Another Denis Buggy in County Kilkenny

What my friend Roxanne didn’t know when she visited the homeland of her ancestor Dennis Buggy, is that there is in Kilkenny a man whose grandfather also was named Denis Buggy. He shared this photo of Denis and wife Catherine (Leary) Buggy of Grovine, Kilkenny. Denis was from Conahy, Kilkenny, a parish just east of Freshford, where American Dennis Buggy was baptized.[1] With origins in adjacent parishes, a family connection between the two men is possible, but unknown.

Wedding portrait of Denis and Catherine (Leary) Buggy. The dress dates the photo to the mid 1890s.

Courtesy of Denis Buggy.

The 1911 census gives a glimpse of Denis and Catherine’s family.  All family members were Roman Catholic (column 4), could read and write (except the two youngest children, col. 5), were born in Co. Kilkenny (col. 13), and spoke English (except the one-year-old, col. 14). None was infirm (col. 15). Catherine Buggy had been married fifteen years (col. 10), and given birth to nine live children (col. 11), of which seven were still living (col. 12).[2]

No.	Christian name	Surname	Relation to head	Age, male	Age, female	Occupation	Civil status
1	Denis	Buggy	Head	39		Farmer	Married
2	Cathrine	Buggy	Wife		36		Married
3	Mary	Leary	Mother in Law		60		Widow
4	Annie	Buggy	Daughter		14	Scholar	Single
5	Richard	Buggy	Son	12	12	Scholar	Single
6	Bridget	Buggy	Daughter		10	Scholar	Single
7	Kathleen	Buggy	Daughter		6	Scholar	Single
8	Marget, M	Buggy	Daughter		4	-----	Single
9	John James	Buggy	Son	1		-----	Single

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[1] “Catholic Parishes of County Kilkenny,” County Kilkenny Ireland Genealogy (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/caparish_kilkenny.htm : accessed 9 March 2014).

[2] Census of Ireland, 1911, Outrath [indexed as Antrath], Kilkenny, Form A, Grovine West townland, Denis Buggy household; digital image, The National Archives of Ireland (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002597974/ : accessed 10 March 2014), images 289-90.

© 2014 Judy Kellar Fox, CG