Patrick Carroll (abt. 1784 - 1879)

Born about 1784 in County Mayo, Ireland [uncertain]

Died 18 Sep 1879 at about age 95 in Greyfield, Kiltimagh, Swinford, County Mayo, Ireland

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Biography

This profile is part of the Carrowreagh, Kiltimagh, Mayo One Place Study.

Patrick was born about 1794, likely in Killedan Parish, County Mayo to a Carroll family of farmers. The earliest civil record proving Patrick's life is an 1854 Irish Valuation Office Book, which documents his name as an 1842 lease holder in Carrowreagh Townland, along with four other Carrolls, Luke Mullaney, and Andrew Carr. Griffiths Valuation in 1856 listed the same group as joint tenants of two adjacent lots in Carrownageerah Townland.

Owen Carroll was the eldest member of these farming partners, and Patrick, six years younger, was the second eldest. Likely they were brothers, but definitive proof awaits discovery.

Patrick had at least one child, Catherine (Carroll) McDonough (abt.1836-1876), for whom he arranged a marriage in 1875, when she was forty years old. Her betrothed was Owen McDonagh, a widowed farmer ten years her senior with an eight-year-old daughter. His first wife had died in childbirth. Catherine died the following summer at the McDonagh farm in Shanaghy townland, north of Kiltimagh, having suffered a stroke.

It seems likely that one or more Carroll members of the original partnership were sons of Owen or Patrick, but early 19th century birth records for the area cannot be found in existing Killedan Catholic Parish records. There were no civil records in Ireland until 1864.

Patrick passed away in 1879 in Greyfield, the old village name for the portion of Carrowreagh that abutted Carrownageerah townland. Mary Carroll was present for his death, but her relationship to Patt was not documented. He was a widow and landholder, reported to be 95 year old.

Sources

• "Ireland Census Search Forms, 1841 and 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9D-7SKL : 3 March 2021), Patrick Carroll, Killedan, Mayo, Ireland; from database by FindMyPast and images digitized by FamilySearch; citing 1851 census, Carrowreagh townland, household ID 47466, The National Archives of Ireland, Dublin; FHL microfilm 7,246,696.

"Ireland, Valuation Office Books, 1831-1856," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVML-ZHZ1 : 1 March 2021), Patrick Carroll, 1854; from "Griffith's Valuation 1847-1864," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2014); citing Killedan, County Mayo, Ireland, Tenure Books, various libraries, offices, and a private collection.

Registered Marriages, County Mayo, Union of Swinford, District of Kiltimagh, unpaginated, Owen McDonough, Shanahee (Shanaghy) widower/landholder and Catherine Carroll, Greyfield, spinster daughter of Pat Carroll, landholder, 27 Nov 1875; digital image, Irish Genealogy, "Civil Records" (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie : accessed 16 Sep 2022), Group Registration 2851077 #143.

Registered Deaths, County Mayo, Union of Swinford, District of Kiltimagh, unpaginated, Pat Carroll, 18 Sep 1879, Greyfield, age 95; digital image, Irish Genealogy, "Civil Records" (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie : accessed 24 Jun 2022), Group Registration ID 6604998 #210.