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Earliest known ancestor: Denis O’Driscoll of Comolane, Cape Clear; d. 1897.

"I am the great-grandson of Denis O’Driscoll of Comolane, Cape Clear. Denis died around 1904, so he probably was born somewhere between 1850-1870. My grandfather was born on Cape Clear in 1892 and left the island in 1906 at the age of fourteen. As I understand it, both my great grandparents were Driscolls (Denis and Ellen). I have a number of cousins, children of Ellen's brothers and sisters, still living on the island. I have restored the house that the family lived since 1902 and I visit there several times a year."

Great news! Skibbereen locals have dug up records and helped with additional info about this family history.

Jeremiah Driscoll
b.c. 1820 d. 26 Sep 1899 Baltimore m. Mary Donoghue Cape & Sherkin were also likely the parents of Mary (b. 21 Apr 1869, father recorded as JOHN, d. 20 Oct 1876)
- Denis Driscoll
  bap. 22 Nov 1860 Clear Island d. 05 Jun 1897 Comillane m. 14 Aug 1890 Ellen Driscoll of Ardgort
  - Michael Driscoll
    b. 28 Aug 1891 bap. 29 Aug, godparents James and Hanora Driscoll
  - Jeremiah Driscoll
    b. 24 Aug 1892 bap. 28 Aug, godparents John Driscoll and Maria Driscoll, was the grandfather of the tester.
    - Son
  - John Driscoll
    b. 07 Jun 1894, bap. 08 Jun, godparents Jeremiah Driscoll and Maria Ellen Driscoll.
  - Cornelius Driscoll
    b. 26 May 1896 bap. same day, godparents Jeremiah Driscoll and Maria Daly, outcome unknown
- Michael Driscoll
  b. 1862, outcome still unknown
- John Driscoll
  b. 25 Sep 1871, m. firstly Julia Regan 30 Jan 1906 (d. 1909), secondly m. Hannah Donovan from Highfield 05 Jun 1913 were the parents of Mary (b. 27 Dec 1914); James (b. 01 Dec 1915); Hanora (b. 01 Oct 1917); Jeremiah (b. 27 Oct 1918); John (09 Jun 1921)

PROJECT NOTES:

There seem to be many missing records so the family tree is not completely filled out.

We think this is the household of Denis's (1862-1897) widow Ellen in Comillane in house 5 in the 1911 census.

This is the household in the 1901 census. The head of the household was Ellen's widowed mother-in-law, Mary. Notice that John, aged 29, is Mary's son, not Ellen's. So the deceased Denis had a brother named John.

There was a bad measles outbreak in 1897, which took Ellen's husband Denis at the age of 34 on June 5:

If Ellen's mother-in-law was widowed by 1901, and Denis's father's name was Jeremiah, we should be able to find Jeremiah's death record before the 1901 census. So far, we have not been able to find a death record that places a Jeremiah on Clear Island.

Revisiting the 1911 census, this may have been John with the elderly mother in house 6 of Comillane. It says he was a widower:

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