Rathfarnham

   Thanks to irishgenealogy.ie, and their incredible access to church records, my search for my connection to the genealogy of the medieval O'Flaherties is now a step closer.  On the website I found the following information:
   There is a record in the Roman Catholic Church of Rathfarnham, in south Dublin, of the marriage between "Pat Flaherty" and "Rose Dunn," a bachelor and a single woman, witnessed by James Waters and "Margt" Pluck on 14 July 1828..
   Pat and Rose Flaherty's names come up repeatedly in Rathfarnham.  They serve as marriage witnesses, and parents in the parish records.  There names are repeatedly linked with Andrew and Elizabeth Dunn Flaherty, who are also married in Rathfarnham, who also have similarly named children baptized in the same church.
   I am confident enough in what I have reviewed to separate the "Rathfarnham O'Flaherties" in Dublin from other branches of the clan in different places in Ireland at that time.  The O'Flaherties of Tralee, in Kerry, for example, seem firmly established.  So we can distinguish the Rathfarnham branch, who seem somewhat established in the Rathfarnham area in by the 1770's, several other Flaherties show up on the church records in the late 1700s.
   Finding Patrick's father is the next elusive step.

This post is dedicated to Rose Dunn.  There is a record of Rose Dunn, daughter of Wm. Dunn and Ann Cammel born 24 July 1804 in Cork, South Parish.

The brooch in the picture is now owned by Jean Becker.  Jean's mother Florence Brown - daughter of Julia, daughter of Patrick and Julia O'Flaherty - was the great-granddaughter of Rose Dunn and Pat Flaherty of Rathfarnham in Dublin.  Picture courtesy of Jean Oldenbuttel Becker.