The Irish Surnames Brennan, Corcoran, Coffey and Gahagan in County Mayo and County Roscommon, Ireland

The research data compiled in this website section covers surnames Brennan, Corcoran, Coffey, Gahagan and all of their known variations such as Brannon, Brannan, Coffee, Coffey, Coffy, Gaughan, Goaghan, and Geoghegan, Goghan etc., I am also including Surnames Cochrane and Goggin in all record compilations. I have presented the Catholic Church records by spouse's surname. In doing so, I have made many other Irish Surnames readily searchable in this website. (If your Irish ancestor or their family married a Brennan, Corcoran, Coffey or Gahagan or any variations of these surnames they will be presented in the my Catholic Church Records section alphabetically by your ancestor's surname.) I have also been documenting the Frain and McNulty baptismal and marriage records as I work my way through these films. I haven't put any of these records on line. If you have a McNulty or Frain ancestor in one of these Catholic Parishes, please feel free to contact me and I will check my transcriptions and see what I have documented for you.

The following data is included below: Surnames Brennan, Corcoran, Coffee, Gahagan and all variations in Surname Distribution Maps, Directories, Griffith's Valuation- County Mayo, Church Records- County Mayo (expanding to County Roscommon in the future), book references etc., I am also documenting all Brennan, Corcoran, Coffee, Gahagan (and all variations) documented as being born in County Mayo or County Roscommon in the 1851,1861,1871 and 1881 England Census Records. If you find your families in these records please contact me - I would love to hear from you and would be happy to share all I have on that family with you. My goal is to tie these families together through the church records, census records and all other available sources as well as to provide their final destination to benefit everyone in the search for their family.

Focus of my research week of May 21, 2012:

Mayo Church Microfilm Research: I continue to work my way through the remainder of the Swinford film 926020; as I do so I have created pages on the Brennans from the Townland of Kinaffe (there were 75 different Brennan families in the Swinford films). These pages include spouses surnames A-D; Doherty- Loftus and Mannion to Walsh. I have also begun a page on the Brennans of Cloonaghboy, Kilconduff Civil Parish, County Mayo, Ireland. There is a lot of replication between the two films 1279233 and 926020 for Swinford; but on many occasions entries appear more ledgible on one film than the other, have additional details, a record the other didn't or that I may have missed, so I feel compelled to complete both films. I have completed putting baptismal records on line up through September 1875 and marriages from 1846-1856. I will resume the Swinford film this week as I have completed the Kiltimagh film.

I have identified 262 Brennan, 8 Corcoran, 1 Coffey, 1 Gahagan, 1 Goggin and 1 Geogan familiy in the Kiltimagh Roman Catholic Parish microfilm 926012. I have started a page analyzing the 18 Brennan families that listed Kiltimagh as their Townland in Church, Census, Griffith's Valuation and other records. I have also done the same with the Brennans from the Townland of Lisduff.

Passenger Lists: I am beginning an analysis of the Brennan, Corcoran, Coffee and Gahagans that traveled between Liverpool and the Port of New York in a quest to find my Brennans and Corcorans! I have created pages on all four surnames and all variations that are divided by quarters. These pages will gradually be added to time permits. I have completed NARA rolls 108, 107, 106, 105, 104 and 103 (all of the 4th quarter of 1851 and part of the 3rd quarter) and am in the first part of roll 102 that covers July of the 3rd quarter of 1851.

Roscommon Church Microfilm Research: My research extends to the Roscommon Catholic Parishes that line the Mayo/Sligo/Roscommon border. Thus far I have completed both films of Ballaghaderreen, one from Loughglynn and am ordering the Boyle film this week. Logistically speaking Boyle Catholic Parish roughly lies east of Gurteen Catholic Parish in County Sligo and Charlestown Parish in County Mayo. Charlestown Parish had an extremely high concentration of Brennans. Ballaghaderreen is roughly east of Knock Cathlic Parish in Mayo (and had all four surnames- Brennan, Corcoran, Coffee, Gahagan) and Loughglynn is east of Aghamore Parish in Mayo. Castlerea Catholic Parish that lies just south of Loughglynn is only available in Ireland unfortunately, but I have noted some records on familysearch.org for this parish and I have added the ones I viewed while in Dublin. Eventually I also plan to order microfilm on Ballinlough (just south of Castlerea), Fairymount (just east of Loughglynn) and Ballinasloe, Creagh and Kilclooney a Parish between Ballaghaderreen and Boyle that includes Civil Parishes Kilnamanagh, Kilcolagh and Esternow. My four third great grandparents appear to be split between Mayo and Roscommon and I feel they most likely resided somewhere between the Swinford, Kilmovee, Kiltimagh areas of Mayo and the Ballaghaderreen, Loughglynn Parishes of Roscommon but I plan to leave no stones unturned to narrow down their origins!

Irish in England Census Research:

I am continuing my research in the 1841 Manchester St. George Census records Districts (currently on District 26 of 43) after which I will continue on to Manchester (1851), Leeds (1851), Liverpool (1851) and Wolverhampton (1851) census records as I have time.

I have just added a page on the Michael Boyle and Bridget Brennan family of Huddersfield England and have updated the Thomas Boyle and Anne Fili Family of Huddersfield page. Information has been added to the John Brennan/Mary (Sarah) McKew Family of Huddersfield, England page with evidence of their origins in County Sligo, Ireland. A marriage record was added to the Patrick Corcoran/Mary Shaw Family page. Wendy Corcoran shared several records they uncovered relating to two Huddersfield families Thomas Corcoran and Margaret Bones and Michael Corcoran and Martha Gledhill- I have updated both of these pages and show one descendents journey from Huddersfield to Manchester to Hagerstown, Maryland- Harry Corcoran, son of Michael Corcoran and Martha Gledhill.

Ireland Pictures: Thus far I have added 43 pictures from our Ireland trip to the Research Aids section of my website. We took pictures of all the major market towns of County Mayo in the 19th Century and the existing Catholic churches and I hope to get them all online down the road. I also explored the areas around Ballaghaderreen, Frenchpark, Loughglynn, Castlerea, Strokestown and Boyle in Roscommon and we took pictures I would like to post as well.

My Irish Connection	Brennan. Brannan	Corcoran, Cochrane	Coffey, Coffee, Coffy	Gahagan, Gaughan, Goaghan, Geoghegan etc., plus Goggin
My Irish Descendency Chart	Brennan Surname in County Mayo and County Roscommon Ireland	Corcoran Surname in County Mayo and County Roscommon Ireland	Coffey Surname in County Mayo and County Roscommon Ireland	Gahagan, Goaghan, Goghan, Gaughan, Geoghegan, and Goggin Surname in County Mayo and County Roscommon Ireland
My County Mayo, County Roscommon Connections: Surnames Brennan, Corcoran, Coffee and Gahagan	Brennan Surname Distribution Map, County Mayo	Corcoran Surname Distribution Map, County Mayo
Martin Brennan/Catherine Corcoran Family in the Census Records(2nd Great Grandparents from Ireland)	Surname Brennan and Brannan in County Mayo Griffith's Valuation	Surname Corcoran and Cochrane in County Mayo Griffith's Valuation	Surname Coffee/Coffey in County Mayo Griffith's Valuation	Surnames Gahagan, and all variations in County Mayo Griffiths Valuation
Martin Brennan and Catherine Corcoran Family in Church Records, Huddersfield England, Sacred Heart Church Notre Dame, St Joseph's Church South Bend, Indiana	Surname Brennan and Brannan in County Mayo Catholic Church Records	Surname Corcoran, Cochrane in County Mayo Catholic Church Records	Surname Coffee, Coffey, Coffy in County Mayo Catholic Church Records	Surnames Gahagan, and all variations in County Mayo Catholic Church Records
Anna (Brennan) Gray's Recollections of her grandparents Martin Brennan and Catherine Corcoran: as Told by Barbara (Gray) Cutter (story #1)	Brennans in Pigots 1824 Directory, County Mayo	Corcorans in Pigots 1824 Directory County Mayo	Surname Coffey/ Coffee in Pigots 1824 Directory County Mayo	Surname Gahagan and all variations in Pigots 1824 Directory County Mayo
More Recollections from Anna (Brennan) Gray's of her Grandparents Martin Brennan and Catherine Corcoran: Their Passage from England to New York and on to South Bend, Indiana as Told by Barbara (Gray) Cutter	Brennan Surname in Pigot's 1824 Directory, County Roscommon	Corcoran Surname in Pigot's 1824 Directory County Roscommon	Coffey/Coffee Surname in Pigot's Directory County Roscommon	Gahagan Surname and all variations in Pigot's Directory County Roscommon
Summary of the Incidence of Surnames Brennan, Corcoran, Coffee and Gahagan in County Mayo and County Roscommon Griffith's Valuation	Brennan Surname in the County Mayo Townlands of Slater's 1846 Commercial Directory of Ireland	Corcoran Surname in the County Mayo Townlands of Slater's 1846 Commercial Directory of Ireland	Coffey/Coffee Surname in the County Mayo Townlands of Slater's 1846 Commercial Directory of ireland	Gahagan Surname and all variations in County Mayo Townlands of Slater's 1846 Commercial Directory of Ireland
William H Brennan/Mary Adelsperger Family (Great Grandparents, South Bend, IN)	Brennan Surname in the County Roscommon Townlands of the 1846 Slater Commercial Directory of Ireland	Corcoran/ Cochrane Surname in the County Roscommon Townlands of the 1846 Slater Commercial Directory of Ireland	Coffey/Coffee Surname in the County Roscommon Townlands of the 1846 Slater's Commercial Directory of Ireland	Gahagan Surname and all Variations in County Roscommon Townlands of the 1846 Slater's Commercial Directory of Ireland
William F Brennan/Rhoda Williams Family (Grandparents, South Bend, IN)	Brennans in County Mayo Townlands of 1870 Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland	Corcorans in County Mayo Townlands of 1870 Slaters Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland	Coffee/Coffey, Coffy Surname in County Mayo Townlands of 1870 Slaters Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland (None Found)	Gahagans (and all variations) in County Mayo Townlands of 1870 Slaters National Commercial Directory of Ireland
Robert E. Brennan/Geraldine Niebauer (Parents South Bend, IN)	Brennans in County Roscommon Townlands of 1870 Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland	Corcorans in County Mayo Townlands of 1870 Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland	Coffee, Coffey, Coffy Surname in County Roscommon Townlands of 1870 Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland	Gahagans, (Goghan, Goaghan, Geoghegan, Gahagan) in County Roscommon Townlands of 1870 Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland (None Found)
James McNulty and Margaret Whelan Family and Their Descendents from Ireland to South Bend Indiana and Beyond	Brennan Surname and Variations in County Mayo Identified in the Book "Irish Relatives and Friends" from Wanted Ads in the Irish American 1850-1871 (none found)	Corcoran Surname and Variations in County Mayo Identified in the Book "Irish Relatives and Friends" from Wanted Ads in the Irish American 1850-1871 (none found)	Coffee Surname and Variations in County Mayo Identified in the Book "Irish Relatives and Friends" from Wanted Ads in the Irish American 1850-1871 (none found)	Gahagan Surnames and all Variations in County Mayo Identified in the Book "Irish Relatives and Friends" from Wanted Ads in the Irish American 1850-1871
John Frain and Catherine Holden Family and Their Descendents from Ireland to South Bend Indiana and Beyond	Brennan Surname: "Evicted Tenants in Ireland (Estate Commissioners Office, 1907) for County Mayo Ireland (none found)	Corcoran Surname: "Evicted Tenants in Ireland (Estate Commissioners Office, 1907) for County Mayo, Irleand (none found)	Coffee Surname (and Variations) "Evicted Tenants in Ireland (Estate Commissioners Office, 1907) for County Mayo Ireland (none found)	Gahagan Surname (and all variations) in "Evicted Tenants in Ireland (Estate Commissioners Office, 1907) for County Mayo, Ireland
	Brennan Surname: "Evicted Tenants in Ireland (Estate Commissioners Office, 1907) For County Roscommon Ireland	Corcoran Surname: "Evicted Tenants in Ireland (Estate Commissioners Office, 1907) For County Roscommon Ireland (none found)	Coffee Surname (and variations): "Evicted Tenants in Ireland (Estate Commissioners Office, 1907) for County Roscommon Ireland	Gahagan Surname (and all variations: "Evicted Tenants in Ireland (Estate Commissioners Office, 1907) for County Roscommon Ireland (none found)
	Brennan Tenants in County Roscommon, Strokestown Poor Law Union, and the Disposition of their Land	Corcoran Tenants in County Roscommon, Strokestown Poor Law Union and the Disposition of their Land
	Brennan Families Traveling from Liverpool, Lancashire England to the Port of New York, U.S.A. Documented in Ship Passenger Lists (New - in progress)	Corcoran Families Traveling from Liverpool, Lancashire England to the Port of New York, U.S.A. Documented in Ship Passenger Lists (New - in progress)	Coffey, Coffee, Coffy Families Traveling from Liverpool, Lancashire England to the Port of New York, U.S.A. Documented in Ship Passenger Lists (New in Progress)	Gahagan, Gaughan, Geoghegan, Goaghan Families Traveling from Liverpool, Lancashire England to the Port of New York, U.S.A. Documented in Ship Passenger Lists (New in Progress)
	Brennan Families Traveling from Connacht Ports in Galway, Sligo and Mayo to the Port of New York, U.S.A. Documented in Ship Passenger and Port Arrival Lists (New in Progress)	Corcoran Families Traveling from Connacht Ports in Galway, Sligo and Mayo to the Port of New York, U.S.A. Documented in Ship Passenger and Port Arrival Lists (New in Progress)	Coffee (Coffey, Coffy) Families Traveling from Connacht Ports in Galway, Sligo and Mayo to the Port of New York, U.S.A. Documented in Ship Passenger and Port Arrival Lists (New in Progress)	Gahagan (Geoghegan, Goaghan, Goghan, Gaughan) Families Traveling from Connacht Ports in Galway, Sligo and Mayo to the Port of New York, U.S.A. Documented in Ship Passenger and Port Arrival Lists (New in Progress)
	Brennan Families in the Townland of Kinaff, Kilconduff Civil Parish in the Swinford Roman Catholic Parish and other Records
	The Brennan Families of Drumkeen, Kilcolman Civil Parish, Claremorris Roman Catholic Parish, County Mayo, Ireland
	The Brennan (Brannan) and Corcoran Families of Keel Banada, County Mayo Ireland, a Townland that was Transferred to County Roscommon Ireland in 1840	The Brennan (Brannan) and Corcoran Families of Keel Banada, County Mayo Ireland, a Townland that was Transferred to County Roscommon Ireland in 1840
	Brennans, Corcorans, Coffeys and Gahagans (and all variations) from Banada, Keel Banada and Lung, County Roscommon Ireland	Brennans, Corcorans, Coffeys and Gahagans (and all variations) from Banada, Keel Banada and Lung, County Roscommon Ireland	Brennans, Corcorans, Coffeys and Gahagans (and all variations) from Banada, Keel Banada and Lung, County Roscommon Ireland	Brennans, Corcorans, Coffeys and Gahagans (and all variations) from Banada, Keel Banada and Lung, County Roscommon Ireland
	Brennan Families in Tibohine Civil Parish, Loughglynn and Lisacul Catholic Parish, County Roscommon, Ireland Records	Corcoran Families in Tibohine Civil Parish, Loughglynn and Lisacul Catholic Parish,County Roscommon, Ireland Records	Coffey (Coffy, Coffee) Families in Tibohine Civil Parish, Loughglynn and Lisacul Catholic Parish, County Roscommon, Ireland Townland Records	Gahagan Surname (and all Variations) Families in Tibohine Civil Parish, Loughglynn and Lisacul Catholic Parish, County Roscommon, Ireland Townland Records
	Brennan Families from the Townland of Ballaghaderreen, Kilcolman Civil Parish, County Roscommon	Corcoran Families from the Townland of Ballaghaderreen, Kilcolman Civil Parish, County Roscommon, Ireland	Coffey (Coffee, Coffy) Families from the Townland of Ballaghaderreen, Kilcolman Civil Parish, County Roscommon, Ireland	Gahagan (Goaghan, Goghan, Geoghegan, Gaughan) Families from the Townland of Ballaghaderreen, Kilcolman Civil Parish, County Roscommon, Ireland
	Brennan and Corcoran Families from Monasterredan, Lomcloon and Islands, County Sligo Ireland	Brennan and Corcoran Families from Monasterredan, Lomcloon and Islands, County Sligo Ireland
		Coffey (Coffee, Coffy) and Corcoran Families from the Townlands of Aghalustia and Roosky, Castlemore Civil Parish, County Roscommon,	Coffey (Coffee, Coffy) and Corcoran Families from the Townlands of Aghalustia and Roosky, Castlemore Civil Parish, County Roscommon
	Brennan and Corcoran Families (and all Surname Variations) from the Townlands of Sroove and Falleens, , County Sligo, Ireland	Brennan and Corcoran Families (and all Surname Variations) from the Townlands of Sroove and Falleens, , County Sligo, Ireland
	The Brennan and Coffey Families (and all Surname Variations) from the Townlands of Boghtaduff, Ardkill, Ishlaun and Drumnalassan, County Roscommon Ireland		The Brennan and Coffey Families (and all Surname Variations) from the Townlands of Boghtaduff, Ardkill, Ishlaun and Drumnalassan, County Roscommon Ireland
	Brennans (Brannans) documented as being born in Co Mayo, Ireland in the 1851 England Census Records	Corcorans documented as being born in Co Mayo, Ireland in the 1851 England Census Records	Coffees (Coffey, Coffy) documented as being born in County Mayo Ireland in the 1851 England Census Records	Gahagans and surname variations born in County Mayo Ireland in the 1851 England Census Records
	Brennans (Brannan) documented as being born in Co Roscommon, Ireland in the 1851 England Census Records	Corcorans documented as being born in Co Roscommon Ireland in the 1851 England Census Records	Coffees (Coffy) documented as being born in Co Roscommon Ireland in the 1851 England Census Records	Gahagans and Surname variations documented as being born in Co Roscommon in the 1851 England Census Records
	Brennans (Brannan) documented as being born in County Mayo Ireland in the 1861 England Census	Corcorans documented as being born in County Mayo, Ireland in the 1861 England Census	Coffee's (Coffey, Coffy) documented as being born in County Mayo Ireland in the 1861 England Census	Gahagans and surname variations documented as being born in County Mayo in the 1861 England Census
	Brennans (Brannan) documented as being born in County Roscommon Ireland in the 1861 England Census	Corcorans documented as being born in County Roscommon Ireland in the 1861 England Census	Coffee's (Coffey, Coffy) documented as being born in County Roscommon, Ireland in the 1861 England Census	Gaghagans and surname variations documented as being born in County Roscommon Ireland in the 1861 England Census
	Brennans documented as being born in County Mayo in the 1871 England Census	Corcorans documented as being born in County Mayo in the 1871 England Census	Coffees documented as being born in County Mayo in the 1871 England Census	Gahagans (an variations) documented as being born in County Mayo in the 1871 England Census
	Brennans documented as being born in County Roscommon in the 1871 England Census	Corcorans documented as being born in County Roscommon in the 1871 England Census	Coffees documented as being born in County Roscommon in the 1871 England Census	Gahagans (and variations) documented as being born in County Roscommon in the 1871 England Census
	Brennans Documented as being born in County Mayo in the 1881 England Census	Corcorans Documented as being Born in County Mayo in the 1881 England Census	Coffee (Coffey, Coffy) Surname Documented as being Born in County Mayo in the 1881 England Census	Gahagans (all variations) Documented as being Born in County Mayo in the 1881 England Census
	Brennans Documented as being born in County Roscommon in the 1881 England Census	Corcorans Documented as being Born in County Roscommon in the 1881 England Census	Coffee (Coffey, Coffy) Surname Documented as being Born in County Roscommon in the 1881 England Census	Gahagans (all variations) Documented as being Born in County Roscommon in the 1881 England Census
	Brennan (and Variations) Families in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Census Records New- in progress	Corcoran (and Variations) Families in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Census Records New - in progress	Coffee (Coffey, Coffy) Families in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Census Records New- in progress	Gahagan Families (and all variations) in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Census Records None in 1861, None in 1871
	Brennan Families (and surname variations) in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire England Census Records (New- in progress)	Corcoran Families (and surname variations) in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire England Census Records (New - in progress)		Gahagan Families (and variations) in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire England Census Records (New - in progress)
	Brennan Families (and all variations of the Surname) Identified in the Liverpool, Lancashire, England Census Records (New in Progress)	Corcoran Families (and all variations of the Surname) Identified in the Liverpool, Lancashire, England Census Records (New in Progress)	Coffee Families (and all variations of the Surname) Identified in the Liverpool, Lancashire, England Census Records (New in Progress)	Gahagan Families (and all variations of the Surname) Identified in the Liverpool, Lancashire, England Census Records (New in Progress)
	Brennan Families (and all variations of the Surname) Identified in the Manchester, Lancashire, England Census Records (New in Progress)	Corcoran Families (and all variations of the Surname) Identified in the Manchester, Lancashire, England Census Records (New in Progress)	Coffey (Coffee, Coffy) Families Identified in the Manchester, Lancashire, England Census Records(New in Progress)	Gahagan (Geoghegan, Gaughan, Gaughan, Goaghan) Fmilies identified in the Manchster, Lancashire, England Census (New in Progress)
	Brennan Families (and all Variations of the Surname) Identfied in the Leeds, Yorkshire, England Census Records (in Progress) (New in Progress)	Corcoran Families (and all variations of the Surname) Identified in the Leeds, Yorkshire, England Census Records (New in Progress)	Coffee (Coffey, Coffy) Families Identified in the Leeds Civil Parish, Yorkshire, England Census Records (New in Progress)

	Brennan Families in St Patrick's Church Huddersfield Enland Records before 1840	Corcoran Families in St Patrick's Church Huddersfield, England Records before 1840	Coffee (Coffey, Coffy) Families in St Patrick's Church, Huddersfield England Records before 1840	Gahagan (and variations) Families in St patrick's Church, Huddersfield England Records before 1840