On 13 December 2007, out of the blue, I received this email from Pauline Malone. This opened up a whole new line of research, as this branch of the family was previously unknown:

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Hello Bill,

My name's Pauline Malone, and I discovered your fantastic website when I was trying to trace my grandfather, Jeremiah Healey. I thought I was on the wrong track at first, but I knew my grandfather was from Cloyne and have since discovered that I am actually Mary Dorgan and Jeremiah Healy’s great-great-granddaughter!

Mary Dorgan and Jeremiah Healy’s son, Patrick (Pad), is listed as having four children: Mary Frances, Helen, and Patrick. They actually had another son, Jeremiah (my grandfather). My grandfather came to England (Liverpool). I don’t know when he came to England, but it must have been before 1926, as my uncle was born here. I don’t know when my grandfather was born, but he died in 1983 in his seventies. Helen (known as Auntie Nellie), Patrick (Paddy), his wife Margaret, and Pat Connolly came to his funeral. Incidentally, the “?” is Pat Connolly’s mother, and I am sure she was called Peggy (Margaret).

There had been a rift in the family (I don’t know why), and Paddy and my grandfather did not speak. In fact, the photo albums did not appear until my grandmother produced them after my grandfather’s death. I had met Nellie before when I was a child. She came to Liverpool to visit with Mary Frances (known to the family as “Baby”).

My grandmother was also from Cloyne. I don’t know if she married my grandfather here or in Ireland. She was born in 1906 and died in 1991, aged 85 (Sean Healy and Catherine Healy attended my grandmother’s funeral). I know little about her except that her name was Helena (known as Lena) Dorgan. When I was a child, she showed me a photo of her father, who was a farmer (I can’t remember his name). Her mother had died when she was a child, and her father remarried. She had some sisters, one of whom was called Albina, who emigrated to the United States. Albina became ill, and a family member went to fetch her back to Ireland, but I don’t know if she died before they could bring her back.

My grandfather had six children (note the familiar naming pattern!). Our name, Healy, must have become anglicized, as we always spelled it with an “e” – Healey. My grandfather worked as a builder.

- John Christopher Healey was born on 1 January 1926 and died in May 2004, aged 78; he never married.

- Jeremiah Joseph Healey (my dad) was born on 26 October 1928 and died in September 1978.

- Margaret Healey never married, but emigrated to Australia in the 1960s and returned when my grandmother became ill. Margaret died in 2001 (Sean Healy and Pat Connolly attended Margaret’s funeral).

- Evelyn Healey married John Beck, emigrated to Australia, and had two children, Dianne and Stephen.

- Terence Healey married Jean and had four children (one of the children is a son, Stephen, who will carry on the Healey name).

- Mary Frances Healey emigrated to Australia, married Hugh Six (later divorced), and had no children.

I remember my dad mentioning that he once went to Ireland and stayed on a farm belonging to a member of the family. They had Irish Red Setters, and he fell in love with them. Looking at the photos on your website of the Healys, I find the likeness to my grandfather, father, and Uncle John amazing!

My dad married my mum (Irene Connolly) in 1955, and they had me (born 10 July 1956) and my sister Patricia (born 31 January 1961). I married Gerard Malone (Scottish but of Irish descent) in 1989. My son, Patrick Gerard Jeremiah (what a mouthful!), was born on 28 February 1990, and my daughter Katie (Katherine Pauline Louise) was born on 30 March 1992. We moved from Liverpool in 2000 to a village called Euxton, about 50 miles from Liverpool. I work as a clerk, and my husband is a retired police officer. Unfortunately, my dad didn’t live to see his grandchildren (he died from cancer aged 49), but both his brother John and his sister Margaret played a large part in their lives.

I have never been to Ballybraher, but I hope to visit in 2009, when I will look up Sean and my other second cousins. I will also do a bit more digging about my grandmother to see if she was actually related in some way to the Dorgan clan.

If you get time, Bill, could you please add my grandfather and his family to the descendants? I just wish I had asked more questions and listened more closely when my family talked about their ancestors!

Best wishes,

Pauline

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“Jeremiah” Healy appears with his family in the 1901 Census of Ireland, living at house 2, Lisanley, Cloyne:

- Healy, Jeremiah, 60, Male, Head of Family, Roman Catholic, born Co. Cork, Farmer, can read and write Irish and English, Married

- Healy, Mary, 59, Female, Wife, Roman Catholic, born Co. Cork, Housekeeper, can read and write Irish and English, Married

- Healy, John, 29, Male, Son, Roman Catholic, born Co. Cork, Farmer’s Son, can read and write English and Irish, Not married

- Healy, Jeremiah, 26, Male, Son, Roman Catholic, born Co. Cork, Farmer’s Son, can read and write English, Not married

- Healy, Annie, 21, Female, Daughter, Roman Catholic, born Co. Cork, Farmer’s Daughter, can read and write English, Not married

- Healy, William, 19, Male, Son, Roman Catholic, born Co. Cork, Farmer’s Son, can read and write English, Not married

- Healy, Michael, 17, Male, Son, Roman Catholic, born Co. Cork, Farmer’s Son, can read and write English, Not married

- Healy, Edmond, 15, Male, Son, Roman Catholic, born Co. Cork, Farmer’s Son, can read and write English, Not married

There is only one Jeremiah Healy in the 1911 Census of Ireland living in Cloyne Parish:

Residents of house 2 in Lissanly (Cloyne, Cork):

- Healy, Jeremiah, 70, Male

- Healy, Mary, 70, Female

- Healy, John, 36, Male

- Healy, Jeremiah, 34, Male

- Healy, Annie, 28, Female

This is the baptism record of **Mary Dorgan**:

- **Name:** Mary Dorgan

- **Father's Name:** Pat Dorgan

- **Father's Sex:** Male

- **Mother's Name:** Anne Flynn

- **Mother's Sex:** Female

- **Event Type:** Baptism

- **Event Date:** 13 May 1840

- **Event Place:** Ballymacoda and Ladysbridge, County Cork, Ireland

**Household**

- Pat Dorgan – Father, M

- Anne Flynn – Mother, F

- **Digital Folder Number:** 104500012_015_M944-FQS

- **Image Number:** 20

"Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KYG-S6RW: Thu Nov 21 09:54:54 UTC 2024), Entry for Mary Dorgan and Pat Dorgan, 13 May 1840.

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This is the marriage record of **Jeremiah Healy** and **Mary Dorgan**:

- **First name(s):** Jeremiah

- **Last name:** Healy

- **Marriage year:** 1866

- **Marriage date:** 10 Jul 1866

- **Parish:** Cloyne

- **Alternative parish names:** Churchtown; Churchtown and Kilteskin; Kilteskin

- **County:** Cork

- **Diocese:** Cloyne

- **Country:** Ireland

- **Spouse's first name(s):** Mary

- **Spouse's last name:** Dorgan

- **Archive:** National Library of Ireland

- **Register type:** Marriage

- **Archive/microfilm reference:** Microfilm04990-04

- **National Library of Ireland register:** http://registers.nli.ie//registers/vtls000632993#page/1/mode/1up

- **Recordset:** Ireland Roman Catholic Parish Marriages

- **Category:** Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

- **Subcategory:** Parish Marriages

- **Collections from:** Ireland

According to the **1911 Census of Ireland**, Mary could read and write both Irish and English. Mary and Jeremiah had eight children.

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Mary appears in the **1911 Ireland Census** in the household of Michael Dorgan:

**Household Members**

- **Michael Dorgan** – Head of Family, Married, age 35, born 1876, City Cork (Transcription)

- **Mary Kathleen Dorgan** – Wife, Married, age 27, born 1884, City Limerick (Transcription)

- **Mary Dorgan** – Mother of Family, Widowed, age 70, born 1841, County Cork (Transcription)

- **Mary Sheehan** – Servant, Single, age 44, born 1867, Co Cork (Transcription)

"Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KYG-S6RW: Thu Nov 21 09:54:54 UTC 2024), Entry for Mary Dorgan and Pat Dorgan, 13 May 1840.

Name: Jeremiah Healy
Birth Date: 1841
Birthplace:
Age: 25
Spouse's Name: Mary Dorgan
Spouse's Birth Date: 1841
Spouse's Birthplace:
Spouse's Age: 25
Event Date: 10 Jul 1866
Event Place: Churchtown, Cork, Ireland
Father's Name: Jeremiah Healy
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Father's Name: Patt Dorgan
Spouse's Mother's Name:
Race:
Marital Status: Single
Previous Wife's Name:
Spouse's Race:
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M70236-4
System Origin: Ireland-EASy
GS Film number: 101499
Reference ID: p 363



Citing this Record:
"Ireland Marriages, 1619-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGD7-MQS : 12 December 2014), Patt Dorgan in entry for Jeremiah Healy and Mary Dorgan, 10 Jul 1866; citing Churchtown, Cork, Ireland, reference p 363; FHL microfilm 101,499.