Jeremiah Daly was a son of John (Seán Beag) Daly and Johanna Collins.
Ellen Daly was a daughter of Con Daly and Kate Nyhan of Lisbealad (farmer).

Jeremiah Daly of Derrygrea (Derrynagree) and Ellen Daly of Lisballad (Lisbealad) married in the Catholic Church in Drimoleague on 13 February 1872.  The marriage witnesses were John Hurley and Con Daly.


                      Extract from Marriage Register

Children born in Derrygrea and baptised on dates shown in Baptismal Register:

Johanna Daly, 25 April 1873.  Sponsors: James Daly, Catherine Daly

John Daly, 14 March 1875.  Sponsors: Tim Daly, Johanna Daly

Denis Daly, 12 Feb 1877.  Sponsors: Patrick Daly, Ellen Daly

Cornelius Daly, 9 Jan 1879.  Sponsors: Cornelius Daly, Mary Daly

Jeremiah Daly, 16 Jan 1881.  Sponsors: Denis Daly, Catherine Daly

Children born in Derrygrea on dates shown on Civil Birth Register:

Patrick Daly, 1 Aug 1883

James Daly, born 3 Nov 1885

Timothy Daly, 15 Aug 1888

Michael Daly, 20 Oct 1890

Thomas Vincent Daly, 29 Aug 1893

It was the normal practice to baptise a newborn baby within a day or two of their birth, indeed some, if born early on a day, were baptised that evening.  Let us take the child Cornelius Daly to compare his birth date with his baptismal date.  Cornelius was baptised on 9 January 1879 according to the Baptismal Register in Drimoleague Parish.  His birth is registered in the State Birth records and it was registered on 1 April 1879 by Patrick Dempsey, Derrygrea.  Here the date of birth for Cornelius is shown as 28 February 1879.  I have seen several examples of this where the State record has the birth a number of days, weeks and even months  after the baptism.  Also noting that the event was in each case registered some weeks after the birth date showing on the State register.  I believe that the baptism date is far more reliable as being very close to the birth date.  Under the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1874 it was "the duty of the father and mother of the child, and in default of the father and mother, of the occupier of the house in which to his knowledge the child is born, and of each person present at the birth, and of the person having charge of the child, to give to the registrar, within forty-two days next after such birth, information of the particulars required to be registered concerning such birth, and in the presence of the registrar to sign the register".  You were liable to be fined if a birth was registered late and so to avoid paying the fine some families gave a date of birth for the child later than the actual date and such can result in the baptism date predating the birth date in the records, and causing confusion for some researchers.