Shirley, It just struck me as funny that you should mention Newtownsandes, as that is where my O'Connor ancestors are from. I have basically been able to find nothing on various sites and since much of my information is sketchy, I have not pursued it by paying for it, as little snippets that are gradually being released by transcribing censuses have given me hope that one day I will find them. There seemed to be a lot of misinformation throughout the family on how my gggrandfather managed to come to America during the famine, and I think a lot was kept secret as he became a very prominent citizen in his later years. My O'Connor GGgrandfather was Bryan, born in 1830 or thereabouts to Michael and Catherine(Fallahee???) O'Connor, and he was supposedly one of 15 children. I have found baptism records of two of his brothers, Bartholomew and Cornelius, one born in 1805 and the other in 1825, but no other siblings. And, according to the Irish naming pattern often used, one of his children was named John. I know that O'Connor is one of the most common Irish names especially in Kerry and there were millions of them, but I am always searching as one of the two siblings was born outside of Newtownsandes, I think near Knockanure.

All those OConnors over in North Kerry are probably related in some way. My John Hanrahan and Catherine OConnor lived in Tiraclea. Catherine was originally from Tarbert. I just started searching this line so don't have anything definite beyond this Catherine born in the early 1840's and a possible brother, John, also born in 1840's. Am tying to find her parents whom I think are John Connor and Alice McEvoy, no proof though. The only connection at this point to Newtownsands and Knockanure are my Margaret Hanrahan's (Catherine and John's daughter) sisters who both married Keanes and lived in those areas in 1940. My John OConnor/Kate OConnor family came first to America in 1872 from Ballylongford so yours were here a long time before mine. The Hanrahan/OConnor came in the early 1880's. I have yet not found any others from these families who immigrated. I am having dickens of a time trying to findout which OConnor in the double above was related to Catherine OConnor Hanrahan above. I know for sure the daughters of the two families are cousins. So is Catherine sister to my John or my Kate? Would love to find out and welcome any hints from listers. I wish you luck with your research. It's like searching for that proverbial needle. Shirley > From: dock9@roadrunner.com > To: IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:20:46 -0400 > Subject: [IRL-KERRY] OConnor > > Shirley, > > It just struck me as funny that you should mention Newtownsandes, as that is > where my O'Connor ancestors are from. I have basically been able to find > nothing on various sites and since much of my information is sketchy, I have > not pursued it by paying for it, as little snippets that are gradually being > released by transcribing censuses have given me hope that one day I will > find them. There seemed to be a lot of misinformation throughout the family > on how my gggrandfather managed to come to America during the famine, and I > think a lot was kept secret as he became a very prominent citizen in his > later years. My O'Connor GGgrandfather was Bryan, born in 1830 or > thereabouts to Michael and Catherine(Fallahee???) O'Connor, and he was > supposedly one of 15 children. I have found baptism records of two of his > brothers, Bartholomew and Cornelius, one born in 1805 and the other in 1825, > but no other siblings. And, according to the Irish naming pattern often > used, one of his children was named John. I know that O'Connor is one of > the most common Irish names especially in Kerry and there were millions of > them, but I am always searching as one of the two siblings was born outside > of Newtownsandes, I think near Knockanure. > > _______________ > --------------- > > Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html > 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. > > To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. > > To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ > > Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. Her contact info is at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.html > > ------------------------------- > 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