LANGAN'S HISTORICAL A-Z, INDEX & DIARY BY George Langan

Tag: glenagragara

  • DENIS MULLANE, LOWER DIRREEN, ATHEA, CO. LIMERICK By George Langan.

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     On Feb 21st, 1903 at Glin church, Jeremiah Mulvihill, Aughrim, Moyvane, Co. Kerry married JOHANNA MULLANE, born on June 7th, 1866, died on July 21st, 1932, daughter of Denis Mullane and Johanna Scanlon. The witnesses for the wedding were Denis Mulvihill & Johanna Granvillle. Johanna Scanlon was born in 1822 in Dirreen, Athea, County Limerick. She died on Jan 27th, 1912 in Dromreask, Glin, County Limerick aged…

  • MACKESSEY FAMILY, TARMONS, CO. KERRY & ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT, U.S.A. By George Langan.

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    Decendents of Thomas Mackessey.Thomas Mackessey, Tarmons married Catherine Kennelly. Famly from that union as follows: (1) Timothy Mackessey. b. circa 1838. Timothy Mackessey was born circa 1838. He married Elizabeth Mulvihill on Feb 11th 1872, at Murhur Parish, in the Parish of Newtownsandes, daughter of John Mulvihill. Elizabeth was born circa 1846. Newtownsandes. Witness – Edmund Sheahan. Elizabeth was the daughter of John…

  • PETER LANGAN (1) KILPADOGUE, TARBERT, CO. KERRY. By George Langan.

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    Peter Langan. (1) Peter Langan (1), son of Patrick (1) lived at Kilpadogue. On Jan 8th, 1898 at Tarbert church Peter Langan married Anne Goulding from Carhoona daughter of John Goulding and Ann Hynes. The witnesses being Edmond McNamara and Katie Moloney.  John Goulding was the son of Hugh Goulding, Carhoona and Anne Hynes was the daughter of Michael Hynes, Lisreidy, Ballyhahill, Co. Limerick. They were married on Feb 17th 1874 at Glin…

  • SEAN O’LONGAIN By George Langan.

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    Sean O Longain. Circa 1771, thirty years after Michael Mac Peadair had left Glin, we find his brother Sean acting as agent for the Knight, Thomas Fitzgerald. It appears that sometime after Michael had departed for Cork, Sean left his home in Ballydonoghue and came to live in Glenagragra. He got married to Ellen Culhane…

  • JEREMIAH JOSEPH MC SWEENEY By George Langan.

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    MARY6 O’LONGÁN(JOSEPH5, MICHEÁL Ó’LONGÁN ( MICHEÁL ÓG4 ), MICHÉAL MAC PEADER3 O’LONGÁN, PEADER2, ANCESTOR1 O’ LONGÁN) was born 13 Mar 1851 in Whitechurch Co. Cork, and was alive up to the 1901 and 1911 Census.  She married JEREMIAH JOSEPH MC SWEENEY.  Children of MARY O’LONGÁN and JEREMIAH JOSEPH MC SWEENEY are:            i.  MORGAN PAT7 MC SWEENEY, b. 17 Apr 1873, at 2 Carolines  Row. Notes for MORGAN PAT…

  • JOSEPH O’LONGAIN 1816-1880. By George Langan.

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    Joseph O’Longain. 1816-1880.  The youngest son of Michael Og and reputed to be one of the greatest of all traditional scholars.  Another undated letter of ‘Launey’s’ to the Knight of Glin states – it was Joseph who executed for the R.I.A. his famous lithographic facsimiles of the oldest vellum manuscripts extant such as the ‘Book of…

  • PAUL O’LONGAIN 1801-1866. By George Langan

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    Paul O’Longain. 1801-1866. Paul O’Longain. 1801-1866. Paul was the first to go to Dublin. He was employed by the Royal Irish Academy until his death, on August 18th, 1866. It was he also who taught Irish to the nineteenth century patriot, Thomas Davis. Kate Langan (who may have been married to McInerney) of Tullyglass, Glin, reared Peter and Paul. Thomas F.…

  • John Griffin 1853-1935. By George Langan.

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    John Griffin  (son of George Griffin & Johanna McGrath) John Griffin b. Mar 1853, Ballyguiltenane, Glin, Co Limerick, d. 21 Oct 1935, Invercargill, New Zealand. (Ballyguiltenane was often given for Glenagragra back then). John emigrated to New Zealand circa 1876 and lived on the South Island where he married  Mary Dooley b. 11 May 1867, Fearagha, Tuam, Co. Galway, m. 28…

  • Jack Connolly, Ballinamadough, Glin, Co. Limerick. By George Langan.

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    JACK CONNOLLY (1916-2013) Taken from Turtule Bunbury’s Vanishing Ireland and from Facebook. Farmer – Glin, Co Limerick Our sincere condolences to the family of Jack Connolly who passed away on Saturday 16th November aged 97. Jack appeared in the second volume of the Vanishing Ireland series. This is his story from the book……….. ‘Keep your eyes open,…

  • Denis Quille, Dromada, Athea. By George Langan.

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    Denis Joseph Quill born February 8th 1905, baptised February 8th, Fr. D. Hanley. Godparents; William Kelly & Johanna Kelly. Denis settled in the home farm and married Mary Dore daughter of Mike Dore & Brigid Horan, Dirrha, Listowel (& later of Knockane, Listowel). Had a family of 11, one of whom was Liam, whom I knew quite…