This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: GBarry4120 Surnames: Delany, Delaney Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.ireland.lex.general/2647.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Colin, Kitty is most definitely a nickname for Catherine. I have cases in my own family's records from the Catholic parish of Templemore, Clonmore (in Co. Tipperary, adjacent to the Laois border) where some records say Kitty and others Catherine for the same woman. So, I would say this record is a possibility. It is hard to say, without looking at other register entries near this one, whether the names recorded for the women were their maiden names or married names. The norm is maiden name, but I have occasionally seen what looked like the married name recorded. If you notice that all the mothers have the same last names as the fathers, then you know that the person recording the baptisms was probably not recording maiden names. But sometimes you just don't know. It could also be that no last names were listed for the mother in the original records, so the married name was used in the transcribed record. In my experience, either one of these occurrences would be unusual, but not impossible. You really would need to look at the original. Priests also made mistakes in recording things sometimes. But a Delany married to a Delany is also possible. Don't be concerned about whether or not there was an "e" before the "y" in Delany. Spelling truly doesn't matter - it is the same name either way. If you look at actual parish registers, you will find names of people and places spelled in a variety of ways. Spelling was much less important then than it is now. Bricane might be Brickanagh, a townland of about 545 acres in Templeharry civil parish, Kings County (Offaly). There were people named Cormack, M'Cormack, Delany and Tierney listed in Brickanagh in Griffith's Valuation (printing date for Griffith's was 31 May 1851 for this area, so the information was gathered just a bit earlier). But there was no Andrew Delany mentioned as either occupier or immediate lessor in that area. Was any townland given for the Andrew Griffith marriage in 1844? Geralyn Wood Barry in Oregon Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.