Person in this family
Thomas Cooney
Born 15 February 1887; death not recorded
Son of Peter Coony and Margaret Needham of Derrycriff; the 1889 year recorded here is contradicted by the birth record. Thomas was the third child found, arriving almost exactly one year after Bridget; the civil register corrects our family tree's birth year from 1889 to 1887.
Proved by a record
Thomas Cooney was born at Derrycriff, County Mayo, on 15 February 1887 to Peter Cooney and Margaret Needham.
Born at Derrycriff, Islandeady, County Mayo, Ireland
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Worked out from the recorded parents and marriages. No sex is recorded for anyone in this archive, so the wording stays neutral.
Life
Thomas Cooney was born on 15 February 1887 at Derrycriff in the Islandeady registration district of County Mayo. The civil birth row reads “Fifteenth February 1887,” “Thomas,” father “Peter Coony,” mother “Margaret Coony formerly Needham,” and father’s occupation “Farmer.”
This original record corrects a family-tree birth year of 1889. Nothing in this archive documents Thomas after his birth.
How we know this: Strong for birth and parentage; no later-life evidence is presently connected to Thomas. [1][2][3]
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Places listed on this page
- Islandeady, County Mayo, Ireland
- Derrycriff, Islandeady, County Mayo, Ireland
- County Mayo, Ireland
- Ireland
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Born
Birth: 15 February 1887, Derrycriff, Islandeady registration district, County Mayo. [2]
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Born
Civil birth row: “Fifteenth February 1887,” “Derrycriff,” “Thomas,” father “Peter Coony,” mother “Margaret Coony formerly Needham,” father “Farmer.” [1]
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Original records
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What the records say
2 of 3 records transcribed.
Record exhibit
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Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Eleventh December 1884, | Derrycriff, | Mary, | Peter Coony, | Margaret Coony formerly Needham, | Farmer. | Sixteenth February 1886, | Bridget, | Fifteenth February 1887, | Thomas, | Eleventh August 1888, | Anne, | Sixteenth October 1890, | Peter, | First August 1894, | Ellen, | Peter Cooney, | Margaret Cooney formerly Needham, | Peter Coony/Cooney, | Farmer
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Eleventh December 1884, | Derrycriff, | Mary, | Peter Coony, | Margaret Coony formerly Needham, | Farmer. | Sixteenth February 1886, | Bridget, | Fifteenth February 1887, | Thomas, | Eleventh August 1888, | Anne, | Sixteenth October 1890, | Peter, | First August 1894, | Ellen, | Peter Cooney, | Margaret Cooney formerly Needham,
Record exhibit
Peter Cooney household, 1901 census of Ireland, Derrycreeve, Islandeady, County Mayo
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Historical context
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What we still don't know
- Find Thomas in the 1901 and 1911 Irish censuses.
- Trace his later civil, migration, marriage, or death records.
- [UPGRADED ON THE 1901 CENSUS] The parent link on this page was carried as unchecked until 9 August 2026. The **1901 census of Derrycreeve** settles it: this child is in Peter Cooney and Margaret Needham's household at aged fourteen, exactly the age the civil birth registration implies.
- Search the 1901 and 1911 Irish censuses and later civil/migration records for Thomas.