The O'Brien's of Coore West Townland, Kilmurry-Ibrickane Parish, County Clare, Ireland

THE O’BRIEN FAMILY OF COORE WEST

There were not any O’Briens listed as occupying land in Coore at the time of the 1826 Tithe Applotments or the 1834 Revision Books. This makes me believe that Patrick O'Brien married into the Talty farm in Coor West just before 1840.  



At the time of the 1855 Griffith’s Valuation Patrick O’Brien was listed as renting 6 different lots in Coore West and a house from Captain Francis Casey.     Patrick O'Brien of No. 25 was from Shanaway and is the son of James O'Brien.   Patrick O'Brien married Margaret Darcy of Coore West. 

No. 25  a. Patrick O’Brien                             House, office and land    83 Acres  (shared with Michael & Matthew D’Arcy & John Tubridy)

No. 31  a. Patrick O’Brien (Patrick)             Herd’s   House and land 21 Acres 

No. 32      Patrick O'Brien  (Patrick)               2 Rods

No. 33      Patrick O'Brien  (Patrick)               2 Acres

No. 41  a & d  Patrick O’Brien (Patrick)        25 Perches  ( John Talty has 1 acre)

No. 45      Patrick O’Brien   (Patrick)              1 Acre           (shared with John Talty & Cornelius Gleeson)

The General Valuation Revision Lists indicate the following land transfers of property in the townland of Coor West.

No. 25

a.       Patrick O’Brien  transferred land to James O’Brien in 1869.  At this time the No.25 was divided and James O’Brien was given lot No. 26.

James O’Brien transferred No. 26 to Patrick O’Brien in 1909

No. 31, 32, 33

                       Patrick O’Brien (Patk) transferred land to James O’Brien 1882

(Patrick O'Brien son Patrick was from Shanaway)

                                James O’Brien transferred the land to Timothy Pilkington in1925



No. 45         Patrick O’Brien (Patk) transferred land to James O’Brien 1882

                                James O’Brien transferred the land to Timothy Pilkington in1925

               

Since there were not any O’Briens living in Coore in 1826 it is believed that Patrick O’Brien married Margaret Darcy of Coore circa 1840 and moved into Coore.  Patrick O’Brien shared an 83 acre farm with Michael and Mathew Darcy and John Tubridy in 1855.  This would be No. 25.   Michael Darcy and Matthew Darcy were probably brothers of Margaret Darcy, Patrick O'Brien's wife.

After studying Killernan Graveyard and finding the Coore O'Brien and Shanaway O'Brien gravestones standing directly next to each other and in line with each other; I can only speculate that Patrick O'Brien may have come from Shanaway from the James O'Brien family.  This would link all the O'Brien's of Coore, Knockanalban, Knockbrack, Killernan, and Shanaway.

There is a letter written to the daughter of Mary O'Brien Quinn of Dunsallagh West circa 1913 from her husband that visited the Dunsallagh West.  It was written that Mary O'Brien Quinn had two sisters and two brothers, names Patrick and Lawrence O'Briens.  Both had families.  Lawrence O'Brien is buried in Killernan Graveyard and has a graveatone erected by his son, David O'Brien in his memory and next to his stone is the grave stone of the O'Brien family of Coore.

Patrick O'Brien married Margaret Darcy of Coore Townland around 1840.  There was not an O'Brien family listed in Coore Townland in the 1826 Tithe Appoltment Books or the 1834 Revision Books.  They has at least 6 children from this marriage.

Children of Patrick O'Brien and Margaret Darcy of Coore West, County Clare, Ireland

Winifred O'Brien,      11 Nov 1840                Sponsors:          Margaret Darcy of Coore

Catherine O'Brien,    27 March 1844                                      Catherine Burke

Michael O'Brien,       29 August 1846                                     Bridget Burke

Mary O'Brien,               January 1848                                     Mary McMahon

Hannah O'Brien,      22 October 1854                                     Bridget D'Arcy

Patrick O'Brien,      18 April 1857                                           Catherine Quinn

This map shows townlands in the Parish of Kilmurry-Ibrickane and the farms that were owned by various O'BRIEN's

James O’Brien of Coore and Bridget Collins of Killernan

Married 14 Feb 1868

·         Patrick O’Brien                  Baptized on 20 Feb 1869

·         Bridget O’Brien                 Baptized on 13 Aug 1872

·         James O’Brien                   Baptized on 4 June 1876

·         Winifred O’Brien              Baptized on 15 June 1887

1901 Census Residents of a house 13 in Coor West (Knocknabooley, Clare)

O’Brien	James	70	Male	Head of Family
O’Brien	Bridget	55	Female	Wife
O’Brien	Winnie	13	Female	Daughter
O’Brien	Patrick	30	Male	Son
O’Brien	Mary	28	Female	Wife

Patrick O’Brien of Coore and Mary O’Neill of Shanaway

·         Joseph O’Brien                                 Baptized on 25 Oct 1901

·         Bridget O’Brien                 Baptized on 5 Feb 1903 Married James Thoulbarn, NY 1938

·         Mary O’Brien                     Baptized on 10 Feb 1905 Married Francis Mallon, Detroit, MI

·         Ann O’Brien                       Baptized on 20 May 1906

·         Susan O’Brien                    Baptized on 30 Nov 1906 Married Patrick Geelan, Manchester

·         John O’Brien                      Baptized on 28 Aug 1912 Married Margaret O’Halloran 1937

1911 Census Residents of a house 8 in Coor West (Knocknabooley, Clare)

O’Brien	Patrick	43	Male	Head of Family
O’Brien	Mary	40	Female	Wife
O’Brien	Bridget	67	Female	Mother
O’Brien	Joseph	9	Male	Son
O’Brien	Bridget	8	Female	Daughter
O’Brien	Mary	6	Female	Daughter
O’Brien	Anne	4	Female	Daughter
O’Brien	Susan	2	Female	Daughter

Killernan Graveyard, County Clare, Ireland

I would like to meet the O'Briens of Coore.  Leave a message, Kevin

ERECTED BY / DAVID O'BRIEN SHANAVOE / IN MEMORY OF HIS BELOVED / WIFE BRIDGET O'BRIEN ALIAS HANRAHAN / WHO DIED MAY 28th 1915 AGED 73 YEARS / ALSO HIS MOTHER CATHERINE / O'BRIEN ALIAS WALSH DIED FEB 1st  1890 / AGED 67 YEARS / AND FATHER LAWRENCE O'BRIEN / WHO DIED MARCH 9th 1898 / AGED 84 YEARS and son David who died April 21st 1900 age for 14 years RIP Amen

The grave of the O’Brien Family of Coore is directly next to the grave of Lawrence O’Brien of Shanaway and his Son, David O’Brien.  This leads me to believe that there is a direct connection between the families of Coore and Shanaway . 

Brian M. O’Brien of Tuson, Arizona, USA is in the picture taken in November 2011.
Brian is from the family of Stephen O’Brien family of Killernan.

1901 Census Residents of a house 6 in Coor West (Knocknabooley, Clare)

Top of Formaass

Surname	Forename	Age	Sex	Relation to head	Religion	Birthplace	Occupation
OBrien	James	50	Male	Head of Family	R Catholic	Co Clare	Farmer
OBrien	Ellen	48	Female	Wife	R Catholic

1911 Census Residents of a house 18 in Coor West (Knocknabooley, Clare)

Surname	Forename	Age	Sex	Relation to head	Religion	Birthplace	Occupation
OBrien	James	56	Male	Head of Family	R Catholic	Co Clare	Farmer
OBrien	Ellen	50	Female	Wife	R Catholic

 Kilbrighid Graveyard, Mullagh, County Clare

Flagstone:

Erected by Ellen O'Brien alias Sexton, Coore

 In memory of her beloved husband James O'Brien who died December 17th 1915 aged 63 years

 May he rest in peace Amen for her and posterity.

James O’Brien of Coore and Ellen Sexton
(James O'Brien was born in Shanaway West 3 Dec 1853 the son of Patrick O'Brien and Mary O'Brien.  Ellen Sexton was from Clounadrum the daughter of Peter and Johanna Sexton)

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Susan O’Brien Baptized on 13 Feb 1882

Susan O'Brien of Coore married Patrick Clancy of  Cloundrum.  They had one child John James Clancy baptised 10 April 1918.  Susan O'Brien Clancy died 10 April 1918.

John James Clancy married Margaret Frawley 25 Nov 1944.

Kilbridget Graveyard, Mullagh, County Clare, Ireland