Thar barr, a Jean! Go raibh míle maith agat! / Excellent, Jean! Many thanks! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jean R. Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 1:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [IRISH-AMER] St. Patrick's Day, NY,1779 - "Volunteers of Ireland" Recruiting Ballad - AmericanRevolution SNIPPET: For an Irishman of patriotic and independent inclinations, the opportunities to celebrate the feast day of his national saint were distinctly limited on March 17, 1779. New York, in its third year of British military occupation, swarmed with soldiers and sailors. Civilians who openly supported the Patriot forces of George Washington had long fled, their places taken by Loyalist refugees. New York's more ambivalent citizens, living under virtual martial law, wisely kept their patriotic opinions to themselves. The main event of the day in 1779, as is still the case, was a parade in Manhattan. Since 1852, New York's famous Irish regiment, the Fighting 69th, has led the St. Patrick's Day parade through the heart of the city, but military men or units were active in New York's March 17th celebrations more than a century before the 69th began its escort duties. The military's first formal participation in New York's St. Patrick's Day parade was in 1779, when the Volunteers of Ireland marched through the city. The regiment of Loyalist Irishmen recruited in America had recently taken up quarters in Bowery Lane, then on the outskirts of the 18th century city at the lower end of Manhattan Island. The parade had two main purposes - to create an ethnic esprit along the men already in the regiment and to drum up more recruits. That Wednesday morning, Irish readers of the "Royal Gazette" were invited to join the Volunteers, "a Corps in which every recruit is sure of finding Townsmen or Relations." The regiment, formed at Philadelphia in 1778 was built around a nucleus of Irish deserters from George Washington's hungry and frost-bitten forces at Valley Forge. Since then, an active recruiting campaign, aided by broadsheets and ballads, had built up the unit's strength to 400 men of Irish birth, Anglo-Irish, Scots-Irish and Gaelic-Irish. The ten most common names were Murphy, Barry, Jones, Kelly, O'Reily, Thompson, Connolly, Doyle, McCarthy and Stewart. Among the 30 most common names, traditional recruiting areas of Munster and Connaught were represented by Barry, Fitzgerald, Griffin, Murphy, Ryan, Sullivan and McCarthy. But most of the non-Gaelic origin, Bingham, Clarke, Jones, Thompson, Stewart and Wilson, had strong Ulster associations. Many of the most common Gaelic names, including Connolly, Dougherty, McCormick, McLoughlin, McMahon and O'Reily, were also closely linked to Ulster. The regiment's distinctly Ulster cast was not surprising as emigration to America from the nine northern countries had been heavy throughout the 18th century. The commanding officer, 25-year-old Colonel Francis Rawdon (a strict and sometimes brutal disciplinarian) was an Irish nobleman from Co. Down. Rawdon was already a seasoned veteran of the American war, having taken two bullets through his cap at Bunker Hill and participating in the battles of Brooklyn and White Plains. He also did a number of wartime watercolor sketches of new York and New Jersey which are deposited in the NY Public Library's Emmet Collection. His second-in-command, Lt. Col. Welbore Ellis Doyle, came from a well-known Co. Kilkenny military family. His brother, Capt. John Doyle, commanded a company of the Volunteers. Both brothers would later rise to the rank of Major General. In 1793, John Doyle formed the regiment later known as the Royal Irish Fusiliers. During the Napoleonic War, their blood-curdling Irish war cry "Fag an Bealach" (Clear the Way) won them the nickname Faugh-a-Ballaghs, or the Faughs. One of the best-known members of Rawdon's wartime staff was another young Irish nobleman, Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Just 15 years old in 1779, Fitzgerald would join Rawdon as his aide-de-camp two years later in South Carolina. Fitzgerald died in 1798. >From "St. Patrick's Hearty Invitation to his Countrymen," the Volunteers of Ireland recruiting ballad, sung to the tune of "Paddy Whack." Each son of St. Patrick, each true-hearted fellow, Come join in our March, and bear Part in our Song; The Offer's no bad one, my Lads, let me tell you, So give us your Hand, and parade it along. At Yankey hereafter we'll tickle a Trigger, For Clinton, God bless him, will give use the Van; Let's first shew our Vigour, on Beef and good Liquor, St. Patrick's the Word, and your fife to your Can. The Harp of sweet Ireland has called us together, The Rights of our King and our Country to shield; We hope the Assistance of all who would rather Than slave in a Trade, take the Chance of the Field; To such gallant Fellows, we give Invitations, Whether born on the Nore, Shannon, Liffey, or Ban, St. Patrick's the Word, and each Fist to the Can. - "Irish Roots" magazine published in Cork ====Irish American Mailing List===== Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have asked for someone's assistance in the past at this website in regards to my ancestors Felix Hannigan/Hannagan and Ellen McCormick, daughter of John McCormick and Mary Mullen. They had 10 children the oldest (John J.) was born (21 Nov 1844) in Pawtucket, RI. The other nine were born in Illinois, predominantly in Champaign County, Illinois, between 1849 to 1865. What I am searching for is the location of their entry into the USA or debarkation from Ireland? I have no idea how long they were here before the birth of John J or where they were married? If someone has any idea could you please contact me? Thanks.

Hi George, Are you aware of this 1990's post entitled Felix and Ellen McCormick Hannigan by a Zita Jean Fisher at the Genforum website: "Looking for descendants of this family. Known names are Maggie Hannagan Hennessey, Anthony Hannagan, Mary Hannagan Hummel, Theresa L. Hannagan Kane and Alice Jane Hannagan Cain was my grandmother. All grew up in Champaign Co. Illinois area." There were no replies, but there is a Hannigan Forum there to post on. Is she a sister, cousin, aunt? May not apply to your particular family, but there were many Hannagan (var.) individuals who owned an acre or more of land in Co. Tyrone circa 1876. Any reason to believe your family was from Northern Ireland? Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Sarver" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 1:04 PM Subject: [IRISH-AMER] Hannigan/Hannagan >I have asked for someone's assistance in the past at this website in >regards > to my ancestors Felix Hannigan/Hannagan and Ellen McCormick, daughter of > John McCormick and Mary Mullen. They had 10 children the oldest (John J.) > was born (21 Nov 1844) in Pawtucket, RI. The other nine were born in > Illinois, predominantly in Champaign County, Illinois, between 1849 to > 1865. > What I am searching for is the location of their entry into the USA or > debarkation from Ireland? I have no idea how long they were here before > the > birth of John J or where they were married? If someone has any idea could > you please contact me? Thanks.

The table below shows the number of Hannigan households in each county in the Primary Valuation property survey of 1848-64. Click on a county name for a breakdown of the number of households by parish (paying). Belfast city 3 Cavan 13 Clare 1 Cork 17 Derry 7 Donegal 14 Dublin 1 Dublin city 6 Fermanagh 4 Kerry 1 Kildare 11 Laois 2 Leitrim 1 Limerick 27 Limerick city 2 Longford 1 Mayo 5 Monaghan 1 Offaly 3 Roscommon 1 Tipperary 14 Tyrone 6 Waterford 59 Westmeath 4 Wexford 1 Wicklow 7 ----- 1848-64 Records Hannigan and McCormick surnames in same parish: Belfast city Cavan Derry Dublin city Fermanagh Longford Monaghan Roscommon Westmeath Wicklow More info for small fee at Ireland.com/ancestor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 11:42 PM Subject: Re: [IRISH-AMER] Hannigan/Hannagan > Hi George, Are you aware of this 1990's post entitled Felix and Ellen > McCormick Hannigan by a Zita Jean Fisher at the Genforum website: > "Looking > for descendants of this family. Known names are Maggie Hannagan Hennessey, > Anthony Hannagan, Mary Hannagan Hummel, Theresa L. Hannagan Kane and Alice > Jane Hannagan Cain was my grandmother. All grew up in Champaign Co. > Illinois > area." There were no replies, but there is a Hannigan Forum there to post > on. Is she a sister, cousin, aunt? > > May not apply to your particular family, but there were many Hannagan > (var.) > individuals who owned an acre or more of land in Co. Tyrone circa 1876. > Any > reason to believe your family was from Northern Ireland? > > Jean > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Sarver" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 1:04 PM > Subject: [IRISH-AMER] Hannigan/Hannagan > > >>I have asked for someone's assistance in the past at this website in >>regards >> to my ancestors Felix Hannigan/Hannagan and Ellen McCormick, daughter of >> John McCormick and Mary Mullen. They had 10 children the oldest (John J.) >> was born (21 Nov 1844) in Pawtucket, RI. The other nine were born in >> Illinois, predominantly in Champaign County, Illinois, between 1849 to >> 1865. >> What I am searching for is the location of their entry into the USA or >> debarkation from Ireland? I have no idea how long they were here before >> the >> birth of John J or where they were married? If someone has any idea could >> you please contact me? Thanks.