Meehan Daniel 1843 – 1914 and Tierney Mary 1840 – 1885
This page is not finished. More than anyone I have been researching, I have to say, Daniel Meehan has me baffled as to what his true story is – whether…
Collopy Patrick 1823 – 1865 and Hanora Connell 1826 – 1905
Patrick Collopy was born on May 6, 1864 in Bruree, County Limerick, Ireland to parents Thomas Collopy and Margaret O’Regan. His brother was John Collopy married to Frances Meehan. His…
The Resiliance of O’Shea James (1836-1919) & Meehan Margaret (1842-1912)
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…
Meehan Ellen 1838 – 1889 and Burns James 1828 – 1893
Ellen Meehan was born in 1838 to parents John Meehan and Margaret Shanahan 1838–1889, Ellen Meehan – this is note from Jerry Smith (my cousin) who has done most of…
A DNA Detective Story: Unravelling the Ancestry of Meehan Catherine 1860-1927 & Ah Fie Thomas 1855 – 1909
Catherine Meehan was born on January 15, 1860, in Bruree, County Limerick, Ireland, to Timothy Meehan and Johanna Lyons. Sponsors were Ellen Russell and Patrick Lyons. If…
Meehan Frances 1829 – 1870 & Collopy John 1817 – 1877
Frances Meehan was born in 1829 in Bruree, County Limerick, the eldest surviving child of John Meehan and Margaret Shanahan. Bruree, with its rolling green fields and close-knit community, was…
The Merging of Two Clans: Meehan John 1805 – 1864 & Shanahan Margaret 1805 – 1885
As the chart above shows, two Meehan brothers from Bruree married two Shanahan sisters, also from Bruree, Co. Limerick, Ireland. John Meehan and Margaret Shanahan that we are reading about…
Bruree – Fr. Eugene Sheehy, Priest and Patriot
Eugene Sheehy was a priest, president of the local branch of the Irish National Land League in Kilmallock, and a founding member of the Gaelic Athletic Association. Known as the…
Irishmen Arrested in the Aftermath of the Kilmallock Rising of 1867
These are some of the Fenian men arrested in connection to the attack on the RIC barracks ain the events at Kilmallock during the Fenian Rising of 1867 Patrick Walsh…