The tax records of 1666/7 recorded:
- James Head from Kilballyherberry, Ballysheehan
- John Hyade/Haide at Ballinure
- Thomas Hade at Graystown
- Richard Head at Mortelstown, Cooleagh.
These were four of the 10 Heade (and variant) families recorded in Ireland at this time. The Irish Research page explains these families in more detail.
By the time of the religious census in 1766, the families in this area were:
- Philip and Maria Kearney and John and Maria Monaghan. These two couples both had large families that were baptised in the Killenaule parish records that started in 1742.
No records from the 1766 Religious census exist for the other areas mentioned above so the Catholic parish records and the Tithe taxes in 1830 need to be relied upon to pick up the thread of ancestors.
I have discussed these families under the following three headings:
Clicking on the links above will take you to the relevant page.
Families from this area all share the same DNA and I have managed to piece most of the family together under one tree that is numbered Tree # 1.
There are some family off shoots that can be traced back to this area and have the same DNA, but do not have a confirmed paper connection, and these are Trees # 6 and 9.
Tree # 10 also originates from this area and has a DNA connection to Tree #1. I have managed to determine the paper connection between Tree # 10 and Tree # 1 so have merged Tree # 10 into Tree # 1.
A map of the Catholic parishes is below:
This includes the townlands of Kilballyherberry, Dually, Carrow, Garraun, Ballinure, Noan, Foulkestown in the west and Mortelstown by Killenaule town. These are highlighted in yellow. This page does not include the places highlighted in green as they are covered in other pages.
The Civil parishes for the same area are shown on the map below:
