DORGAN
Family
of
East County Cork
Ireland
Dorgan Family Heritage Archive
A family-history archive bringing together records, maps, photographs, place names, and research notes for the Dorgan, Dargan, and Ó Deargáin families.
Welcome
The Dorgan Family website is being built as a clear, carefully organized home for family history. The homepage gives visitors the story at a glance, while larger areas such as Records, Carrigkilter research, Places, and Photos provide deeper paths into the archive.
A living genealogy research archive
These locations form the geographic backbone of the archive and connect family records to the townlands, parishes, and communities where the story begins.
Cloyne — Cluain Uamha
Carrigkilter — Carraig an Chuiltéaraigh
Ballybraher — Baile Uí Bhráthar
Garryvoe — Garraí Bhoithe
Ballycotton — Baile Choitín
Midleton — Mainistir na Corann
Ladysbridge — Droichead na Maighdine
Shanagarry — Sean Gharraí
Churchtown South — Baile an Teampaill Theas
Ballycatoo — Baile Uí Chéatú
How to Use This Site
A simple path through the Dorgan archive
Understand the geography
Begin with Cloyne, Carrigkilter, Ballybraher, Garryvoe, Ballycotton, Midleton, Ladysbridge, Shanagarry, Churchtown South, and Ballycatoo to see where the family story is rooted.
Browse the evidence
Use the records section to understand how census pages, parish registers, maps, land records, photographs, cemeteries, and newspapers are organized.
Study the first case hub
Carrigkilter shows how one townland can be researched using valuation records, maps, spelling variants, neighbors, and clues from the parish register.
Contribute
Add family knowledge
Relatives and researchers can strengthen the archive by sharing corrections, photographs, records, identifications, and stories.
New visitors can follow a simple path: understand the places, browse the records, follow the Carrigkilter case study, and contribute family knowledge.
Explore the Records Archive
The Records page brings together the main evidence used in the Dorgan Family archive, including parish registers, Griffith’s Valuation, valuation-office records, maps, census records, emigration records, photographs, cemetery images, and family documents.
Records are organized by family branch, place, and record type so visitors can follow the evidence from East Cork to Rhode Island and beyond.
Connected surnames and family branches
Connected surnames and family branches
Dorgan / Dargan — Core surname line
Click the button to learn more about the Dorgan surname history:
The central East Cork family line, appearing under both Dorgan and Dargan spellings in parish, land, census, emigration, and family records.
Flynn — Maternal link
Connected through Anne / Johanna Flynn and parish-register evidence, including baptismal sponsors and related East Cork families.
Hartnett — Related branch
Connected through Mary Catherine Hartnett, who married Patrick Dorgan in Cloyne in 1886. This branch is documented through Irish records, emigration evidence, American census records, and family photographs.
Garde — Cloyne branch connection
Connected through Johanna Garde, who married Michael Dorgan in 1869. Their family helps link the Carrigkilter Dorgan line to later Cloyne and Rock Street records.
Millerick — Later Cloyne family connection
Connected through Johanna Millerick, who married Patrick Dorgan, son of Michael Dorgan and Johanna Garde.
Healy — Parish and neighborhood connection
Linked through nearby communities, marriage records, witnesses, sponsors, and East Cork family networks.
O’Keeffe — East Cork associate family
An important associated surname in the broader local network of families, records, and townland connections.
Barry / Beausang / Shinnick — Wider family web
Allied family names that help connect parish registers, photographs, sponsors, witnesses, and later family branches.
McIntosh / O’Brien — American-connected branches
Related family branches especially visible in U.S. census records, photographs, and twentieth-century family documentation.
Family Network
East Cork Places Guide
The Places page explains the townlands, parishes, villages, and local reference points behind the Dorgan family story, including Cloyne, Carrigkilter, Ballybraher, Garryvoe, Ballycotton, Midleton, Ladysbridge, Shanagarry, Churchtown South, and Ballycatoo.
These places help connect parish registers, land records, maps, census returns, photographs, and family branches to real locations in East Cork.
Carrigkilter Research Hub
Carrigkilter is the first major townland case study in the Dorgan archive. The Carrigkilter page brings together Dargan / Dorgan spelling variants, Griffith’s Valuation, valuation-office records, map references, neighboring households, and parish-register clues.
The goal is to understand how Patrick Dargan / Dorgan of Carrigkilter fits into the wider East Cork Dorgan / Dargan family network.
Featured Evidence
The Records page shows how individual records become family history. Parish registers, Griffith’s Valuation, valuation-office records, maps, census records, emigration records, and family documents are organized by family branch, place, and record type.
Visitors can follow the evidence from East Cork to Providence, Rhode Island, and later American records.
Archive Roadmap
The Dorgan Family website is being built as a living archive. Some major sections are already underway, including Records, Places, Photos, and the Carrigkilter Research Hub. As the project grows, additional pages can be added for family branches, individual places, searchable records, and a future family tree.
Future additions may include individual place pages for Cloyne, Ballycotton, Garryvoe, Churchtown South, Ballycatoo, Midleton, and Ladysbridge; family branch pages for Dorgan / Dargan, Flynn, Hartnett, Garde, Millerick, Healy, O’Keeffe, Barry, Beausang, Shinnick, McIntosh, O’Brien, and related lines; and eventually a searchable family tree generated from Reunion for Mac.
Featured Research Narratives
Several deeper research narratives are now available for visitors who want to follow the evidence beyond the main Records and Places pages.
Patrick Dargan / Dorgan of Carrigkilter explains the central Carrigkilter family line and the evidence connecting Patrick to land records, parish records, and later descendants.
Johanna / Anne Flynn Dorgan of East Cork focuses on Patrick’s wife, her name variants, possible Flynn origins, children’s records, burial evidence, and maternal-family connections.
Carrigkilter Land Story follows the land evidence from valuation records and Griffith’s Valuation to the later sale of the Carrigkilter farm.
Dorgan Surname Origins / Ó Deargáin explains the Dorgan, Dargan, and Ó Deargáin surname forms and why spelling variation matters in East Cork genealogy.
Share records, photos, corrections, and family stories
This archive grows stronger when relatives and researchers contribute what they know. Even a single name, date, place, photograph, correction, or memory can help connect a record to the right family branch.
Photos — Family images
Portraits, reunion pictures, Irish visits, homes, churches, graveyards, and unidentified photographs are welcome.
Records — Documents and sources
Census pages, parish registers, civil certificates, land records, maps, obituaries, newspaper clippings, and cemetery images can strengthen the archive.
Corrections — Names, dates, and places
If you recognize a person, can correct a spelling, know a date, or can identify a location, that information is valuable.
Stories — Family memory
Short memories, migration stories, local knowledge, and traditions help turn records into a family history.
Contribute to the Archive
What to include when sending material
Person or family name shown in the item
Approximate date and place, if known
How the item connects to the Dorgan family or related lines
Whether it may be shared publicly on the website
To contribute records, photographs, corrections, or family stories, please email Bill Dorgan.
Dorgan Family Archive
East County Cork · Family records, places, photographs, and research notes