This may not be of any direct help but I include it anyway. Shannon is a name that occurs around Durrus in west Cork. They were all originally Protestants, Church of Ireland I suppose though there were some Methodists in the area. They came in from England pre 1600. The principal local landlord was Evanson who held a lease from Lord Bandon. The lease expired in the fullness of time and Lord Bandon took over the management of the property. He built Durrus (previously known as Fourmilewater) as a model village. Many Protestants from this area established themselves in Rochester, NY. They were known as the 99 cousins (or something similar). They controlled the city of Rochester in Tammany Hall style politics for about 75 years up the 1940's. This was considered unusual. Usually it was catholic Irish cliques who operated in this way. Buffalo is not far from Rochester. There could be a link to these various west Cork protestant families. -----Original Message----- From: irl-cork-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-cork-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Don Sent: 20 December 2010 17:12 To: IRL-CORK@rootsweb.com Subject: [Irl-Cork] SHANNON HI I am new to the list and have been searching for the parents of BRIDGET SHANNON (my gr. gr. grandmother) with no success This is what I know, BRIDGET SHANNON appears in the 1950 Buffalo , N. Y. census. BRIDGET SHANNON married JOHN WALKER and died in 1913. On her death record it states she was born in Ireland and her parents names were WILLIAM SHANNON and MARGARET BAMROOH. A MARGARET SHANNON died in 1870 in the Kinsale workhouse, CORK. Her husband was WILLIAM SHANNON, a labourer. Where do I find the records of the Kinsale workhouse,what is the name of the cemetery the people would be buried in , the name of the church that would have a record of her buried All replies to my questions are greatly appreciated Diane ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you Jack for this information. I have always assumed Shannon would have been an Irish name, and hence likely Catholic. My ggg grandfather's brother married a Shannon. They lived in the Clonakilty-Dunmanway area (Kilmeen parish) and were definitely protestant, as my gggg grandfather was clerk of Kilmeen parish. Mary Shannon and her husband George Haggertie left Ireland in 1827, settling briefly in Canada near George's brothers and then moving on to Mercer county, PA, where three Haggertie sisters had already settled with their families. Sharon Haggerty Bowen Island, BC http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sharonmh/haggertie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Crowley" <JCrowley@crowleysdfk.ie> To: <irl-cork@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 3:30 AM Subject: Re: [Irl-Cork] SHANNON > This may not be of any direct help but I include it anyway. > Shannon is a name that occurs around Durrus in west Cork. They were all > originally Protestants, Church of Ireland I suppose though there were some > Methodists in the area. They came in from England pre 1600. > The principal local landlord was Evanson who held a lease from Lord > Bandon. The lease expired in the fullness of time and Lord Bandon took > over the management of the property. He built Durrus (previously known as > Fourmilewater) as a model village. > > Many Protestants from this area established themselves in Rochester, NY. > They were known as the 99 cousins (or something similar). > They controlled the city of Rochester in Tammany Hall style politics for > about 75 years up the 1940's. This was considered unusual. Usually it was > catholic Irish cliques who operated in this way. > Buffalo is not far from Rochester. There could be a link to these various > west Cork protestant families.