According to Griffiths Valuation, Maurice Lawlor and his family were resident at Fenit Within in 1853. Maurice was a tenant of Miss S A E Locke. Anyone researching the Lawlor family is in luck because an application was made for a pension on behalf of this family in 1917. The details recovered from a search of the 1851 Census, included the following:
Maurice Lawlor born c 1792
wife Catherine, born c1795, married 1814
children
Patt b c1821
John b c1826
Maurice b c1828
David b c1836
Daniel b c1847
Mary b c1824
Ellen b c1831
Catherine b c1835
Edmund b c 1833
A search of the microfilms for Ardfert Parish might yield baptismal confirmation for these people.
Census Search Forms 1851: Search conducted 1917
Though the applicant is simply named as 'the Lawlor family' a search of the 1911 Census for Tawlaght provides only one person with the surname Lawlor who would have been eligible for an old-age pension, Norry Lawlor aged 73, a widow living with her two sons Pat and Ned. Norry is an abbreviation of Hanora, which is also sometimes recorded as Hannah. Pat and Ned are both fishermen. Pat was born in London, England. A search of transcribed Church records, yields the baptism of Edmund/Ned Lawlor of Taulaght on 22 Jul 1876. His parents are named as Maurice Lawlor and Hannah Sullivan. John Lawlor, another son of this couple was baptised on 31 Aug 1873 and David Lalor baptised on 3 April 1870.
It seems likely that this Maurice Lawlor born c1828, is the son of Maurice Lawlor born c1792. Maurice died in 1879 and his age is recorded as 50.
Sources
1901 Census
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Kerry/Ballynahaglish/Tawlaght/1430859/
1911 Census
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Kerry/Ballynahaglish/Tawlaght/290791/
Death Cert Maurice Lawlor 1879
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1879/06502/4872504.pdf
The application for the pension was made by Daniel King of Taulaght on behalf of the Lawlor family. Daniel King married Catherine Stack on 26 Feb 1878. Daniel was the son of Matthew King of Talaught and Catherine was the daughter of Michael Stack of Talaught.
Joan b 1879
Margaret b 1881 m Thadeus Foley 1905
Mary b 1882
Michael b 1883
Matthew 1883
Patrick b 1885
Catherine b 1887 m Patrick Crowley 1908
Mary b 1889
Helen b 1893
Daniel b 1895-1958
John b 1897
Sources
1901 Census
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Kerry/Ballynahaglish/Tawlaght/1430903/
1911 Census
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Kerry/Ballynahaglish/Tawlaght/290805/
Daniel King Death Cert 1958
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1958/04375/4136184.pdf
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