Seeking information on John O’Connell, b ca 1825 in Ireland, son of Jeremiah O’Connell and Bridget (?). Emigrated to Lawrence Massachusetts ca 1846, married Mary Horan in Lawrence in 1850 and settled in Andover Massachusetts. (Reportedly John emigrated with four brothers but I have found no record of any of them.) Mary Horan was born ca 1825 in Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland and was the daughter of Charles and Mary Horan. John and Mary had eight children including Bridget (Abercrombie), Charles J., William, John A., David, Arthur, George and Mary Jane (Warden). The family lived in Andover Massachusetts until John and Mary’s deaths in 1896. Please contact blaine_oconnell@alumni.holycross.edu Reply to Blaine_oconnell@alumni.holycross.edu

Searching for parents of James Sullivan of Searching for parents of James Sullivan of Cahersiveen Co. Kerry. He was a blacksmith in Ireland. Wife was Margaret Curran. (aka Peggy Chorn in Ireland) James came to Norwich,CT USA abt. 1872 Margaret came abt. 1875. James had died by the time Margaret arrived in USA. Their children were: Mary b. 1861 Patrick b. 1863 Helena b. 1865 Michael b. 1867 d. 1877 in Norwich CT Katie b. 1870 d.1888 in Norwich CT Nora b. 1872 Jon Jon Aspinwall 370 Seabreeze Dr Stratford,CT U.S.A. 06497-1739 Tel: 203-377-1754 mailto: jon370@optonline.net

Tralee School donates archival documents to County Kerry Library One of the most comprehensive collections of primary school records in Kerry were handed over to the Country Library Archives at a ceremony in Tralee on Friday. School records relating to Caherleaheen National School dating back to 1873 had been stored in the school for decades. .. I am, Carolanne~

>In my research pursuits I went to the library in Killarney which has the >Griffiths Valuation, Tithe Applottment, etc but no real parish records with >individual names and dates. All of those are either online or at the LDS family >library so I didn't waste much time there. AKAIK the only repository of catholic parish records are National Library in Dublin who have microfilms of records up to 1880. Some parish records were transcribed onto 'O'Kief, Cosh Mange' collection in Tralee library but only specific parishes (not all of Kerry) >There is a Records Office in Killarney. It is located on the grounds of St >Columbanus Home (Nursing home) which is on Rock Street just after turning >off N22. You must have all your names and dates and towns and villages so they >can find the records and give you a certificate of the birth, death or >marriage. It's not a research center but a place to get a documented record of an >event like birth, etc. but the women told me that they were all backed up >and I could leave a request and it would be several weeks before I'd have my >information. The cost is at least 20E but may be more. These are official Deaths, births and marriage records and above is local kerry office of the Registrar General's Office http://www.gro.ie/ All Births,Deaths and Marriages from 1845 for Protestants and from 1864 for all the population were officially registered by the state. >I was disappointed that I couldn't find more in Killarney but I went to the >library in Tralee and was quite surprised by what I found. My areas of >interest are Currow and Knocknagoshel. ___________________________________________________________ Get an email address for life with Yahoo! Mail, the world's favourite email. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/winter07.html

My Irish, Neligan, Geoghegan, relatives all came to Bangor, Maine at a time Penobscot County, Maine was the lumber capitol of the USA.......I suppose it's all about finding work. Carolanne~

Hi, I ran across a book on the Irish language and feel that I might be a proper Kerry topic. Here is a url where you can view (and copy if you wish) an 1880 book for learning the Irish Language. My apologies because I don't have the skills to shorten the url. It is very long. But, I do offer an other alternative if it doesn't work. While I can't accept requests for help to get you to it, I suspect that you will find it worth your effort. And anyone who does know how to do the tiny url's, please feel free to add to this message. http://books.google.com/books?id=f8cDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR11&dq=Society+for+the+Preservation+of+the+Irish+Language#PPP1,M1 If the url above doesn't work for you, try going to http://books.google.com and doing a search under the subject "Society for the preservation of the Irish Language" (Note - be sure to use the quotation marks) You will be taken to a book which was printed in 1880 and which can be downloaded. Be warned though that the book contains over 100 pages and may take a while to download. The title of the book is An cheud (-dara) leabhar gaedhilge. First (-Third) Irish book. Cactusguy.jack

Hi Donna, I'm going to share the answer to this email with the list because I think it will be of interest to some of our friends. The Fairview Guesthouse is right around the corner from College St., one of the best shopping streets. It's a fairly small hotel but you can have breakfast there and they do serve dinner but I'm not sure if it's every night. (The chef was sick when we were there so there was no dinner). I was there by myself a few nights when my husband was playing in a golf tournament and I felt quite safe. I had dinner by myself at the Killarney Royal Hotel which is just across the street and up the block a very short way and a place called Cronin's. I felt very comfortable in both places by myself. The manager at the Fairview will be happy to give you ideas on where to go. There are plenty of livelier places to go around town, too. In my research pursuits I went to the library in Killarney which has the Griffiths Valuation, Tithe Applottment, etc but no real parish records with individual names and dates. All of those are either online or at the LDS family library so I didn't waste much time there. There is a Records Office in Killarney. It is located on the grounds of St Columbanus Home (Nursing home) which is on Rock Street just after turning off N22. You must have all your names and dates and towns and villages so they can find the records and give you a certificate of the birth, death or marriage. It's not a research center but a place to get a documented record of an event like birth, etc. but the women told me that they were all backed up and I could leave a request and it would be several weeks before I'd have my information. The cost is at least 20E but may be more. I was disappointed that I couldn't find more in Killarney but I went to the library in Tralee and was quite surprised by what I found. My areas of interest are Currow and Knocknagoshel. Here's what they have for Currow: Marriages -- 1803 thru 1884 however the missing years are 1813 and 1814, 1829, 1836 and 1861 to 1863, Baptisms, Parish of Killeentierna, (joint parishes of Currow and Currens) Dioc. of Kerry. 1801 - 1809 and 1823 - 1920 Missing years are 1810 to 1822. For Knocknagoshel: I looked at the baptism and marriage records and found some info on my ancestors. I thought I wrote down what years were available but I can't seem to find that. Anyway, there are several books of computer printout records for Knocknagoshel . They were cross referenced by mothers name and by fathers name. If you know the town or parish name ask them at the library and if they have those records they'll be more than happy to help. This is where the most information seems to be available. Very nice people here. The weather was very cool and sometimes quite rainy. Bring plenty of turtlenecks, sweaters and a windbreaker. If you have the same weather we did you'll be glad to have them. Believe me. If there's anything else you want to ask me just let me know. We didn't do much in the touristy thing except in County Meath where we went to see the passage tomb at Knowth and of course, we took some drives and side roads along the way. We did take a ferry from Tarbert, County Kerry to Killimer, County Clare so I could drop my husband at Doonbeg Golf Course where he was to be in a tournament with some friends from Florida. That was fun. While my husband was at his tournament for three days I ran around in the rain and did my research. After he was finished we went to a nice place in Sligo and finished our trip with a few rounds of golf together. I hope this gives you some good ideas and helps with your trip and your research. Have a great time now. Pat FINALLY by home in rainy South Florida ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

I don't know what was in Jewett City, but I would suspect fabric mills or something of that sort. My Sullivans settled in Colchester, Ct. and there were also many Sullivan families in that area as well as Lebanon, Ct. In Colchester, it was the Rubber Mills. So I would say employment was the attraction. Liz ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Hello list members. I'm very curious to know why so many Irish immigrants who came to the east coast of the United States went to Jewett City, Connecticut...my own Sullivans included. What was the attraction in this small town that drew so many of them, I wonder? My family was there in 1873, when my great-great uncle Stephen was born. There were many other Sullivan families there, although I don't know if they were related to mine. My Sullivan family eventually moved on to Rhode Island before settling in Massachusetts. This family worked in the textile mills in various places before settling finally in New Bedford, but I've never figured out why they and so many others went to Jewett City. Anyone know the answer? Thanks. Fran Weeks

Fran, and list I grew up in eastern Connecticut, near, but not in, Jewett City. A succinct answer to your question is provided in a book called "Cry of the Famishing: Ireland, Connecticut and the potato famine", by Neil Hogan (1998), Pub. by the Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society. From p. 9, in the first chapter, "Connecticut in 1845," - "Scattered throughout the state were textile mills that taken together formed the state's largest industry, employing nearly 10,000 workers ... the majority of mills were scattered in small towns. Killingly had 16 small cotton mills employing 650 workers; Plainfield, seven cotton and four woollen mills employing 412; Sterling, four cotton mills employing 173; Thompson, nine cotton mills employing 445; Griswold, nine cotton mills employing 310." - note that Jewett City was the industrial borough within Griswold town. As you note in your own family, larger mills later opened in Rhode Island and New Bedford - many workers migrated, seeking more or better paying work. French Canadians largely supplanted the Irish in fabric mill work after the Civil War. My own ancestry combines the two, (somewhat as a result of this). Paul Keroack Fran Weeks <fifi36@comcast.net> wrote: Hello list members. I'm very curious to know why so many Irish immigrants who came to the east coast of the United States went to Jewett City, Connecticut...my own Sullivans included. What was the attraction in this small town that drew so many of them, I wonder? My family was there in 1873, when my great-great uncle Stephen was born. There were many other Sullivan families there, although I don't know if they were related to mine. My Sullivan family eventually moved on to Rhode Island before settling in Massachusetts. This family worked in the textile mills in various places before settling finally in New Bedford, but I've never figured out why they and so many others went to Jewett City. Anyone know the answer? Thanks. Fran Weeks ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Kerry folk, Pete is unable to send to the list (see below) but this response may be useful/interesting to others. By the way, thank you all for the help! --Patrick From: PeteScherm@aol.com Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:43:12 -0400 Subject: Listowel cemeteries To: barrettpatrick@hotmail.com Patrick, === My primary question, however, is: can anyone point me to the Catholic cemetery(ies) in town? === I think Monica has covered the town of Listowel quite well, but there are several graveyards within a few miles of the town which you might want to consider. About 3 miles to the NW, there is a graveyard in Garryard townland (shown on Discovery map 63 in red lettering "Graveyard"). John O'Donovan, in the Ordnance Survey letters of 1841 wrote: "nothing remains of the church but a small fragment of the east gable four feet thick....". When I was there in Sept. 2001, I noticed only minimal foundations of the ruined 12th/13th century church. Five miles west of Listowel (and a bit south), are the ruins and graveyard of the medieval Dysert church in the townland of the same name. This church was undoubtedly built on an Early Christian hermitage site. The site is mentioned in O'Donovan's genealogies of the Uí Fhiachrach, but I doubt you want me to quote from them [grin]. Five miles south of Listowel, there is a graveyard in Gortacloghane townland, shown on Disc. map 72. There was an early church at this site, but only slight traces of the foundations remain. In the townland of Kilshenane, 5 miles SW of Listowel, Brian Mitchell - in his book "A Guide to Irish Churches and Graveyards" - lists a graveyard. I have no information on this site, nor does it appear on the Discovery map (in this case, map 71). I assume it's a relatively recent cemetery. There are also graveyards around ruined churches to the NE down to the SE of Listowel town. In Murher/Murhur townland, about 5 miles NE of Listowel (and only a mile or so from Moyvane) there is a graveyard around the church ruins there. The site was founded by Bishop Fáelán in the 8th century, but the current ruins probably date from the 14th century or so - when the church was administered by the Augustinian canons at Rattoo. This site is shown with a "Church" in red letters, as are the next two places, all of them shown on Discovery map 64. In Lissaniska townland, 4 miles east of Listowel, are the ruins of Knockanure church and graveyard. This church was contemporary with the Murher church, and was also administered by the canons from Rattoo. O'Donovan says: "....church in ruins which is comparatively modern [for J. O'D., the 14th c. would be that], with a burying ground attached to it ...........The walls of the church are still perfect, the south-west corner being, however, battered on the outside." About 5 miles SE of Listowel, are the ruins of Duagh parish church, with graveyard, in the townland of Islandboy. There's not much of the church remaining, however (just the S. wall and a bit of the W. gable). As a sidebar, you are probably aware of the "half" castle in Listowel town. It is a National Monument, built in the 15th century by a McGilligan. I haven't tried to visit it, although I've been through Listowel several times over the years. I had lost interest in most medieval castles during that time. Now, I photograph and document Early Christian ruins around Ireland, along with some medieval sites. The medieval sites are ecclesiatical, which are more interesting than castles. "Castles are all about walls.....Abbeys are all about windows". I know which I prefer. I think that's about all that I have. Incidentally, I can't answer this on-list, as I have been blocked from all of the Rootsweb and Yahoo lists for many months now - as a result of AOL's addition of an HTML tagline to all outgoing mail. Supposedly, "someone" is working on it. But I still receive the list mail, and can contact the original inquirer directly - so it's not a disaster. If you think that any of my information here, would be of interest to others on the list - feel free to post any or all of it to the list. Pete .............................................................................. ... Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com _________________________________________________________________ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx

GDAY:) Is anyone researching please DOODY from Listowel or Duagh Co Kerry My great Grandfather JOHN THOMAS DOODY was born circa 1860 In Co Kerry, Father THOMAS On a wedding Notice in Paper here it said he was 2nd son of THOMAS DOODY of Listowel Kerry He had a younger Sister Mary JOSEPHINE who was born circa 1864 My Grandmother, His First born Daughter was CATHERINE(KIT) so im thinking may have been after his Mother Regards Cathy:) --------------------------------- Sick of deleting your inbox? Yahoo!7 Mail has free unlimited storage. Get it now.

Patrick You will have just missed the Races this year. There are many McCarthys in and around the town but I do not know of any particular ones. McCauliff is not a name I recall but there are McAuliffes and I think you will find at least one shop there with the name (Charles Street I think!) The Cemetery is easy to find. If you walk up Church Street from The Square past all the shops, the road bends slightly to the right. You will then pass the Boys National School, then St Michaels Secondary School. A few yards further on is the Cemetery where most if not all your BARRETTs at least, should be buried. ( a slow 5 minute walk from the Square). If you get as far as the Stand in the Sportsfield, you have just passed it!! On the way back call in to John R's for some bread/cakes/ pies or other delicatessen delights or pop into the "Grape and Grain" next door for liquid refreshment. You will even find a Colbert Street very close to John R's. The parallel street, William Street is the home of John B Keane's pub which his son still runs....worth an evening vist for the craic or even a short play etc. The Square itself is home to St Mary's Catholic Church and in the Centre is St John's ( a redundant C of I) which is now a theatre. In the corner of the Square is the Listowel Arms Hotel which Lord Kitchener ( of Khartoum fame) knew as a boy and where Charles Parnell made Speeches. The Seannachi centre, next to the restored remains of the Castle, is worth a visit too as Listowel is rightly the literary capital of Ireland. A short walk or drive along Market Street and just up the Ballybunion Road is the Famine Graveyard. The Lartigue Railway is well signposted in the town (the world's first monorail train which ran from Listowel to Ballybunion and which has a short piece of track restored and preserved) There are many BARRETTs still in the area and one, Ger, a former Garage owner, even owns the Golf Course nowadays... a splendid 9 holer. Just out of interest, there were BARRETTs in Greenville just out of town along Market Street some years ago and my grandmother, Catherine CLOHERTY, who lived at Gurtcreen just beyond Greenville, was born in 1886 and her Godfather was a Patrick BARRETT and her Godmother a Nora MAHONY. As Catherine was the fifth child, I assume that the godparents were friends or neighbours. Do you think there might be any connection?? Catherine's mother was a Bridget CARMODY and she was related to MULVIHILL/ LINNANE/O'CONNOR/SCANLON families from the Listowel area. Have a good trip Monica

Dear Kerry folk, I am heading to Ireland next week and plan to spend some time researching a couple of branches of my family while there (of course!). I plan to spend a few days in and around Listowel (I was there for one day in 2004 and by pure chance arrived during race week! Lucky me!). If anyone has suggestions on fun things to do there (especially historical) I'd love to hear them. My primary question, however, is: can anyone point me to the Catholic cemetery(ies) in town? I'll be searching for: Barrett, Colbert, McCarthy, and McCaulif. I'll report my findings with the hope that they will help someone else too. Thanks! --Patrick _________________________________________________________________ Explore the seven wonders of the world http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=7+wonders+world&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE

As part of my ongoing research, I've compiled some a further small spreadsheet showing transcriptions from the indices at the GRO in Dublin. They can be viewed here: Stack Births, Tralee 1907-1911 http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/Neil-A-Walton/FILE/0008page.html If you would like a copy of the file, email me and I'll send it to you. Cheers Neil

I am looking for information on the family of Timothy Sullivan and Ellen Hedderman of Listowel. They had 7 children that I know of between about 1863 and 1884 - Timothy, Eugene, Catherine, Johanna, Teresa, Johanna, and Bridget. In 1877, Timothy was listed as a shoemaker in Listowel on Johanna's birth record. Timothy,Jr. , Eugene, Catherine, Teresa, and Bridget all emigrated to New York City. I'm not sure about Johanna or Timothy and Ellen. Any information will be greatly appreciated.

We stopped mainly at small hotels or apartments during our little tour.. I should leave probably half a day or more for the journey from Dublin to Dingle. It probably depends a lot on the time of day and the day of the week and chatting takes time. Some of the country roads are pretty narrow and curvy especially beyond Tralee. Some pubs have rooms to let. We stayed in Tralee and visited Dingle on a day out. If your at or near the airport in Dublin I think I might try to fly to Kerry, but if you already have a car and are elsewhere in Dublin that would change things a bit.. Rail and coach is pretty slow to Tralee but across to Limerick is faster. We drove from Wexford to Tralee leaving at about 9am and arrived in Tralee late afternoon but we stopped off for coffee in Waterford and for lunch somewhere else, tea in Killarney, and there were quite a lot of stops for photos and just to admire the view. Things tend to take longer than they really need if you are on vacation and soaking up the atmosphere.. It was also during late June.. No real answers really as there are too many variables Have a good trip Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: "C Port" <cport@bigpond.net.au> To: "'Michael Shergold'" <michaelshergold@btconnect.com> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 4:36 AM Subject: RE: [IRL-KERRY] Trip to Kerry > Hi Michael > > Thanks for all that, although you may have made the choice more > difficult. > > I am travelling with my Dad, and he can't wait to get to the Irish pubs > for > chats etc. However, we haven't got all that much time. > > Do the local Irish pubs have rooms to rent. He'd love that. > > Thanks again > > Cheers > > Tina > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Shergold [mailto:michaelshergold@btconnect.com] > Sent: Sunday, 23 September 2007 4:45 PM > To: C Port > Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Trip to Kerry > > Wow! > Not many clues here.. How long is a piece of string? > > Car, train, bus, plane or donkeycart? Or even hitch hike! > You could fly to Kerry and rent a car there? > Or there's even coach services > You could take train to Tralee (long time) > You could drive non-stop, but in Ireland that's unlikely and any stops > end > up in chats, and pubs, and meals, and......... > > Almost every other house in Kerry is a 'Bed and Breakfast' but you might > only like International Hotels? Out of season, and most other times, > there are always vacancies, but if you want a bed ready and you are > arriving somewhere late it's probably best to call ahead. > > Have fun and enjoy your trip. I did.. > Michael > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "C Port" <cport@bigpond.net.au> > To: <irl-kerry-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 5:33 AM > Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Trip to Kerry > > >> Hi >> >> >> >> I am in the early stages of planning a trip to Ireland. Wondering if >> anyone >> can give me an idea on how long it takes to get from Dublin to Dingle. >> >> Whether it's best to prebook accommodation or whether there is plenty to >> choose from once there. >> >> >> >> Any help gratefully accepted. >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> Tina >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > > >

Hi, The IGP Archives is now adding headstone photos. We have added the photos that go with the military burials that were donated by Geoffrey Gillon back in Februrary. To view the photos go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlarchive/ Click on KERRY and then Headstones. There are two files, one is text and the other shows the photos. If you would like to submit photos, please also send a text file to go with them. Thanks, Christina Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives

I have just returned from a short trip to the Dingle area and was able to visit the cemetery at Ventry. It has obviously been in use for a long time and has both unmarked stones as well as lovely and recently inscribed granite markers. It is not well maintained and has some lower areas that are almost inaccessible. Does anyone know if there has been a census of the cemetery? I found alot of my surnames but was unable to read or uncover many older stones. Had I had several days, I would have attempted to list the names and dates to share with you all. Jeanne from CA Researching: Lynch, Manning, Kevane, Dunleavy and possibly Fenton-all Ventry

Hi I am in the early stages of planning a trip to Ireland. Wondering if anyone can give me an idea on how long it takes to get from Dublin to Dingle. Whether it's best to prebook accommodation or whether there is plenty to choose from once there. Any help gratefully accepted. Thanks Tina