Individual Details
Michael DOODY
(POSSIBLY ABOUT 1820 - Bet 6 Feb 1894 and 30 Mar 1901)
Although our Doody family was thought to have come from Galbally, Co. Limerick, it is possible that they may have had family connections in Knocklong, Co. Limerick. According to Michael's marriage record, his residence at the time was Knocklong. Also, Michael's daughter Eliza, who never married and lived all her life in Galbally, was nevertheless buried in a Knocklong cemetery.
Unfortunately, the Tipperary Family History Research organisation was unable to locate a baptism record for Michael in the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly, which includes Galbally and Knocklong. However, they did notice that the page from July 1820 to July 1821 was missing from the register, so if Michael was baptised between those dates, which he could have been, there is no longer a record of it.
We know from the baptism record of Eliza, who was Michael's eldest child, that the family lived at the time of the baptism in the townland of Bottomstown in the parish of Knockainy, and at the time of the births of the youngest children, the family was living in the townland of Ardnamoher in Galbally.
There was a David Doody from Galbally who emigrated to the United States in States in April 1901 aged 28 (i.e., born about 1872, although I could find no birth record on the Irish Genealogy website for any David Doody born in the Galbally area around this time). He was joining a sister-in-law, Mrs. J. O' Neill, who lived at 147 West 29th St., New York City. Was this David related to our Doody family?
The Doody surname is an anglicised form of 'O Dubhda', from 'dubh' meaning 'black'. Other anglicisations include 'O'Dowd', 'Dowd' and 'Duddy'. The O Dubhda family had for centuries prior to the Norman invasions of the 12th and 13th centuries ruled over large parts of north west Mayo and west Sligo. Some O Dubhda families migrated to Munster in the 16th century, possibly accounting for the presence of our Doody family in Co. Limerick three centuries later.
Unfortunately, the Tipperary Family History Research organisation was unable to locate a baptism record for Michael in the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly, which includes Galbally and Knocklong. However, they did notice that the page from July 1820 to July 1821 was missing from the register, so if Michael was baptised between those dates, which he could have been, there is no longer a record of it.
We know from the baptism record of Eliza, who was Michael's eldest child, that the family lived at the time of the baptism in the townland of Bottomstown in the parish of Knockainy, and at the time of the births of the youngest children, the family was living in the townland of Ardnamoher in Galbally.
There was a David Doody from Galbally who emigrated to the United States in States in April 1901 aged 28 (i.e., born about 1872, although I could find no birth record on the Irish Genealogy website for any David Doody born in the Galbally area around this time). He was joining a sister-in-law, Mrs. J. O' Neill, who lived at 147 West 29th St., New York City. Was this David related to our Doody family?
The Doody surname is an anglicised form of 'O Dubhda', from 'dubh' meaning 'black'. Other anglicisations include 'O'Dowd', 'Dowd' and 'Duddy'. The O Dubhda family had for centuries prior to the Norman invasions of the 12th and 13th centuries ruled over large parts of north west Mayo and west Sligo. Some O Dubhda families migrated to Munster in the 16th century, possibly accounting for the presence of our Doody family in Co. Limerick three centuries later.
Events
| Marriage | 19 Nov 1848 | Galbally, Co. Limerick - Johanna QUIRKE | |||
| Death | Bet 6 Feb 1894 and 30 Mar 1901 | probably Ardnamoher, Galbally, Co. Limerick | |||
| Birth | POSSIBLY ABOUT 1820 | possibly Galbally or Knocklong, Co. Limerick |
Families
| Spouse | Johanna QUIRKE ( - 1905) |
| Child | Elizabeth (Eliza) DOODY (1850 - 1938) |
| Child | Catherine DOODY (1852 - 1933) |
| Child | Mary DOODY (1854 - 1936) |
| Child | James DOODY (1856 - 1925) |
| Child | Julia DOODY (1858 - 1933) |
| Child | John DOODY (1860 - ) |
| Child | Michael (Mike) DOODY (1862 - 1929) |
| Child | Richard DOODY (1864 - 1943) |
| Child | Ellen DOODY (1866 - 1867) |
| Child | Johanna (Hannah) DOODY (1867 - 1958) |
| Child | Ellen (Ellie) DOODY (1869 - 1954) |
| Child | Margaret DOODY (1871 - ) |
| Father | James DOODY ( - ) |
| Mother | Catherine O'CONNOR ( - ) |
| Sibling | John DOODY (1822 - ) |
| Sibling | Richard DOODY (1825 - 1898) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth DOODY (1827 - ) |
| Sibling | Julia DOODY (1830 - ) |