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I Have a Dermot Conway who married a Maud Calvey in the parish of Kilcommon in county Mayo in my family tree can anyone help in finding information about either of them before they were married. Parents and family. I dont have any dates. I believe they had 4 children Bridget, Peter, Michael and Jimmy. Thank you

Do you have the marriage certificate please? Any idea of roughly when they married?

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First name(s) Dermot
Last name Conway
Registration year 1914
Registered quarter/year Oct - Dec 1914
Registration district Westport
Volume 4
Page 374
Mother's last name (original) -
County Mayo
Country Ireland
Record set Irish Births 1864-1958
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Births
Collections from Ireland
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These are the details of the above birth:

Name DERMOT CONWAY
Date of Birth 23 October 1914
Abode: Gorthbrack
Father: Peter Conway (farmer)
Mother: Honor Conway (formally Sweeney)
Group Registration ID 1152644
SR District/Reg Area Westport
Sex Male

They were the grandparents of my grandfather and he was born in county mayo in 1895. I dont have a marriage cert for them

Can you give us your grandfather's name please?

Rootgatherer,

The info on that birth:

Dermot Conway born 23 Oct 1914 at Gorthbrack, Ballycroy/ Westport Co May
Parents: Peter Conway ( a Farmer) and Honour Sweeney

OOPS, Austin got there first!

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Ireland Census 1901 Transcription

Maud Conway Head of Family Widowed 76 1825 Mayo
Peter Conway Son Single 35 1866 Mayo
Catherine Conway Daughter Single 41 1860 Mayo
James Keane Grand Son Single 5 1896 Mayo

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Birth:

Name PETER CONWAY
Date of Birth: 1st December 1865
Abode: Gorthbrack
Father: Darby Conway (labourer)
Mother: Maud Conway (Formerly Calvy)
Group Registration ID 8266012
SR District/Reg Area Newport
Sex N/R
Mother's Birth Surname N/R

Name PETER CONWAY
Date of Birth 1866
Group Registration ID 8266012
SR District/Reg Area Newport
Sex N/R
Mother's Birth Surname N/R


Image shows father as Dermot and mother Maud Calvey.. So above looks like your Maud in 1901.

RG- Image actually shows father as Darby Conway

Death:
Name DARBY CONWAY
Year of Death 1898
Group Registration ID 4297628
SR District/Reg Area Westport
Deceased Age at Death 85
Abode: Gorthbrack
Informant: Peter Conway (son)

Could Darby and Dermot be the same person ?

Peter in 1911:

Ireland Census 1911 Transcription
Townland/Street Gortbrack, South
District electoral division Ballycroy, North
County Mayo

Peter Conway Head of Family Married 45 1866 Farmer Co Mayo
Hannah Conway Wife Married 34 1877 Co Mayo
James Conway Son Single 0 1911 Co Mayo
Catherine Conway Sister Single 65 1846 Co Mayo
Ellen Calvey Lodger Widowed 86 1825 Co Mayo

sorry I missed that . My grandfathers name was James Keane

Peter's marriage:

Party 1 Name PETER CONWAY
Father: Darby Conway (farmer, deceased)
ABode: Gorthbrack

Party 2 Name HANNAH SWEENEY
Fatehr: Anthony Sweeney (farmer)
Abode: Jellagh

Witnesses: James & Rose Conway

Date of Event 05 March 1910
Group Registration ID 1998576
SR District/Reg Area Westport

Your grandfather's birth?

Name JAMES KEANE
Date of Birth 4th August 1895
Abode: Gortbrack
Father: Philip Keane (farmer)
Mother: Bridget Keane (formerly Conwey)
Group Registration ID 9877568
SR District/Reg Area Westport
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Ireland Census 1911 Transcription

Townland/Street Knockmoyleen
District electoral division Ballycroy, North
County Mayo

Philip J Keane Head of Family Married 58 1853 Co Mayo
Catherine Keane Sister Married 65 1846 Co Mayo
Bridget Keane Wife Married 54 1857 Co Mayo
James Keane Son Single 16 1895 Co Mayo
Mary Keane Daughter - 13 1898 Co Mayo
Tilly Keane Daughter - 6 1905 Co Mayo

Marriage:

Party 1 Name PHILIP KEANE
Father: James Keane (Farmer)
Abode: Knockmay?

Party 2 Name BRIDGET CONWAY
Father: Darby Conway (farmer)
Abode: Gorthbrack

Date of Event 23 June 1894
Group Registration ID 2128812
SR District/Reg Area Westport

Many thanks for the info.

Marriage of Darby's son James:

Party 1 Name JAMES CONWAY
Father: Darby Conway (Farmer)
Abode: Gorthbrack

Party 2 Name GRACE KEANE
Father: James Keane
Abode: Knockmaylear

Witnesses: Denis Moran & Kate Cafferkey
Date of Event 24 January 1891
Group Registration ID 2558075
SR District/Reg Area Westport
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Ireland Census 1901 Transcription

Townland/Street Knockmoyleen
District electoral division Ballycroy North
County Mayo

James Conway Head of Family Married 50 1851 Farmer Mayo
Grace Conway Wife Married 40 1861 Mayo
James Conway Son Single 8 1893 Mayo
John Conway Son Single 5 1896 Mayo
Michael Conway Son Single 3 1898 Mayo
Tilly Conway Daughter Single 7 1894 Mayo
Mary Keane Mother in Law Widowed 82 1819 Mayo
Mary Keane Sister in Law Single 50 1851 Mayo