Richard Collins (1790 - bef. 1852)

Born 1790 in Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland

Died before 1852 before age 62 in Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland [uncertain]

Biography

Richard Collins was born near Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland about 1790. He may have lived in Boolybane townland or in Munig North Parish.

Richard Collins probably had the following siblings or cousins, as they show up as baptismal sponsors for his children, and he sponsors their children's baptisms:

1. Cornelius Collins, who married Catherine Lynch and had children. Cornelius sponsored the baptism of Richard's daughter Mary on February 1816 in the Parish of Skibbereen and Rath, Diocese of Cork and Ross.
2. Barry Collins, who sponsors the baptism of Corneliius Collin's daughter Ellen Collins.
3. Ellen Collins, who married Randal Burke of Ballyoughtera townland, just south of Munig South townland on Lough Hyne. Ellen and Randal married by 1818 and she passed away before 1824.

Richard Collins who was a baptismal sponsor for Cornelius "Con' Collins's daughter Johanna Collins in 1815, about the same year he likely married.

Richard Collins married Mary Sullivan by 1815, and had a daughter Mary Collins who was baptized on February 1816. with Richard's likely brother Con Collins as the sponsor.

Richard Collins lived in Munnig North townland from 1849-1852, as recorded in the House Book Valuations from the Valuations Office in Dublin and posted online.

Richard Collins passed away after 1852 and before 1901 in Munig North townland, County Cork, Ireland.

Sources

• 1816 Roman Catholic Church Baptismal Register for Mary Collins, daughter of Richard Collins and Mary Sullivan, February 10, 1816 - https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/display-pdf.jsp?pdfName=cork%20%26%20ross.skibbereen%20%28creagh%20and%20sullon%29.p4774.00209