill parish records. The parish is now called Fohenagh & Killure, located northwest of Ballinasloe and east of Ahascragh. http://www.clonfertdiocese.ie/html/fohenagh.asp

Keogh Family - The Ballinasloe Irish Connection

We saw your query re Keoghs of Clonbrock and there is a lot of family information

On the parish records of Clonbrock (part of Fophenagh-Kilgerrill) there are quite a few baptisms of Keoghs.

      1. John Kough was a sponsor to Mary Kilbride on Dec 25th 1848 and on May 13th William Kough was sponsor to James Carroll. (note spelling of surname, each priest had his own way of spelling!)

       2. Oct 1st 1854 Baptism of Robert Keogh parents William & Catherine Keogh.
 1856 Baptism of Patrick Keogh, parents William & Catherine Carroll one of the sponsors and William Keogh
 Jun 16th 1857 Baptism of Catherine Ellen Keogh parents William & Catherine Carroll
Feb 5th 1860 Baptism of Thomas Martin Keogh parents William & Catherine Carroll sponsors Michael Keogh & Ann Carroll
Jun 19th 1862 Baptism of Bridget Murray parents John Murray & Honoria Keogh sponsors William & Bridget Keogh.

       3. First Holy Communion Records
1854 Honoria Keogh & John Keogh; 1855 William Keogh.

       4. Marriages
William Colohan to Bridget Keogh witnesses Martin Colohan & Margaret Carroll
John Murray to Honoria Keogh witnesses William Keogh & Daniel Murray.

All surnames would suggest they were from the Clonbrock and Killure area. Both townlands were part of the Dillon Clonbrock Estate.

Regarding parish records, from 1840's onwards, recording of Baptisms are very erratic. Many of them are not recorded.

Jan 19th 1834 married, William Keogh to Bridget Page, witnesses William Bradshaw and Mrs. Bradshaw.

Bridget Page, probable mother of Bernard Joseph, and first wife of William, probably explains the use of Page in Bernard’s name especially as William had further children with Catherine Carroll. (So the name Bernard Joseph Page Keogh was the key in getting a response).

Based on what I see recorded on Parish Registry, it seems to me that William Keogh and his first wife Bridget Page must be Bernard Joseph’s parents.

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