Finbar mentions the Sheepshead peninsula, where I have DNA matches. Can anyone tell me how easy it was to travel between the Beara and Sheepshead peninsulas in the days before motorized transport? Was it possible to follow the coastline in a curragh or other small craft? I ask because I'm wondering how closely the Sullivans of Sheepshead might have been connected to those living on the Beara, and whether there would be anything like Riobard's great work on the Beara to help me trace Sheepshead family. DNA results suggest that my paternal gggf Timothy J.Sullivan (b. abt 1819) came from the Kilcrohane area, since my brother and I match living descendants of Donovans, O'Donovans and Sullivans from Laherndota as well as Coughlans from Kilcrohane itself. Carola Murray-Seegert (Researching CONROY - Fuhir, Beara; SULLIVAN, Kilcrohane, Sheepshead) On Feb 4, 2015, at 8:40 PM, Dr. Finbar O Mahony via wrote: > Hello again > > One suggestion is to start a Facebook page for Beara DNA. There is a > similar page for Cork DNA which focuses on the city. > > There are other groups in the USA who have West Cork connections but they > focus on one family who are descendants of one man (the Aomos Collins page > springs to mind). > > At present there is an Allihies FB page and an Allihies - the Copper Road > page. Either of these pages could consider hosting the Beara DNA > information exchange or a separate Beara DNA page could be launched.Both of > the pages mentioned could explain the spread of sporadic matches that > people have from Beara to Waterford. There are other explanations but that > is one where those experience in mining and transportation followed that > route (and some followed the brewing apparently). > > If interested in finding family links through DNA testing , then you should > opt for aautosomal DNA test. These are the Family Finder Test from FTDNA, > the 23andme test is an autosomal test and there is the Ancestry Test. here > is a link for information purposes only. I have tested with all three but > am just a user of these tests and not representative of any company. > > http://www.myheritage.com/all-dna-tests > > To share the information those interested could > > (a) test their autosomal DNA (generally just requires you to spit into a > tube) > (b) load your results to gedmatch > (c) share genealogical information. > > A spreadsheet of Beara connections/ matches will help and there are free > genealogical spreadsheets or tools available for this purpose . > > Consider setting up a Beara specific DNA project at FTDNA. There is a > facility for doing this at Family Tree DNA....just look at there projects > page at www.ftdna.org > > I bought the three volumes of Riobard's Annals of Beara so that is a great > help. > > This will help pool all the work massive done by Riobard O Dwyer, by Bill > Gawne and others over the years. > > It might even help me (and others) to find out the basis of links to the > Sullivans, the Downings/Downeys/ Sheehans / Murphys ....and I have matches > to all of them. > > It is a great way to honour our "lost" connections. > > So, test :-) > > I hope to get down to the Sheepshead and Beara in April and will have some > 23andme and FTDNA kits with me so as to test a few unsuspecting volunteers. > > Finbar > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 3:49 PM, Nancy Avis <npavis@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> My great grandmother was Georgina Sheehan Avis, daughter of Denis Sheehan >> and Ellen Spring. Denis' parents were Denis Sheehan and Barbara -we are >> probably related because they were from Cahirmore too >> Mary Downey (or Downing) >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Barbara Neus via <beara@rootsweb.com> >> *To:* Dr. Finbar O Mahony <fin.omahony@gmail.com>; beara@rootsweb.com >> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 4, 2015 7:29 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [BEARA] Autosomal DNA - Beara Gedmatch Kit #s >> >> F... >> My Irish grandparents were: Marianne O'Sullivan Sheehan b.. July >> 10, 1870 & >> Patrick J. Sheehan b. Sept. 4, 1848. Cahermore residents. >> >> Marianne's mother was Mary (Dendie) Murphy. b. about 1842 >> >> Any connection? >> >> Best wishes. >> Barbara Neus >> >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 7:23 AM, Barbara Neus <barlin760@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> F... >>> My Irish grandparents were: Marianne O'Sullivan Sheehan b. July >> 10, >>> 1870 & >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Dr. Finbar O Mahony via < >>> beara@rootsweb.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Kevin >>>> >>>> I have Sullivan connections and links with them to Beara (Allihies and >>>> Eyeries) and also with the names Murphy, Sheehan, Collins. I have a >> number >>>> of family kits on Gedmatch and you could try F115485 and F190332. >>>> >>>> Maybe a Facebook page for Beara DNA would help? We have could of DNA >> pages >>>> fro specific areas and families. >>>> >>>> Finbar >>>> >>>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Kevin MacKinnon via <beara@rootsweb.com >>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I did a quick search and found some DNA info on this list. Curious if >>>>> there is a place where people with ancestors from Beara can share >>>> Gedmatch >>>>> info and possibly connect. My people are from the townland of >> Adrigole. >>>>> Sullivan's. If there is no other place to share info, maybe we could >>>> use >>>>> this thread? >>>>> Kevin >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>> BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes >>>>> in the subject and the body of the message >>>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Carola. What a surprise that you are looking for the Conroy's from Furhir. My husband was William Conroy born in Furhir. William passed away a few weeks ago. He was ill for a long time. There are no more Conroy's living in Ireland they all emigrated to the USA. They settled in California and my family live in Chicago. My husband has only one sibling left alive and she lives in Chicago as well. Would love to know your connection to them. Wendy. {Conroy}

Hi Carola, I can tell you that there was very little interaction between peninsulas . I lived on the south side of Bere Island and I don't remember anyone venturing across the Bay.As young lads we talked about doing it but it never materialized.We had a lot of respect for that bay Good luck with your digging Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carola Murray-Seegert via" <beara@rootsweb.com> To: "Dr. Finbar O Mahony" <fin.omahony@gmail.com>, beara@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2015 8:50:45 AM Subject: Re: [BEARA] DNA matches and Beara / Sheepshead contact Finbar mentions the Sheepshead peninsula, where I have DNA matches. Can anyone tell me how easy it was to travel between the Beara and Sheepshead peninsulas in the days before motorized transport? Was it possible to follow the coastline in a curragh or other small craft? I ask because I'm wondering how closely the Sullivans of Sheepshead might have been connected to those living on the Beara, and whether there would be anything like Riobard's great work on the Beara to help me trace Sheepshead family. DNA results suggest that my paternal gggf Timothy J.Sullivan (b. abt 1819) came from the Kilcrohane area, since my brother and I match living descendants of Donovans, O'Donovans and Sullivans from Laherndota as well as Coughlans from Kilcrohane itself. Carola Murray-Seegert (Researching CONROY - Fuhir, Beara; SULLIVAN, Kilcrohane, Sheepshead) On Feb 4, 2015, at 8:40 PM, Dr. Finbar O Mahony via wrote: > Hello again > > One suggestion is to start a Facebook page for Beara DNA. There is a > similar page for Cork DNA which focuses on the city. > > There are other groups in the USA who have West Cork connections but they > focus on one family who are descendants of one man (the Aomos Collins page > springs to mind). > > At present there is an Allihies FB page and an Allihies - the Copper Road > page. Either of these pages could consider hosting the Beara DNA > information exchange or a separate Beara DNA page could be launched.Both of > the pages mentioned could explain the spread of sporadic matches that > people have from Beara to Waterford. There are other explanations but that > is one where those experience in mining and transportation followed that > route (and some followed the brewing apparently). > > If interested in finding family links through DNA testing , then you should > opt for aautosomal DNA test. These are the Family Finder Test from FTDNA, > the 23andme test is an autosomal test and there is the Ancestry Test. here > is a link for information purposes only. I have tested with all three but > am just a user of these tests and not representative of any company. > > http://www.myheritage.com/all-dna-tests > > To share the information those interested could > > (a) test their autosomal DNA (generally just requires you to spit into a > tube) > (b) load your results to gedmatch > (c) share genealogical information. > > A spreadsheet of Beara connections/ matches will help and there are free > genealogical spreadsheets or tools available for this purpose . > > Consider setting up a Beara specific DNA project at FTDNA. There is a > facility for doing this at Family Tree DNA....just look at there projects > page at www.ftdna.org > > I bought the three volumes of Riobard's Annals of Beara so that is a great > help. > > This will help pool all the work massive done by Riobard O Dwyer, by Bill > Gawne and others over the years. > > It might even help me (and others) to find out the basis of links to the > Sullivans, the Downings/Downeys/ Sheehans / Murphys ....and I have matches > to all of them. > > It is a great way to honour our "lost" connections. > > So, test :-) > > I hope to get down to the Sheepshead and Beara in April and will have some > 23andme and FTDNA kits with me so as to test a few unsuspecting volunteers. > > Finbar > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 3:49 PM, Nancy Avis <npavis@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> My great grandmother was Georgina Sheehan Avis, daughter of Denis Sheehan >> and Ellen Spring. Denis' parents were Denis Sheehan and Barbara -we are >> probably related because they were from Cahirmore too >> Mary Downey (or Downing) >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Barbara Neus via <beara@rootsweb.com> >> *To:* Dr. Finbar O Mahony <fin.omahony@gmail.com>; beara@rootsweb.com >> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 4, 2015 7:29 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [BEARA] Autosomal DNA - Beara Gedmatch Kit #s >> >> F... >> My Irish grandparents were: Marianne O'Sullivan Sheehan b.. July >> 10, 1870 & >> Patrick J. Sheehan b. Sept. 4, 1848. Cahermore residents. >> >> Marianne's mother was Mary (Dendie) Murphy. b. about 1842 >> >> Any connection? >> >> Best wishes. >> Barbara Neus >> >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 7:23 AM, Barbara Neus <barlin760@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> F... >>> My Irish grandparents were: Marianne O'Sullivan Sheehan b. July >> 10, >>> 1870 & >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Dr. Finbar O Mahony via < >>> beara@rootsweb.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Kevin >>>> >>>> I have Sullivan connections and links with them to Beara (Allihies and >>>> Eyeries) and also with the names Murphy, Sheehan, Collins. I have a >> number >>>> of family kits on Gedmatch and you could try F115485 and F190332. >>>> >>>> Maybe a Facebook page for Beara DNA would help? We have could of DNA >> pages >>>> fro specific areas and families. >>>> >>>> Finbar >>>> >>>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Kevin MacKinnon via <beara@rootsweb.com >>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I did a quick search and found some DNA info on this list. Curious if >>>>> there is a place where people with ancestors from Beara can share >>>> Gedmatch >>>>> info and possibly connect. My people are from the townland of >> Adrigole. >>>>> Sullivan's. If there is no other place to share info, maybe we could >>>> use >>>>> this thread? >>>>> Kevin >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>> BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes >>>>> in the subject and the body of the message >>>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message