Carrigkilter founding family:
Patrick Dargan/Dorgan and Johanna Flynn
This is the founding generation of the archive: Patrick Dargan/Dorgan of Carrigkilter and his wife Johanna, who also appears in records as Anne, Nancy, and Anstice Flynn. The records below trace the family from a possible 1817 baptism for Johanna, through the couple's children born 1838–1846, to the land evidence that places Patrick in Carrigkilter from at least 1847 through Griffith's Valuation in 1853.
Related narratives: Patrick Dargan/Dorgan of Carrigkilter · Johanna/Anne Flynn Dorgan of East Cork · Carrigkilter Land Story
Johanna Flynn's origins
1817 — Johanna Flynn baptism
Evidence status: Candidate
Catholic baptism register, Aghada / Ballyandreen / Ballycotton area, East Cork. Sponsors: William Kirby and Johanna Gorman.
Why it matters: may connect Johanna Flynn to the wider Flynn, Barry, Kirby, and Gorman network of East Cork. Not yet proven to be the same Johanna/Anne Flynn who married Patrick Dargan/Dorgan, but worth comparing against later records.
Children of Patrick and Johanna, 1838–1846
1838 — Daniel Dargan/Dorgan baptism
Evidence status: Confirmed child record
Catholic baptism register, 18 Dec 1838, Ballymacoda/Ladysbridge area. Sponsors: John Motherway, Bridget Barry.
Why it matters: likely the earliest known child record for this couple. Sponsor names are worth comparing against later Motherway and Barry entries.
1840 — Mary Dorgan baptism
Evidence status: Confirmed child record
Catholic baptism register, 12 May 1840, Ballymacoda/Ladysbridge area. Sponsors: Daniel Dorgan, Eliza Flynn.
Why it matters: sponsor names may connect the family to nearby Dorgan and Flynn relatives.
1842 — Elizabeth Dargan/Dorgan baptism
Evidence status: Confirmed child record
Catholic baptism register, 11 Feb 1842, Carrigkilter/Ballybraher area. Sponsors: Patrick Savage, Bridget Savage.
Why it matters: places the family directly in Carrigkilter/Ballybraher, and shows Johanna appearing under the name Nancy — key evidence of the name variation across records.
1844 — Timothy Dargan/Dorgan baptism
Evidence status: Confirmed child record
Catholic baptism register, 18 Feb 1844, Ballymacoda/Ladysbridge area. Sponsors: Ned Millerick, Mary Boozane.
1846 — David Dorgan baptism
Evidence status: Confirmed child record
Why it matters: This baptism record adds David D. Dorgan to the confirmed child sequence of Patrick Dargan / Dorgan and Johanna / Anne / Nancy Flynn. It also helps bridge the early parish-register evidence for the Carrigkilter family before the land records that place Patrick Dargan / Dorgan at Carrigkilter from 1847 onward.
Patrick J. Dorgan
Evidence status: Confirmed by later marriage record
Patrick J. Dorgan is connected to Patrick Dargan / Dorgan and Johanna Flynn through his 26 November 1886 marriage to Mary Catherine Hartnett in Cloyne. His marriage record identifies his father as Patrick Dorgan, deceased.
Why it matters: Patrick J. Dorgan connects the Carrigkilter founding family to the later Rhode Island branch, Mary Catherine Hartnett, emigration, Providence records, and the American Dorgan family line.
Carrigkilter land evidence, 1847–1853
1847— Valuation Office Book, Patrick Dargan/Dorgan
1848 — House and office assessment
Evidence status: Confirmed
House and office assessment, Carrigkilter, parish of Ballintemple, barony of Imokilly. Documents the physical holding before the 1853 Griffith's Valuation.
Evidence status: Confirmed
Valuation record, Carrigkilter, parish of Ballintemple. Part of a continuing valuation sequence.
Evidence status: Confirmed core land evidence
Griffith's Valuation, Carrigkilter, Ballintemple Parish, Imokilly. One of the anchor records for the whole branch.
Evidence status: Confirmed map and land-location evidence
Patrick appears as tenant of Thomas G. Durdin, Carrigkilter, Ballintemple Parish, Barony of Imokilly — sheet 89, holding 8.
Comparison records: other East Cork Dargan/Dorgan households
These records may relate to the Carrigkilter family, but a direct connection isn't proven — preserved here for comparison
Evidence status: Comparison
Catholic marriage register, Churchtown South/Cloyne parish area. Edmond is associated with Kilmacahill.
Research note: too late for Edmond and Mary to be Patrick's proven parents if Patrick was born around 1820.
Evidence status: Comparison
Land assessment, East Cork, predating Griffith's Valuation. Treat as a related research subject unless further evidence connects him to Patrick.
Evidence status: Comparison
Griffith's Valuation, Garryvoe, East Cork.
Evidence status: Comparison
Griffith's Valuation, Garryvoe Lower, Ballycotton parish area. May not be the John Dorgan born 1839 who married Ellen Cashman.
These collections gather related records, clues, and evidence groups useful for comparing Dorgan/Dargan families across East Cork and beyond. Some contain confirmed family evidence; others preserve unproven same-surname records for future comparison. Read each alongside its research notes — a record can be worth keeping even before it proves a direct relationship.
Land and place context
Books of Survey and Distribution — Ballintemple, Barony of Imokilly Historical land record, earlier than the 19th-century valuation sequence. Provides land and place context for the civil-parish and barony setting around Carrigkilter. Research note: place-context only — not direct proof of Patrick Dargan/Dorgan or a specific relationship.
Cemetery records
Ballymacoda Hill Cemetery — sketch plan · aerial view Helps locate and interpret grave markers connected to early Dorgan/Dargan research, including stones associated with Timothy Dorgan, Johanna Dorgan, Mary Dorgan, and Edmond Dorgan of Kilmacahill.
Ann/Johanna Flynn gravestone photo The stone is weathered and difficult to read — used as cemetery-location evidence rather than a full inscription transcription. Read together with parish registers, burial evidence, and the Early Dorgans in East Cork page below.
Research narratives
The Great Famine — historical context for East Cork, Carrigkilter, and the world of Patrick Dargan/Dorgan and Johanna Flynn.
Early Dorgans in East Cork — gathers early Dorgan/Dargan evidence from Carrigkilter, Ballymacoda, Kilmacahill, and Garryvoe Lower.
The Journey from East Cork to Rhode Island — the bridge between the Irish records and the American family story.
Dorgan Transportations to Australia — unproven transportation records, kept for future comparison with Cork evidence.
Many records across this archive connect to more than one surname — Flynn, Hartnett, Garde, Millerick, Healy, O'Keeffe, Duhig/Doohig, and others. See the Family Branches page for a guide to how these surnames connect.
Additional Research Collections
1845 —Michael Dargan / Dorgan
Evidence status: Confirmed by later marriage record, Michael Dorgan is connected to Patrick Dargan / Dorgan and Johanna Flynn through his 26 January 1869 marriage to Johanna Garde in Cloyne. His baptism has not yet been firmly identified, but the marriage record supports his place in this family group. Why it matters: Michael connects the Carrigkilter founding family to the later Cloyne branch, Rock Street records, and the Dorgan / Garde family line.