Descendants of Joseph NOLAN

First Generation


1. Joseph NOLAN was born in prob. Ballylongford area, Co. Kerry.

Our Nolan family came from Leanamore (also spelled Lenamore), Ballylongford, Co. Kerry. However when 1901 census returns were checked for Nolan households in Leanamore, none were found. Perhaps the family had dispersed by then.

The name of Joseph's wife is unknown. He may have had more children than those listed below.

Note: The Nolan surname is very common throughout Ireland, especially in the south-east. It's strongly liked to the Carlow area where it's an anglicised form of O Nualláin. There was also a separate Ó hUallacháin family from west Cork, whose name was also anglicised as Nolan. The prevalence of the name in Mayo and Galway is explained by the migration of a branch of the Carlow family there in the sixteenth century.

He had the following children:

  2 F i
Sarah NOLAN was born in prob Leanamore, Ballylongford, Co. Kerry.
       
Sarah married Nicholas MADDEN, son of Daniel MADDEN, on 14 Feb 1888 in Ballylongford, Co. Kerry. Nicholas was born in prob Kilgarvan, Lisselton, Co. Kerry.

There's no information on the children of Sarah and Nicholas, although it's known that there is/was a Jane Madden, married to a Dick Fitzgerald, who was somehow blood-related to Sarah. It's thought Jane would be of the same generation as grandchildren of Sarah and Nicholas. Could Jane, in fact, be a granddaughter?

Among the great-grandchildren(?) of Sarah and Nicholas are two sisters, Mary and Sheila O'Sullivan. It's thought that Mary lives in Limerick, and it's known that she has done genealogical research on the Nolans and/or Maddens. Contact with Mary would be most welcome.

Marriage Notes:

Note: Witnesses to the marriage of Sarah and Nicholas were Daniel Madden and Katie Nolan (probably Sarah's sister).

+ 3 F ii Catherine (Katie) NOLAN was born about 1868 and died 16 Oct 1904.

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