Listed below are some CONRAN individuals who appear in the Hacketstown RC church records as sponsors and witnesses for other families, and who may not be mentioned in the previous pages:

(Baptisms; children of Francis Bracken & Catharine Toole, Bortle)
l1840 10 08	Rosey	sp.  Lawrence Conran, Catherine Bracken
1846 03 22	Catherine	sp. Thomas Toole ,Mary Conran
1848 05 15	Eliza	sp.  Stephen Conran, Kate Conran
(Baptisms; children of Matthew Bracken & Alice Power, Bortle)
1848 01 10	Rosanna	sp. James Power, Mary Conran
1852 05 31	Mary	sp. Stephen Conran, Kate Conran
(Baptisms; other families) (extracts from Hacketstown Baptisms by Sue Clement)
1822 06 22	Elizabeth,	prts. Denis & Fanny Wheaton,	Rathorgrie;	sp. Patt Conran, Anne Timens
1828 08 01	Maris, Joannis	prts. ?  Mcdonnel, & Maria Lecky,	Rathnagrie;	sp. Hugo Conran, Anna Gibbons
1829 03 16	Rachel	prts. Henricus Polard & Maria Cassidy,	Ballasaltagh	sp. Jabobus Conran, Sarah Keoghue
1829 07 05	Elizabeth,	prts, Patricius Swayne, & Anna Reilly,	Hacketstown	sp. Michael Byrne, Catharina Conran
1838 09 23	Eliza,	prts. Phelim Niel & Eliza White,	Hacketstown	sp. Thomas Conran, Janie Byrne
1839 02 14	James	prts. Matt & Mary Kennedy,	Strangers,	sp. James Conran, Mary Fallon
1839 06 15	Peter,	prts.Morgan Murphy & Biddy Burke,	Haroldstown	sp. Lawrence Conran, B? Burke
1840 02 05	John	prts. Thomas Cremin? & Mary Rooney,	Bortle	sp. John Conran, Sally Kennedy
1862 06 29	Wm	prts. Jas Abbot & Debra Matthews,	Htown	sp. Thos Cummins, Rose Conran

Hugh, James, and Thomas Conran in Griffith’s Valuation 1852:

According to this document, a total of nine properties in Hacketstown at this time were leased to or leased from Conrans:  two in Lower Hacketstown in the name of Hugh Conran; two in Main Street and two in Bridge Lane in the name of James Conran; and three in Bridge Lane in the name of Thomas Conran. It is not clear whether there were only three individuals - one of each name, each holding all the properties listed under that that name – or whether there were two (or more) individuals with the same first and last names, each of them holding at least one of the properties listed under that name. 

According to Hacketstown RC parish records, at or prior to this time, it appears that there were four adults named Hugh Conran (two in Hacketstown, one in Kilconnal, and one more, no address recorded) and four adults named Thomas Conran (one in Bortle, two in Hacketstown, and one more, no address recorded); it is also possible that some of these Hugh’s and Thomases could have married twice, meaning that there could have been fewer than four of either.

Therefore it is difficult to say exactly which Hugh or which Thomas really owned which property! However, there is only one adult James Conran in the RC church records at or prior to this time, and his address is Hacketstown, so it seems likely that he was the James Conran named in Griffith’s Valuation of 1852.

 Good luck to the descendants of these gentlemen – you will have to take it from here! - KC-

NB:  For more references to Conrans of Hacketstown, see Pat Purcell Papers/Conran papers.  

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