Patrick Dargan / Dorgan is one of the central figures in the Dorgan Family East Cork archive. He appears in mid-nineteenth-century land records connected to Carrigkilter, Ballintemple Parish, Barony of Imokilly, County Cork.
His name appears in land records under the spelling Dargan, while later family records often use the spelling Dorgan. This page brings together the main evidence for Patrick’s life, family, landholding, and descendants.
Why Patrick Dargan / Dorgan Matters
Patrick Dargan / Dorgan matters because he provides one of the clearest links between family tradition, parish-register evidence, land records, and later Dorgan family branches.
In Griffith’s Valuation, Patrick Dargan is recorded in Carrigkilter, Ballintemple Parish, Barony of Imokilly, County Cork. This places him in a specific East Cork townland during the mid-nineteenth century and connects the family to a landholding that can be studied through valuation records and maps.
Patrick is also important because later records connect his family to two major branches. One branch leads through Michael Dorgan and Johanna Garde to Cloyne and Rock Street records. Another branch leads through Patrick Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett to emigration, Providence, Rhode Island, and later American records.
Dargan and Dorgan Spelling
Patrick appears in key land records under the spelling Dargan, while later family records often use the spelling Dorgan. This variation is important, but it is not unusual. Irish surnames were often written down by priests, clerks, civil officials, and valuers using the spelling they heard or expected.
For this reason, Dargan and Dorgan records should be studied together in East Cork. The spelling difference should not be treated as proof of separate families unless other evidence shows they are separate.
In this archive, the spelling Patrick Dargan is used when referring to the land-record form of the name, especially in Griffith’s Valuation and valuation-office records. The spelling Dorgan is used for later family branches and records where that form appears.
For a fuller explanation of the surname history, see Dorgan Surname Origins / Ó Deargáin.
Patrick Dargan / Dorgan of Carrigkilter
Carrigkilter Land Evidence
The strongest evidence placing Patrick Dargan / Dorgan in Carrigkilter comes from mid-nineteenth-century land and valuation records.
In the 1847 Valuation Office Books, Patrick Dargan appears in Carrigkilter in records connected to the house, land, offices, and valuation notes. These records are important because they place Patrick in Carrigkilter before the printed Griffith’s Valuation.
In Griffith’s Valuation, Patrick Dargan is recorded as a tenant of Thomas G. Durdin in Carrigkilter, Ballintemple Parish, Barony of Imokilly, Union of Midleton, County Cork. The printed valuation identifies the entry on page 2, with a printing date of 1853, sheet 89, and map reference / holding 8.
Together, the Valuation Office Books, Griffith’s Valuation entry, and Carrigkilter map reference anchor Patrick Dargan / Dorgan to a specific East Cork townland and holding. This land evidence forms the backbone of the Carrigkilter family study.
Family Connections: Johanna / Anne / Nancy Flynn and the Children
Patrick Dargan / Dorgan is connected in family records to Johanna / Anne / Nancy Flynn. Her name appears in different forms across the records, and those variations should be studied together.
The known or strongly associated children in this family group include Daniel, Mary, Elizabeth, Timothy, David D. Dorgan, Michael, and Patrick J. Dorgan. The baptism records for Daniel, Mary, Elizabeth, Timothy, and David are especially important because they provide early parish-register evidence for the family.
Later records help connect this family group to two major branches. Michael Dorgan’s 1869 marriage to Johanna Garde connects the Carrigkilter family to the later Cloyne branch. Patrick Dorgan’s 1886 marriage to Mary Catherine Hartnett connects the family to the later Rhode Island branch.
These relationships should continue to be studied carefully by comparing baptism sponsors, marriage witnesses, residences, spelling variants, land records, census records, cemetery evidence, and family documents.
For more about Johanna / Anne Flynn Dorgan, see Johanna / Anne Flynn Dorgan of East Cork
The Cloyne Branch:
Michael Dorgan and Johanna Garde
One later branch connected to Patrick Dargan / Dorgan and Johanna / Anne / Nancy Flynn leads through Michael Dorgan.
Michael Dorgan married Johanna Garde in Cloyne on 26 January 1869. This marriage record is important because it helps connect the earlier Carrigkilter family to later Cloyne records.
Michael and Johanna Garde were the parents of Patrick Dorgan, born 19 November 1870 and died 9 March 1931. This younger Patrick appears in the 1901 Census of Ireland at House 17, Rock Street, Cloyne, in the household of his widowed mother, Johanna Garde Dorgan.
This branch should be kept separate from the earlier Patrick Dargan / Dorgan of Carrigkilter. The repeated use of the name Patrick makes the records easy to confuse, so dates, residences, spouses, and parents must be compared carefully.
The Rhode Island Branch:
Patrick J. Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett
Another major branch connected to Patrick Dargan / Dorgan and Johanna / Anne / Nancy Flynn leads through their son Patrick J. Dorgan.
Patrick J. Dorgan married Mary Catherine Hartnett in Cloyne on 26 November 1886. This marriage record is important because it helps connect the Carrigkilter Dorgan family with the Hartnett and Duhig / Doohig family networks in East Cork.
Patrick J. Dorgan left Ireland for the United States in 1896. Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan followed with the children in 1897. This explains why this family does not appear in the 1901 Census of Ireland.
This branch connects the Carrigkilter family story to Providence, Rhode Island, and later American records. Emigration records, United States census records, Rhode Island state census records, and the 1917 marriage of William J. Dorgan to Jessie Greig help show how the East Cork family line continued in America.
The Carrigkilter Farm Sale and Emigration Story
The later history of the Carrigkilter family is closely connected to the sale of the Dorgan farm and the family’s move to the United States.
In August 1896, the Cork Examiner reported the sale of Patrick Dorgan’s farm at Carrigkilter. The holding was described as 27 acres, 1 rood, and 30 perches, held in fee simple and subject to payments connected with the Irish Land Commissioners and the Commissioners of Public Works. The farm was sold to Mrs. Margaret Curtin of Glanturkin.
This sale helps explain the family’s emigration story. Patrick Dorgan left Ireland for the United States later in 1896, and Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan followed with the children in 1897. The Carrigkilter land story therefore connects directly to the Rhode Island branch of the family.
The farm sale is important because it shows the transition from East Cork landholding to American migration. It also helps explain why Patrick Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan do not appear in the 1901 Census of Ireland.
Research Cautions and Open Questions
This page should be read as a working research narrative rather than a finished conclusion. Some records clearly place Patrick Dargan / Dorgan in Carrigkilter, while other records suggest possible connections that still need further comparison.
The strongest evidence is the land-record evidence: the 1847 Valuation Office Books, the 1853 Griffith’s Valuation entry, and the Carrigkilter map reference / holding 8. Parish-register records and later family records help connect Patrick to Johanna / Anne / Nancy Flynn, their children, and later Dorgan branches, but each relationship should continue to be checked against sponsors, witnesses, residences, spelling variants, and related family names.
Open questions remain about how Patrick Dargan / Dorgan connects to other East Cork Dargan / Dorgan households, including families in Ballymacoda, Cloyne, Ballycotton, Garryvoe, Churchtown South, Kilmacahill, and nearby townlands.
Related surnames such as Flynn, Barry, Motherway, Savage / Lavage, Millerick, Boozane, Hartnett, Garde, Healy, Shinnick, O’Keeffe, Coleman, and Duhig / Doohig may provide important clues.
As more records are transcribed and compared, this page can be updated. For now, Patrick Dargan / Dorgan of Carrigkilter remains the key figure connecting East Cork land records, parish-register evidence, and later Dorgan family branches in Cloyne and Rhode Island.
Family Connections
Patrick Dargan / Dorgan of Carrigkilter and Johanna / Anne / Nancy / Anstice Flynn were the parents of the Dorgan children connected with Carrigkilter, Ballybraher, Cloyne, Ballycotton, and later Rhode Island family branches.
Their children help connect the older East Cork landholding generation to later family lines, including the Providence branch carried forward by their son Patrick J. Dorgan.
For the full child sequence, see:
Related Pages
Johanna / Anne Flynn Dorgan of East Cork
A companion narrative focused on Patrick’s wife, her name variants, possible Flynn origins, children’s records, burial evidence, and maternal-family connections.
A focused page about valuation records, Griffith’s Valuation, map reference / holding 8, the Carrigkilter farm, and the later 1896 farm sale.
The flagship townland research page for Patrick Dargan / Dorgan, Carrigkilter, Griffith’s Valuation holding / plot 8, and related townland evidence.
Ballybraher
A neighboring townland context page for Carrigkilter and the Ballintemple-area landscape connected to Patrick Dargan / Dorgan, Johanna / Anne Flynn, parish-register geography, maps, and nearby family evidence.
Cloyne: Parish and Market-Town Reference Point
A place page explaining Cloyne’s role in parish records, Rock Street, civil context, and related East Cork family branches.
The main records page for parish registers, land records, census records, maps, emigration records, photographs, and other evidence used throughout the archive.
A guide to the major surnames and related family lines connected to the Dorgan / Dargan archive.
A focused page showing Patrick Dargan / Dorgan, Johanna / Anne / Nancy Flynn, their confirmed child sequence, and the Carrigkilter land evidence.