Month: April 2025

In the bleak years of Ireland’s Great Famine, desperation drove hundreds of thousands to the harbors of Cork, Dublin, and Liverpool. There, families gathered their few precious belongings — a…

Ireland’s history has been deeply shaped by repeated famines, the most devastating being the Great Famine of the 19th century. However, before and after that terrible period, other food crises…

  William F. Quinn was born in Buffalo, USA in 1910 to parents Mary T. O’Shea and Patrick J. Quinn In the heart of Elk Street, amidst the bustling rhythm…

Timothy J. O’Shea was born on May 29, 1869, in Ballygrennan (now called Granagh), Co. Limerick to James O’Shea and Margaret Meehan.   Timothy left Ireland for USA at age…

John J. O’Shea was born on a crisp day in 1863 in the tiny village of Granagh, nestled in a fertile valley about a mile from the Hill of Knockfierna—“the…

Margaret Meehan was born in Bruree and baptized there on December 23, 1834.  Her parents were Margaret Shanahan and John Meehan,  Her baptism sponsors were her maternal uncle Timothy Shanahan and…

Ellen O’Shea’s parents were James O’Shea and Margaret Connors Catherine O’Shea was born on March 2 to Patrick O’Shea and Mary Hannan.  Her mother, Mary, registered the birth on the…

Patrick O’Shea was born in March 1835 in County Limerick, Ireland.  His parents were James O’Shea and Margaret Connors. According to his marriage certificate his father is a farmer in…

  In the 1853 Griffith’s Valuation, 107 acres of land at Kilmacanerla North were recorded as the property of Wm. H. Franks. He, in turn, rented this land to James…

Timothy O’Shea was born in 1796.  I do not know his parents’ names, but he had two brothers – Thomas and James. 1849 in the Valuation Records – the House…