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Seeking information on the descendants of Timothy O'Shea and Mary O'Riordan. Their son James Denis was baptised on 7 Apr 1844 in the Catholic Church of St Crohan, Caherdaniel, Kerry. He arrived with his brother Thomas in Australia in 1863.

Thank you

Judith O'Shea

Monday 15th May 2017, 11:25PM

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  • Judith:

    Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

    We have a parish liaison in Kilcrohane and I will alert her to your message. 

    If you have not heard anything in about ten days, let me know.

    Roger McDonnell

    Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Tuesday 16th May 2017, 12:57AM
  • Hi Roger,

    Thank you. I haven't had a reply as yet. Any information on this O'Shea family would be gratefully received as we don't know much more than this. We believe James and Thomas also had a brother Michael but have not been able to confirm this.

    Regards

    Judith O'Shea

    Wednesday 28th Jun 2017, 05:41AM
  • Judith:

    Sorry that no one got back to you.

    I searched on www.irishgenealogy.ie which has Co. Kerry church records. I located records for possible siblings to James as follows: Mary May 4 1847 Bridget October 1 1849 Catherine November 29 1852 Thomas January 30 1859 Record for Thomas below. All of the records located were in the Glenbeigh/Glencar RC parish which is two parishes north of Caherdaniel. The other conern is the record I located was for 1859 so was he 4 when he came with James Denis in 1863? Maybe this is not the correct Timothy O'Shea/Mary O'Riordan family. Appreciate your comments.

    Roger McDonnell

    Area - KERRY (RC) ,cR

    Baptism of THOMAS SHEA of CLAHANE on 30 January 1859

    NameTHOMAS SHEADate of Birth30 January 1859 (BASED ON OTHER DATE INFORMATION)AddressCLAHANEFatherTIMOTHY SHEAMotherMARY RIORDAN

    Further details in the record

    Father OccupationNRSponsor 1DENIS DONAVANSponsor 2BRIDGET SHEAPriestREV. T. HALLINAN

    Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Thursday 29th Jun 2017, 04:28PM
  • Judith:

    I went back and modified my search criteria and located the 1844 record for James but no other recordsfor the family. Here is the link to the Caherdaniel parish register  http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0659

    Roger

    Area - KERRY (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - CAHERDANIEL

    Baptism of JAMES O SHEA of LISS on 7 April 1844

    NameJAMES O SHEADate of Birth7 April 1844 (BASED ON OTHER DATE INFORMATION)AddressLISSFatherTIMOTHY NRMotherMARY RIORDAN

    Further details in the record

    Father OccupationNRSponsor 1TIMOTHY REARDONSponsor 2GOBNET RIORPriestREV P O CONNELL

    Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Thursday 29th Jun 2017, 04:43PM
  • Hi Roger,

    Thank you.

    Based on marriage and death certificates for Thomas , his birth would have been between 1837 and 1840. What is the 

    'other information" used to estabish a date of birth for the Thomas SHEA baptism you found? Could we assume he was baptised as an adult? 

     

    Regards

    Judith

    Wednesday 5th Jul 2017, 04:42AM
  • Judith:

    I have seen that annotation a number of times and it appears to me that this child was born and baptized on the same day and was not an adult.

    Roger

    Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Wednesday 5th Jul 2017, 02:38PM
  • Thank You for taking the time to check Roger.

    Judith

     

     

    Monday 10th Jul 2017, 05:29AM

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