Roger Maher & Anne Dudley

KILLOUGH, TEMPLEMORE, TIPPERARY, IRELAND

Roger Maher

b. c1798 Tipperary, Ireland

d. 6 Apr 1891, Killough, Tipperary, Ireland

Anne Dudley

b. c1808 Portlaoise, Co. Leix, Ireland ; parents Charles (Large) DUDLEY & Catherine McALLISTER

Roger and Anne Maher are both buried in an unmarked grave at Killala, Templemore, Tipperary, Ireland

Children

1. James MAHER	chr. 29 Nov 1829 Killough, Tipperary, Ireland Witnesses to the christening were John Dudley and Judith Maher.
2. John MAHER	chr. 7 Nov 1831 Killough, Tipperary, Ireland; m. 24 Feb 1868 Tipperary – Ann ORMOND – 9 children Witnesses to the christening were James and May Maher
3. Sarah MAHER	chr. 18 Dec 1836 Killough, Tipperary, Ireland Witnesses to the christening were Large Dudley and Kitty Maher
4. Thomas MAHER	chr. 25 Mar 1840 Killough, Tipperary, Ireland; d. 27 Sep 1914 Seymour, Vic.; m. 13 Feb 1862 Pentridge (Coburg), Vic. – Catherine COSTIGAN (b. 1842 Portlaoise, Laois, Ireland; parents Patrick COSTIGAN & Catherine CREAGH; d. 05 Oct 1930 Seymour, Vic.; buried Seymour, Vic.) – 4 children Thomas was christened under the name ‘Large’ Witnesses to Thomas’ christening were Edmond Bowen and Sally Dudley
5. Mary MAHER	chr. 16 Aug 1843 Killough, Tipperary, Ireland Witnesses to the christening were Michael Mahony and Sarah Mair
6. Michael MAHER	chr. 11 Nov 1846 Killough, Tipperary, Ireland Witnesses to the christening were James Fitzroy(?) and Mary Dudley
7. Anne MAHER	b. Tipperary, Ireland
8. Catherine MAHER	b. Tipperary, Ireland

Killough Cross

If you travel south along the N62 from Roscrea, Co.Tipperary, going towards Templemore and about half-way turn in to the right, you come to the village of Clonakenny. About a mile or so through the village centre, you come to Killough Cross. It is just a crossroads and the roads themselves are not main roads, so you need directions from the locals. On the north-east corner of the crossroads in 1980 could be found a cow-shed built of the local rocks. It is all that is left of a substantial two-storey farm house and it is from there that Thomas Maher set out for Australia in 1859.
(Cleary, Bernard. Mostly Celt, Chapter 6)