Peter~       This is just an idea.  Limerick was not and still is not that far from Ennis County Clare.  They may have gone to Limerick seeking employment, residing there until their emigration.  That may have been actually from Limerick City or they could have gone to Cobh.  My gg & g paternal grandparents in the 1860s lived in Smithstown Barony Lower Bunratty & Ennis Town.  My g grandmother at age 16 worked in Limerick City; met and married my g grandfather there.  However, 2 yrs. later she delivered their first child in Ennis Town.  Oral history always had my g grandmother's origins as Limerick.  It was not until I started researching sacramental and Civil records began that we realized the actual origins for the family were County Clare.  You might try Clare Library & other places in that county, not Limerick.   Mary Ellen Chambers Researching DALY, FITZPATRICK, TOWNSEND in County Clare >________________________________ > From: Peter R Booth <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au> >To: IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com >Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 4:35 AM >Subject: [IRL-CLARE] Michael HEGARTY & Catherine GLEESON - married c1853 > > >    The above couple arrived in Sydney in 1854 as Assisted Immigrants aboard "Columbia". Michael's details suggest birth around 1830 at Kilmaley. > >    Kate or Catherine Gleeson was born c1834 to John Gleeson & Mary (McMahon ?) Her place of origin is given as Ennis. >    >    Catherine's sister Eliza Gleeson born c1841 migrates 1856 via "Kate" and marries Michael Dunne in Sydney in 1866. Shipping record notes Michael & Kate already in colony. > >    Another sister Ellen Gleeson born c1843, migrates 1859 via "Abyssinian" and marries Edward Warby in 1869. Both Eliza and Ellen give place of origin as Limerick. > >    The key to tying everything together is a series of 1910 obituary notices for Elizabeth Dunne in Trove newspapers. They mention sisters Mrs Hegarty and Mrs Warby. > >    I wonder if anyone can add to the origins of this family. There are a couple of submitted trees on Ancestry for the individual couples, but nobody has tied all three together. > >    Peter > > > > >------------------------------- >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 > > >