Individual Details

Mary DALTON (caution: not verified)

(Abt 1810 - )

It is believed that Mary was from the Athea area. Perhaps she was from the same townland as her husband, Patrick, which was Dirreen Lower. If this was in fact the case, then here is a little information acquired on a Dalton family from Dirreen. It is possible that Mary may have been connected to this family:

Dalton was - and still is - a common surname in the parish of Athea but at the time of Griffith's Valuation of that area (1852) there was only one Dalton family occupying land in Dirreen, that of Thomas Dalton who was renting a house, office and land from an H. de Masey. It is known that this Thomas married a Maria Sheahan. There does not seem to be any record of the marriage in Athea so it is possible that Maria Sheehan was not from there since marriages usually took place in the bride's parish. Their farm was occupied after their deaths by their son Michael. Michael married a Mary Dillane but they had no family so the farm was passed on to Michael’s niece and Maria's nephew, John Sheehy from Templeathea East and Elizabeth Scanlan from Glenagragra in Glin, who were husband and wife. Descendants of the Sheehys still live on this farm. There is, however, absolutely no proof that our Mary Dalton was related to this family in Dirreen.

The Dalton surname is common throughout Ireland. Its early spelling was D'Alton and it arrived in Ireland with an Anglo-Norman family of this name that settled in Meath in the 13th century and became completely hibernicised.

Events

BirthAbt 1810probably Athea, Co. Limerick
MarriagePoss 31 Jul 1830Athea, Co. Limerick - Patrick CONNORS
Deathprobably Kilbaha, Newtownsandes (Moyvane), Co. Kerry

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