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My great grandfather Maurice O'Connor left Ballymacelligott in 1879 to travel to New Zealand and meet up with his older brother Patrick.

Around 1882 their brother Dan emigrated to Chicago in the United States

In 1884 their parents and 10 other siblings followed Dan to Chicago. Contact between the two halves of the family was lost for many years but the finally reconnected after their mother had died.

I will be in this part of Kerry in September this year but dont expect to find a great deal.  Still interested in any contact from family members.

maryhutching

Monday 11th Mar 2013, 08:49PM

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  • Hi Mary,

     

    My granduncle was the Parish Priest of Ballymac

     

    What exactly would you like to research.

     

    Brendan

    www.researchireland.com

    BrendanJoseph

    Monday 11th Mar 2013, 09:29PM
  • HI Brendan

    I think I just want to get a general lie of the land.  I have looked at the www.irishgenealogy.ie site and found some of the O'Connor children on it but the parish records only seem to start in 1862 and my great grandfather's birth was before then so is not noted.  The children are noted as being born in Ash Hill and Gortlatlea which are close to Ballymacelligott

    It would be very useful to know when their parents Patrick O'Connor and Catherine MCarthy got married - the date I got off the 1900 US census is quite late (1861) and they would had 3 children by that time. 

    However as I said I dont expect to find a great deal as the entire family left and went to NZ and the US.  It would be very hard to prove any links to extended famiy.

     

    Kind Regards

     

    maryhutching

    Sunday 17th Mar 2013, 02:58AM
  • Dear Irish friends

     

    My husband, Bill and I will be traveling to Ireland on April 15th and we have two days schedued for 

    Kerry.  Our hotel stated that our destination, Farmers Bridge, is 25 minutes from them.

     

    It would be great to learn if any Shaughnessys or Loughlin are in the general area of Tralee.  Other townships 

    were Lisardboula and Ballyseedy.  They are close to Farmers Bridge.

     

    Can anyone give me some direction as to how to find out who the residents are in the areas I have mentioned ?

    Also, where is the cemetery - catholic ?  I think they were affiliated with Macelligott Parish.

     

    Anne Baldwin

    NY

    OShaughnessyLoughlin

    Sunday 17th Mar 2013, 02:19PM
  • Hi 

    This is the website to look for the phone numbers hope it helps, http://www.eircomphonebook.ie/

    also chek out the local shops - Pubs - garages, they are very helpfulgood luck and enjoy you journey Maureen O'Connor NZ

    Sunday 24th Mar 2013, 07:20AM
  • Hello there,

     

    Checking the map Farmers Bridge is very close to Ballymac Catholic Church. There is a small graveyard attached to the church. The main burial ground would have been Tralee unless the family had a family plot elsewhere.

     

    Tralee library would be a good place to visit, they have a resident archivest.

     

    Brendan

    BrendanJoseph

    Sunday 24th Mar 2013, 09:10AM
  • Brendan

    Anne Baldwin here from NY.  Just returned from County Kerry where I had a brief time to do a bit

    of research.  I did meet two familes in Farmers Bridge that gave me info on my O'Shaughnessy line .

    I tried to find the Clogher church , which , as I understand it was on the way to Castleisland.

     

    Of course, I was in a hurry to get back to Killarney but we took the drive and had good directions.  I did not

    find the Clogher church.  I have information that my Margaret Alice O'Shaughnessy was married to Denis O'Loughlin

    at the Clogher Roman Catholic church on April 25, 1881.  On that same day and same church, Margarets brother

    Michael O'Shaughnessy married Mary Louney and they had a son, Morris O'Shaughnessy in 1883.  Mary Louney

    died in 1883 and Morris subsequently married Julia Louney, sister to Mary and they had 7 children, 5 girls and 

    two boys. Michael and John O'Shaughnessy.  I found a death notice for Michael on October 6, 1974.

    So, my question to you Brendan , is if I can get any information from the Clogher church records on these families. I

    would be interested in Margaret Alices and Michael O'Shaughnessys parents.  I have noted that their parents

    were Morris O'Shaughnessy and Margaret Glavin which may or may not be accurate.

     

    Any guidance would be greatly welcomed.

     

    Anne Baldwin

    annebill79@hotmail.com

    OShaughnessyLoughlin

    Tuesday 23rd Apr 2013, 11:38PM

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