John Moloney (1834)

Born Apr 1834 in Tullabracky, Bruff, County Limerick, Ireland

Ancestors

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Biography

John Moloney was born in April 1834 at Tullybrackey House in the rural townland and civil parish of Tullybrackey near Bruff, County Limerick, Ireland. He was the 8th child and 5th son of Patrick Moloney and Margaret Cleary of Tullybrackey House.

John was baptized on 6 Apr 1834 in Bruff Catholic Parish, with baptismal sponsors Simon Moloney and Catherine Moloney.^[1]

Death

John, aged 19, died in June 1853 at Tullybrackey House, near Bruff, County Limerick.^[2]

Obituary

Death

At Tullybracky, near Bruff, John Molony, aged 17 years.

- Limerick Chronicle, Limerick, Ireland, 22 June 1853^[2]

Research Notes

There were three others named John Moloney of the same generation who were born in Tullybrackey, near Bruff, and baptized in Bruff Catholic Parish, County Limerick. They were all most likely related to John Moloney, son of Patrick Moloney and Margaret Cleary, especially since Simon Moloney and Catherine Moloney were John's baptismal sponsors.^[1]

• John Moloney, baptized 5 Sep 1827, son of Simon and Catherine (Mulchahy) Moloney of Tullybrackey townland.^[3]
• John Moloney, baptized 27 June 1830, son of John and Maria (Cleary) Moloney of Tullybrackey townland.^[4] Died as infant in 1830.
• John Moloney, baptized 29 June 1831, son of John and Maria (Cleary) Moloney of Tullybrackey townland.^[5]

I do not think the John Moloney who died in 1853 was any of the above. Their father's households (Simon Moloney, John Moloney) were included in the Tithe Applotment Books, 1823-1837 for Tullybrackey townland.^[6] However, they were missing from the Griffith’s Valuation Land Survey 1848-64 for Tullybrackey townland,^[7] which indicates the families probably emigrated.

Research notes by (Joan Stewart Smith), GG grandniece of John Moloney

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Rootsireland.ie, Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI, (https://registers.nli.ie) and Ancestry.com. John Molony “filium” (son of) baptized 6 Apr 1834, parents Patrick Molony, Margaret Cleary, Sp. Simon Molony, Catherine Moloney, Bruff Parish, County Limerick
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Limerick Chronicle, issue 22 June 1853. John Molony, Death Announcement, “At Tullybracky, near Bruff, John Molony, aged 17 years.”
3. ↑ Rootsireland.ie. Baptism, John Moloney, 5 Sep 1827, Bruff Parish, Co. Limerick, Simon Moloney and Catherine Mulcahy, Sp. 1st, Des McCarthy, 2nd, not recorded.
4. ↑ Catholic Parish Records, National Library of Ireland. John Molony, Baptism, 27 June 1830, Bruff Parish, John Molony, Maria Cleary, Sp. Dennis McEnery, Honora Moloney
5. ↑ Catholic Parish Records, National Library of Ireland. John Molony, Baptism, 29 June 1831, Bruff Parish, John Molony, Maria Cleary, Sp. Michael Cleary, Joanna Cleary
6. ↑ Tithe Applotment Books, 1823 to 1827, National Archives of Ireland, (http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp), Tullabracca townland in Tullabracca civil parish, County Limerick. Moloney men are Patrick Moloney, total 92 acres, John Moloney, total 74 acres, John Moloney, total 18 acres, Simon Moloney, 17 acres, among men of other surnames.
7. ↑ Griffith’s Valuation 1848-64, AskAboutIreland.ie. Tullybracky townland in Tullybracky civil parish, County Limerick, taxpayers include widow Margaret Molony, 92 acres. The other three Moloneys, who were on the Tithe record for Tullabracca townland, are gone by the mid-1800s Griffith’s record: John Moloney (75 acres replaced by Patrick Leo, whose family still lives there in 2019), John Moloney #2 and Simon Moloney. Other surnames that left or were replaced were Duhig, McCarthy, McEnery (Patrick Moloney’s best man), and Quaid.