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

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  • LANGAN’S HISTORICAL A-Z, INDEX & DIARY By George Langan.

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        Family genealogy, stories, local history generally from West Limerick, North Kerry and beyond compiled in an A-Z index. Births, Marriages & Deaths etc. In areas where certain surnames are extremely common, it was necessary for me to assign nicknames to distinguish one family from the other. I can assure you, my intention is…

  • NORMILE/NORMOYLE FAMILY DROMREASK, GLIN, CO. LIMERICK By George Langan.

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    MARY ANNE5 FEURY (daughter of James4 Jim Feury & Joan O’Donnell) was born on 09 Aug 1873 in Ballyguiltenane, Glin County Limerick. She died on 10 Jun 1949 in Upper Turraree, Glin County Limerick Ireland. On Feb 6th, 1898 at Glin church, Mary Anne married Thomas Normile, son of Thomas Normile and Anne Enright, the witnesses being Patrick Enright & Bridget Feury. Thomas was born on Aug 20th, 1869 at Ballyguiltenane, Glin.…

  • LANGAN PATRICK, GLENAGRAGRA, ATHEA, CO. LIMERICK. R.I.P. Dec 28th, 2023.

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    Langan Patrick…Monday, March 6th, 1950….birth of Patrick Langan, Glasha. His sponsors being – His grandfather, Paddy Langan and his aunt, Joan Lynch. Patrick died on Dec 28th, 2023. On Mon Dec, 12th, 1983, built up the sides of the hayshed to make garage. Jan 6th, 1984, Patrick got house phone connected at a cost of…

  • THOMAS FEURY, GLENAGRAGRA, CO. LIMERICK, By George Langan & Mary King.

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    Thomas4 Feury was born in 1843 in Lakyle North, Co. Clare Ireland. He died at Glenagragra, Co. Limerick circa 1927. He married Honora Kelly, daughter of Michael Kelly, on 28 Feb 1865 in Catholic Chapel of Killofin, Labasheeda, County Clare Ireland. She was born in 1843 in Co. Clare Ireland. She died after 1901 in Glenagragra,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • TOM LANGAN (CAPTAIN STEELE) By George Langan.

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    Tom Langan (Captain Steele) Tom Langan who lived in Glenagragra was one of the best-known men in Munster during the 1798 Rising. He was known locally as ‘Captain Steele’ because he allegedly killed a man of that name during the said Rising in Co. Wexford. Tom, along with Gerald Fitzgerald, brother to John Bateman Fitzgerald, Knight…

  • 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…