Hi, Many O'Hehirs dropped the 'O' so you have to look at Hehir and Hare as well as O'Hehir and O'Hare, Hehir is very common in Co. Clare so have you searched all documents that might identify the parish or village - marriage and death certs, cemetery records and inscriptions ann possible newspaper obituary, Declan P.S. 'The Clare Journal' might have had a report on the court case. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Wise" <madge47@netspace.net.au> To: <irl-clare@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 9:29 AM Subject: [IRL-CLARE] A Hehir or O'Hehir family from County Clare > This is my first query on the mailing list. I would like some > information, if possible, about a family name O'Hehir from County Clare. > The members of the family that I have some knowledge about are Ann > O'Hehir, aged sixty years, Bridget O'Hehir, aged 20 years, Margaret or > Mary O'Hehir, aged 19 years and Honora O'Hehir, age unknown. Each one of > these ladies were on the convict transport, Earl Grey, and disembarked at > Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land. They were convicted of stealing and/or > receiving two cows on 27 February, 1849 at Clare. Each was sentenced to > transportation for seven years and they embarked on the Earl Grey at > Kingstown, Dublin arriving at Hobart Town on 9 May, 1850. > > They O'Hehir women committed their crime during the height of the Great > Potato Famine and, luckily for all but Honora who died on the voyage, > their arrival at Hobart Town was the beginning of a new life. Bridget and > Margaret married and produced large families. What happened to their > mother, Ann is unknown. > > Looking forward to receiving some information. > > Margaret Wise, > Adventure Bay, > Tasmania, Australia > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3204/6501 - Release Date: 07/18/13 >

Hello Declan, Thank you so much for responding to my query. All your information is very useful. I have tried accessing several websites but they all seem to want you to subscribe "at a price". I am not familiar with "free" Irish genealogical sites, except those on Genuki; not that I want all my information for free but as I'm not doing this research for myself, but for our local historical society, I don't want to have to spend any more than I really have to. Thanks again for your help. Cheers, Margaret Wise, Adventure Bay, Bruny Island, Tasmania ----- Original Message ----- From: "Declan Barron" <newparkhouse.ennis@eircom.net> To: <irl-clare@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 1:46 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] A Hehir or O'Hehir family from County Clare > Hi, > Many O'Hehirs dropped the 'O' so you have to look at Hehir and Hare as > well > as O'Hehir and O'Hare, > Hehir is very common in Co. Clare so have you searched all documents that > might identify the parish or village - marriage and death certs, cemetery > records and inscriptions ann possible newspaper obituary, > Declan > P.S. 'The Clare Journal' might have had a report on the court case. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Margaret Wise" <madge47@netspace.net.au> > To: <irl-clare@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 9:29 AM > Subject: [IRL-CLARE] A Hehir or O'Hehir family from County Clare > > >> This is my first query on the mailing list. I would like some >> information, if possible, about a family name O'Hehir from County Clare. >> The members of the family that I have some knowledge about are Ann >> O'Hehir, aged sixty years, Bridget O'Hehir, aged 20 years, Margaret or >> Mary O'Hehir, aged 19 years and Honora O'Hehir, age unknown. Each one of >> these ladies were on the convict transport, Earl Grey, and disembarked at >> Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land. They were convicted of stealing and/or >> receiving two cows on 27 February, 1849 at Clare. Each was sentenced to >> transportation for seven years and they embarked on the Earl Grey at >> Kingstown, Dublin arriving at Hobart Town on 9 May, 1850. >> >> They O'Hehir women committed their crime during the height of the Great >> Potato Famine and, luckily for all but Honora who died on the voyage, >> their arrival at Hobart Town was the beginning of a new life. Bridget >> and >> Margaret married and produced large families. What happened to their >> mother, Ann is unknown. >> >> Looking forward to receiving some information. >> >> Margaret Wise, >> Adventure Bay, >> Tasmania, Australia >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3204/6501 - Release Date: 07/18/13 >> > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message