1866 Kilcatherine RD birth register page — contains a Hanley-maiden-name entry (pending vision pass)

Ireland Civil Registry of Births — District of Kilcatherine, Union of Castletown, Co. Cork · Co. Cork, Ireland (Kilcatherine RD / Castletown SRD) · 1866-02

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Summary

Single certified-true-copy page from the 1866 Kilcatherine RD birth register. User-labeled "Katherine Hanley 1866 Birth Register" — suggests this page contains a Catherine (or Katherine) entry where the Hanley surname appears, most likely as a mother's maiden name. Visible at the harness Read tool's resolution (the handwriting is dense cursive): - 10-row birth register entries covering early February 1866 births in Kilcatherine RD - Recognizable surnames include Cronin, Harrington, Sullivan, Murphy, Lee, Lynch, Shea, Minehan, Hanley, [Bohane?] — the Beara Catholic-family naming cluster - At least one entry (No. 59 likely) has a mother's maiden name that could read as "Hanley" - No entry names Eyeries; the places are Cluin, Ardgroom, Cahirkeem, Kilcatherine, Ballydonegan and [Garinish?] **PENDING VISION PASS**: Needs `transcribe_pdf.py` (with --focus "Find every entry where 'Hanley' appears as a mother's maiden name or as the registered child's surname; extract full row including date and place of birth, child's name, father's name, mother's maiden name, father's occupation, informant's signature, dwelling place") to extract the specific Hanley entry definitively. **POTENTIAL FAMILY RELEVANCE**: Hanley is a Beara surname that could intersect with the family Hanrahan, Murphy, Sullivan, or Lyne lines. If the Catherine Hanley named here is a collateral ancestor (e.g., a sibling of someone who later married into the Murphy / Lyne family), the entry would document her parents and place of birth. Held at low family confidence pending vision pass + Annals of Beara Hanley-line corroboration.

Also mentioned

  • [Registrar's signature illegible; last word perhaps -yes] · registrar_kilcatherine_1866

    A slanted scrawl, the same as on the 1865 marriage copy; not the C. Lewis who signs the 1872 death register.

  • T. R. Harrington · superintendent_registrar_castletown_1866

    Same superintendent registrar as the 1872 Myles Lyne death cert page.

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transcription: not_yet_transcribed · confidence pending
--- newspaper: Irish civil birth register, certified true copy of entries Nos. 57 to 66, Registrar's District of Kilcatherine, Union of Castletown, Co. Cork, 1866 (not a newspaper) date: 1866-02 (births dated 25 January to 15 February 1866; all ten registered 15 to 28 February 1866; copy certified 24 April 1866) page: "Page 12, 13 & 14" (handwritten); reference 02300966 (printed); "85" (handwritten file number); one sheet carrying entries Nos. 57 to 66 transcribed_by: claude-sonnet-5-5 (Claude Code subagent), 2026-10-04 method: PDF rasterised at 300 dpi (one bilevel 300 ppi scan, 4992 x 6656 px). Each of the ten entries was cut into four column groups at 1.85x to 2.2x (LANCZOS) and read cell by cell; every doubtful word was re-cut at 3x to 7x, with and without a slant correction that stands the writing upright, and compared with the same word elsewhere on the page; the header, the three margin notes and the certificate were cut at 1.35x to 6x. All ten entries are in one rapid, strongly right-slanted hand. Line breaks inside a cell are shown as " / ". A place word that recurs is written the same way each time ("Cluin" is the same word as the place of death in entries 395 and 397 of the 1872 Kilcatherine death register, item 1872-05-10). Informants are as the cell reads (several are mothers). proofed_by: claude-opus-5-5, 2026-10-04 --- # Births registered in the District of Kilcatherine, 1866: entries 57 to 66 **Page** 12, 13 & 14 [handwritten] **02300966** [printed] **85** [handwritten, top right] **Superintendent Registrar's District** Castletown **1866. Births Registered in the District of** Kilcatherine **Registrar's District** Kilcatherine **in the Union of** Castletown **in the Count** [blank, as printed] **of** Cork ## Printed column headings 1. **No.** 2. **Date and Place of Birth.** 3. **Name (if any).** 4. **Sex.** 5. **Name and Surname and Dwelling Place of Father.** 6. **Name and Surname and Maiden Surname of Mother.** 7. **Rank or Profession of Father.** 8. **Signature, Qualification, and Residence of Informant.** 9. **When Registered.** 10. **Signature of Registrar.** 11. **Baptismal Name, if added after Registration of Birth, and Date.** ## Entry 57 **No.** 57 **Date and Place of Birth** First / February / 1866 / Cluin **Name** Mary **Sex** Female **Father** Patrick / Cronin / Cluin **Mother** Mary / Cronin / formerly / Sullivan **Rank or Profession of Father** Miner **Informant** Patrick his [X] mark Cronin / Father / Cluin **When Registered** Fifteenth / February / 1866 **Signature of Registrar** [scrawled signature, illegible] / Registrar **Baptismal Name** [blank] ## Entry 58 **No.** 58 **Date and Place of Birth** Twenty / Fifth / [January?] / 1866 / Cluin **Name** John **Sex** Male **Father** Timothy / Shea / Cluin **Mother** Mary / Shea / formerly / Lynch **Rank or Profession of Father** Miner **Informant** Mary her [X] mark Shea / Mother / Cluin **When Registered** Fifteenth / February / 1866 **Signature of Registrar** [scrawled signature, illegible; no word beneath it] **Baptismal Name** [blank] ## Entry 59 **No.** 59 **Date and Place of Birth** Eighth / February / 1866 / Cluin **Name** James **Sex** Male **Father** Daniel / Minehan / Cluin **Mother** Mary / Minehan / formerly / Hanley **Rank or Profession of Father** Miner **Informant** Mary her [X] mark Shea / Present at Birth / Cluin **When Registered** Fifteenth / February / 1866 **Signature of Registrar** [scrawled signature, illegible] / Registrar **Baptismal Name** [blank] *Marginal note beside entry 59, in a neater hand, in the baptismal-name cell and across the table's right-hand rule into the margin:* [Re?]mark in / Reg Bk *Below it, under the ruling line:* New / Copy[?] ## Entry 60 **No.** 60 [an ink blot at the left of the number] **Date and Place of Birth** Fourth / February / 1866 / Ardgroom **Name** Patrick **Sex** Male **Father** Daniel / Harrington / Ardgroom **Mother** [John?] / Harrington / formerly / [Neill?] **Rank or Profession of Father** Farmer **Informant** Daniel his [X] mark [the "X mark" partly hidden under a large hand-drawn oval] Harrington / Father / Ardgroom **When Registered** Fifteenth / February / 1866 **Signature of Registrar** [scrawled signature, illegible; below it a large hand-drawn oval ring and no word] **Baptismal Name** [blank] *Marginal note in the left margin beside entry 60, between two short strokes:* For new / copy see / Sup Vol *Marginal note beside entry 60, across the table's right-hand rule into the margin:* [Do?] in Reg / Bk ## Entry 61 **No.** 61 **Date and Place of Birth** Eighth / February / 1866 / Cahirkeem **Name** [Roger?] **Sex** Male **Father** James / Lee / Cahirkeem **Mother** Mary / Lee / formerly / [Regan?] **Rank or Profession of Father** Farmer **Informant** Mary her [X] mark Lee / Mother / Cahirkeem **When Registered** Nineteenth / February / 1866 **Signature of Registrar** [scrawled signature, illegible] / Registrar **Baptismal Name** [blank] ## Entry 62 **No.** 62 **Date and Place of Birth** Fifth / February / 1866 / Cluin **Name** Catherine **Sex** Female **Father** John / Harrington / Cluin **Mother** Ellen / Harrington / formerly / Harrington **Rank or Profession of Father** Miner **Informant** [Agnes?] her [X] mark Harrington / Present at Birth / Cahirkeem **When Registered** Nineteenth / February / 1866 **Signature of Registrar** [scrawled signature, illegible] / Registrar **Baptismal Name** [blank] ## Entry 63 **No.** 63 **Date and Place of Birth** Second / February / 1866 / Kilcatherine **Name** James **Sex** Male **Father** John / [Bohane?] / Kilcatherine **Mother** Mary / [Bohane?] / formerly / [Bohane?] **Rank or Profession of Father** Farmer **Informant** Mary her [X] mark [Bohane?] / Mother / Kilcatherine **When Registered** Nineteenth / February / 1866 **Signature of Registrar** [scrawled signature, illegible] / Registrar **Baptismal Name** [blank] ## Entry 64 **No.** 64 **Date and Place of Birth** First / February / 1866 / Ballydonegan **Name** John **Sex** Male **Father** Timothy / Murphy / Ballydonegan **Mother** Mary / Sullivan / formerly / Sullivan **Rank or Profession of Father** Miner **Informant** Joan[?] her [X] mark Shea / Present at Birth / Ballydonegan **When Registered** Eighteenth / February / 1866 **Signature of Registrar** [scrawled signature, illegible] / Registrar **Baptismal Name** [blank] ## Entry 65 **No.** 65 **Date and Place of Birth** Second / February / 1866 / [Garinish?] **Name** Patrick **Sex** Male **Father** Denis / Murphy / [Garinish?] **Mother** [Honora?] / Murphy / formerly / Harrington **Rank or Profession of Father** Farmer **Informant** Denis his [X] mark Murphy / Father / [Garinish?] **When Registered** Twenty / Second / February / 1866 **Signature of Registrar** [scrawled signature, illegible] / Registrar **Baptismal Name** [blank] ## Entry 66 **No.** 66 **Date and Place of Birth** Fifteenth[?] / February / 1866 [the year underlined] / Ardgroom **Name** Catherine **Sex** Female **Father** Daniel / Harrington / Ardgroom **Mother** Mary / Harrington / formerly / [Neill?] **Rank or Profession of Father** Farmer **Informant** Daniel his [X] mark Harrington / Father / Ardgroom **When Registered** Twenty / Eighth / February / 1866 **Signature of Registrar** [scrawled signature, illegible, a large curved stroke through it] / Registrar **Baptismal Name** [blank] ## Certificate (printed form, completed in handwriting) I [signature of the Registrar, a scrawl, the last word resembling "Hayes?"] Registrar of Births and Deaths in the District of Kilcatherine in the Union of Castletown in the Count [blank] of Cork do hereby certify, that this is a true Copy of the Registrar's Book of Births within the said District, from the Entry of the Birth of [Mary?] Cronin No. 57 to the Entry of the Birth of [Catherine?] Harrington No. 66 Witness my hand, this [blank] day of [blank] 18[a stroke, no digits]. [signature as above] Registrar. I have examined the above, and have compared it with the said original Registrar's Book, and hereby certify that it is a true Copy. Witness my hand, this 24th day of April 1866. T. R. Harrington Superintendent Registrar.

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Open questions

  • Run vision pass to isolate the Hanley entry. Specifically: Which row has Hanley appearing (mother's maiden name vs child's surname)? What are the parents' full names + the townland of dwelling?
  • Is the Hanley family of Beara 1866 related to the family Murphy, Lyne, Sullivan, or Hanrahan lines through marriage or sibling relationship? Pending Annals of Beara cross-check.

Source ID: 1866-02_kilcatherine-co-cork_hanley-births-register-page

Reference: True-copy certified page from the 1866 Kilcatherine RD birth register, pages 12, 13 & 14 (record ref 02300966, file 85). Birth entries Nos. 57-66 (approximate range) covering early February 1866 births. Certified by the district Registrar (signature illegible; not C. Lewis); counter-examined by T. R. Harrington, Superintendent Registrar, 24 April 1866.

Accessed by lukedmurphy on 2026-05-27.