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This page, and
the five other pages linked to it, sets out general
information I have
found around the name 'Greene' in County Clare,
and, in particular, the
Greenes known to have lived in the townland
of Ballycotton in Kilmacrehy (in
an attempt to
trace 'who was who').
Peter Green 66 Raleigh
street, Thornbury 3071
Victoria.
(Phone 03 9484 7938) email:
macadv@netspace.net.au
1659 - Honeen
'Census of County Clare a listing of surnames':
389 names, including O'Haneen (no Green or Greene, Cahir, Duggan or Mulqueeny)
1683
A map of North West Clare by WM. Petty shows Ballycottin, in Kimacrehie, in Corcomroe (thanks to Albert Greene, Dough, Ennistimon)
1712
Earl of Thomond (owner of West Clare) let the land of Moy on the west of coast to Augustine Fitzgerald (descendants of the Norman invaders). In the early 1800s this area was in the hands of Sir William Fitzgerald Bart, who died in 1872.
1730
'Andrew Lysaght of Kilcornan and Admiral O'Huonyn (Greene) of Killaskuglonanna' (a paper compiled by Mr. Greene in New Zealand) (Killaspuglonane is the parish next to Kilmacrehy - the townland of Ballycotton is on the border, Rannagh is in both parishes).
Andrew Lysaght married Admiral Daniel O Huonyn's sister, Sabina. Their brother was Sean O'Huonyn, a poet, and sisters Mary O'Donnell and Honoria. The latter were the children of Walter O'Huonyn. Daniel is buried in the church of Isla de Leon, 5 miles from Cadiz in Spain. Daniel and Sabina's children are Donald Lysaght (Kilfenora, died in 1827), Charles (Kilfenora, seven sons including James of Ennis), James (one of his sons went to Spain with his granduncle Admiral O Huonyn) and Conor (Kilfenora is east of Kilshanny, which is east of Killaspuglonane).
1750
According to an article in the Clare Champion (County Clare newspaper) Daniel Huony, son of Walter Huoneen from North Clare, was an Admiral in the Spanish navy. The only Greene of any fame.
1785
Francis Greene born, ancestor of Albert Greene, living today in Dough, Ennistimon (no relation). One of his sons emigrated to New Zealand. Albert is descended from another son, Sinon.
1820 - Greenes in Ballycotton
First mention of Greene in official records: Tithe Applotment records for Parish of Kilmacreehy (Diocese of Kilfenora) lists only one Greene:
Ballycotton: (39 tenant farmers, including)
- 'Pat'k Greene, Mr.' (land worth £1-4-0)
- Thomas Neagle & sons (£1-15-2)
(Bridget Nagle married William Greene around 1810)
- several Vaughans and Connoles.
In Ballyvorda a James Healy is listed.
(Ann Healy married Luke Greene in 1825)
Albert Greene (from Dough, Ennistimon, no relation) originally speculated that Patrick (above) was the father of Luke and William (1810), listed in the 1826 applotment below. Since then, Albert feels more sure that a William, born around 1770, is the father of Luke and William, and Patrick their brother.An undated 'Composition for Tithes' in the1820s shows a Francis Huaneen in Kilfeeragh (on the coast of Southern Clare, south of Killard). According to Albert, this is his line - 'the name was common ... at the ending of the Penal Laws'.
1825 Luke's marriage
Luke Greene, farmer, (1798-1885) married Ann Healy in 1825 in Ennistimon, in County Clare, witnessed by a Patrick Greene and Thomas Healy. They had at least three children - Michael, Ann and Thomas - all of whom went to Australia (Michael's descendants moved to Western Australia).
(Church registers for Liscannor were begun after 1843 and so births and baptisms after that date need to be checked for Greenes. Civil recording of marriages began in 1864, so any Greenes married after that should have parent's names listed.)
Albert in a note said that (according to a Mary Greene) 'Luke Greene had a brother William' (Mary Greene, however, didn't repeat this in a letter to me setting out her family tree). 'Also a sister Mary, who married Laurence O Connor from Ballycotton.'. Albert also says that of Thomas Greene (DOB abt. 1990) in Rannagh, he said 'his grandfather was Luke Greene (DOB abt. 1840). It is very possible that this Luke had a brother William who emigrated to Australia. This idea is strengthened by the fact that Luke has a son William.'
A 'Tithe Composition Book' of 1825 shows an Andy Honeen (the Gaelic word for Green) and Malachy Honeen as landowners in Killard, on the coast of southern Clare.