Patrick Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett
The East Cork family branch connecting Carrigkilter, Cloyne, emigration, and Providence, Rhode Island
Patrick Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett are important because they connect the East Cork Dorgan / Dargan family story to the later Irish-American family story in Providence, Rhode Island.
Patrick Dorgan was connected to the Carrigkilter family line and married Mary Catherine Hartnett in Cloyne on 26 November 1886. This marriage connects the Dorgan family to the Hartnett and Duhig / Doohig family networks in East Cork.
This branch is also important because it marks the family’s move from Ireland to the United States. Patrick left Ireland in 1896, and Mary Catherine followed with the children in 1897. Their records help connect Carrigkilter, Cloyne, emigration records, United States census records, Rhode Island records, and later descendants.
This page brings together the evidence for Patrick Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan, their East Cork origins, their emigration story, and the later Providence branch of the family.
Why Patrick Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett Matter
The 1886 Cloyne Marriage Record
Patrick Dorgan married Mary Catherine Hartnett in Cloyne on 26 November 1886.
This marriage record is one of the key pieces of evidence for this branch of the family. It connects Patrick Dorgan to the Hartnett family of East Cork and helps link the Dorgan / Dargan, Hartnett, and Duhig / Doohig family networks.
The record is also important because it helps distinguish this Patrick Dorgan from other men with the same or similar name. This Patrick belongs to the Carrigkilter family line and later emigrated to the United States.
The 1886 marriage should be studied with parish records, civil records, sponsor and witness names, related family surnames, Carrigkilter land evidence, and later emigration and Rhode Island records.
Emigration from Ireland to the United States
Patrick Dorgan left Ireland for the United States in 1896. Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan followed with the children in 1897.
This emigration is one of the major turning points in the family story. It helps explain why Patrick, Mary Catherine, and their children do not appear together in the 1901 Census of Ireland.
The move from East Cork to the United States connects the Carrigkilter and Cloyne family evidence to later records in Providence, Rhode Island. Passenger lists, census records, Rhode Island state records, marriage records, and family documents help trace the family after they left Ireland.
This branch shows how the Dorgan family story moved from townlands, parish registers, land records, and farm evidence in East Cork into the wider Irish-American family history preserved by later descendants.
Providence, Rhode Island Records
After leaving Ireland, Patrick Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan became part of the Irish-American community in Providence, Rhode Island.
Later records in Rhode Island help continue the family story after emigration. These may include United States census records, Rhode Island state census records, marriage records, city records, family photographs, and later family documents.
These records are important because they show how the East Cork family branch continued after leaving Carrigkilter and Cloyne. They also help connect children, spouses, households, addresses, occupations, and later descendants.
The Providence records should be read together with the earlier East Cork evidence so the family is not treated as two separate stories. The Irish records and the American records belong to the same branch of the Dorgan family.
Children and Later Family Connections
Patrick Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan carried the Carrigkilter family line into the next generation after emigration.
Their children help connect the East Cork records to later American records. Passenger lists, census records, marriage records, and family documents can be used to trace the family from Ireland to Providence, Rhode Island, and into later generations.
One important later record is the 1917 marriage of William J. Dorgan to Jessie Greig at St. Patrick’s Church in Providence. This record helps continue the family branch in the United States and connects the Dorgan line to later related families.
The children’s records should be studied carefully with Irish parish records, emigration records, United States census records, Rhode Island state census records, family photographs, and later family documents.
Keeping This Patrick Separate from Other Patrick Dorgans
This branch requires careful attention because the name Patrick Dorgan appears in more than one generation and in more than one place.
The earlier Patrick Dargan / Dorgan is the Carrigkilter figure connected to the 1847 Valuation Office record, the 1853 Griffith’s Valuation entry, and Johanna / Anne / Nancy Flynn.
The Patrick Dorgan on this page is the later family member who married Mary Catherine Hartnett in Cloyne in 1886 and emigrated to the United States in 1896.
These men should not be merged. Their records should be separated by date, residence, spouse, parents, land evidence, emigration records, census household, and family branch.
Related Records for This Branch
The Patrick Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett branch should be studied through several connected records.
1886 Patrick Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett Marriage
This Cloyne marriage record connects Patrick Dorgan to Mary Catherine Hartnett and links the Dorgan / Dargan family to the Hartnett and Duhig / Doohig family networks in East Cork.
1896 Patrick Dorgan Passenger List
This emigration record helps document Patrick Dorgan’s move from Ireland to the United States after the Carrigkilter farm sale.
1897 Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan and Children Passenger List
This passenger-list evidence helps document Mary Catherine Hartnett Dorgan and the children following Patrick to the United States.
United States and Rhode Island Census Records
Later census records help trace the family in Providence, Rhode Island, and connect the East Cork family branch to later American households, addresses, occupations, and descendants.
1917 William J. Dorgan and Jessie Greig Marriage
This Providence marriage record helps continue the family branch in the United States and connects the Dorgan line to later related families.
These records should be read together with Carrigkilter land records, Cloyne parish records, emigration records, Providence records, family photographs, and later family documents.
Research Cautions and Open Questions
This page should be read as a working family-branch narrative rather than a finished proof of every detail.
The 1886 marriage record, emigration records, and later Rhode Island records strongly connect this branch, but each relationship should still be checked against original parish records, civil records, passenger lists, census returns, marriage records, cemetery evidence, and family documents.
Care should be taken with repeated names, especially Patrick Dorgan. The Patrick Dorgan on this page is the later family member who married Mary Catherine Hartnett and emigrated to the United States. He should not be confused with the earlier Patrick Dargan / Dorgan of Carrigkilter or the younger Patrick Dorgan of Cloyne, son of Michael Dorgan and Johanna Garde.
Open questions remain about every household member, later addresses, occupations, related Providence families, and how each American record connects back to the East Cork evidence.
Related Pages
Patrick Dargan / Dorgan of Carrigkilter
The main family narrative for the earlier Carrigkilter generation connected to land records, Johanna / Anne / Nancy Flynn, and later descendants.
Johanna / Anne Flynn Dorgan of East Cork
The companion maternal-family narrative focused on Johanna / Anne / Nancy Flynn, her name variants, possible Flynn origins, children’s records, and burial evidence.
Carrigkilter Land Story
The land-history page connecting Carrigkilter valuation records, Griffith’s Valuation, map reference / holding 8, the 1896 farm sale, and emigration.
Cloyne: Parish and Market-Town Reference Point
A place page explaining Cloyne’s role in parish records, marriage records, civil context, and related East Cork family branches.
Records Archive
The main records page for parish registers, land records, census records, emigration records, Rhode Island records, photographs, and other evidence used throughout the archive.
Family Branches
A guide to the major surnames and related family lines connected to the Dorgan / Dargan archive, including Hartnett and Duhig / Doohig.