I'm wondering, Charlie, if by any chance your Catherine HUGHES is the same one who married Nicholas HAGARTY/HEGARTY of Cooleeny, Parish Templemichael, County Longford, in 1805? Their children & baptismal sponsors were, in order of birth: Andrew, 1806; sponsors - Edward & Eliza HUGHES; William, 1808; sps. - Thomas MORAN & Joanna HUGHES; Catherine, 1810; sps. - Jacob BOSTICK & Dorothea HUGHES; James, 1812; sps. - Jacob CUMMINS & Elizabeth MORAN; Nicholas, 1814; sps. - Thomas MORAN & Maria PIERS; David, 1816; sps. - William MORAN & Dorothea MORAN; Brigid, 1819; sps. - Timothy HUGHES & Eleanor ?; Elizabeth, 1820, SPS. - Joannes MURTAGH & Elizabeth MORAN When James HAGARTY/HEGARTY married Barbara DOYLE of Co. Galway, their children were: Catherine Margaret/Marguerite, 1857-1858; Bridget Cecilia (Cecilia was after Barbara's sister), 1860; Mary Francis, 1863; Nicholas James, 1869 It also seems that our HAGARTY/HUGHES line might also include MORAN, if you go by the premise that most baptismal sponsors were family members. What do you think? Thanks, Phyllis :) > >It looks like my Hughes family from Killoe, County Longford, may have used a typical Irish 'naming pattern'. James Hughes and Bridget Kelagher's sons were, in order of birth: >...Owen, James, Francis, and Bernard >their daughters were, in order of birth: >...Catherine, Ann, Ellen, Bridget, Eliza, Marie, and Margaret > >>From this I would think that a GOOD GUESS might be that Owen would be name of the father of James Hughes, and Francis would be the name of the father of Bridget Kelagher >also Catherine would be the name of Bridget's mother. > >Then the system breaks down because Ann and Eliza are between Catherine and Bridget. > >Question: What am I missing here? > >Thanks for the help, >Charlie King >gg grandson of James Hughes >and Bridget Kelagher > >