Cloyne Branch:
Michael Dorgan and Johanna Garde
Michael Dorgan, a son of Patrick Dargan / Dorgan and Johanna / Anne Flynn of the Carrigkilter family, married Johanna Garde in Cloyne on 26 January 1869.
Their marriage established the documented Cloyne branch and connects the earlier Carrigkilter family with the later Rock Street household recorded in the 1901 and 1911 censuses.
Michael and Johanna’s son Patrick Dorgan, born on 19 November 1870, later married Johanna Millerick and continued the Cloyne branch into another generation.
This Cloyne family should remain distinct from the Rhode Island branch formed by Michael’s brother Patrick J. Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett.
Related narrative: Michael Dorgan and Johanna Garde of Cloyne
Evidence status: Confirmed marriage and parent-link evidence
Catholic marriage register, 26 Jan 1869, Cloyne. Witnesses: Thomas Smiddy, Eliza/Elizabeth Garde.
Why it matters: confirms Michael as a son of Patrick Dorgan and Johanna Flynn, and connects the Carrigkilter family to the Garde and Cloyne parish-register network.
Johanna Garde Dorgan household; Patrick Dorgan
Evidence status: Confirmed census and household evidence
House 17, Rock Street, Cloyne. Patrick Dorgan (son of Michael and Johanna, grandson of the Carrigkilter Patrick) was listed as a single farmer, age 29, in the household of his widowed mother Johanna, a vintner and grocer. Also in the household: Mary Eliza Dorgan, Helena Dorgan, and cousin David Dorgan.
Why it matters: separates this younger Patrick Dorgan of Cloyne from the earlier Patrick Dargan/Dorgan of Carrigkilter in the 1853 Griffith's Valuation, and connects the Carrigkilter line to the later Cloyne household and business setting.
Although David Dorgan was described as a cousin in the census, subsequent examination of original family records establishes his precise relationship. David was the son of Timothy Dorgan, brother of the deceased Michael Dorgan. He was therefore a first cousin of Michael's son Patrick Dorgan and a nephew by marriage of Johanna Garde Dorgan, the household head.
Johanna Garde Dorgan household; Patrick Dorgan
Evidence status: Confirmed census and household evidence
Johanna Garde Dorgan, widow of Michael, mother of Patrick Dorgan (born 19 Nov 1870, who later married Johanna Millerick).
Why it matters: continues the Cloyne branch after the 1901 household and keeps the younger Patrick Dorgan of Cloyne distinct from the 1853 Carrigkilter Patrick.
Timothy Dorgan, Hannah O'Gorman and Their Son David
The Cloyne household of Johanna Garde Dorgan included an important member of the wider Carrigkilter family: David Dorgan, born on 8 June 1884, son of Timothy Dorgan and Hannah O'Gorman.
Timothy was the brother of Michael Dorgan, Johanna Garde's deceased husband. Their relationship is expressly established in Timothy's original will, dated 7 November 1890.
Timothy had married Johanna (Hannah) O'Gorman on 30 April 1882 at Lismore, County Waterford. Their son David's original 1884 civil birth registration identifies Timothy Dorgan, shopkeeper, and Hanna Dorgan, formerly O'Gorman, as his parents.
The Deaths of Hannah and Timothy — 1890
On 10 June 1890, Hannah Dorgan died at Cloyne, aged 36. Her civil death registration describes her as a shopkeeper's wife and identifies her husband Timothy as the informant.
Hannah died only two days after David's sixth birthday.
Timothy made his last will on 7 November 1890, naming his widowed sister-in-law Johanna Garde Dorgan as beneficiary and executrix. He died on 13 November 1890, five months after Hannah. Probate was granted on 12 February 1891.
David had lost both parents before reaching his seventh birthday.
David's Life in the Cloyne Household
The 1901 Census of Ireland records David, aged 16, living in Johanna Garde Dorgan's Rock Street household, where he was employed as a National School monitor.
In the 1911 census, David was still living with the family and was employed as a National School teacher.
Although the census records describe him as a cousin, the original family documents establish that David was a first cousin of Johanna's son Patrick and her nephew by marriage.
David subsequently married Bridget Hurley in Dublin on 10 August 1926. The marriage registration describes him as a widower. Family records give his death as 7 April 1968.
A Family Mystery Resolved
The discovery of Hannah's original death certificate resolves a longstanding question about Timothy Dorgan's family.
We now know why Hannah was absent from Timothy's November 1890 will: she had died five months earlier.
The will's identification of Michael Dorgan as Timothy's brother, together with David's birth registration and subsequent census appearances, establishes a documented connection between the Carrigkilter family and the Rock Street household.
Family recollections preserved by descendant Helen Warinton described David losing his mother while still a young child. The newly examined civil registrations now establish the precise dates and circumstances.
These documents preserve a moving chapter of the Dorgan family's history and demonstrate the importance of original records in reconstructing family relationships.