Thomas (Tom) SHEEHAN [Parents] was born about 1868 in probably Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. He died after 2 Apr 1911 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. Thomas married Mary Anne HUDSON on 26 Jan 1899 in Newtownsandes (Moyvane), Co. Kerry.

Tom farmed in Kilbaha.

Mary Anne HUDSON [Parents] was born 27 Apr 1876 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry and was christened 25 Jul 1876 in Newtownsandes (Moyvane), Co. Kerry. She died 26 Nov 1912 or shortly thereafter in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. Mary married Thomas (Tom) SHEEHAN on 26 Jan 1899 in Newtownsandes (Moyvane), Co. Kerry.

Sponsors at Mary's baptism were Daniel (what looks like) McCarthy and (what looks like) Mary Sullivan.

Mary died in her thirties in childbirth.

Thomas SULLIVAN [Parents] was born about 1834 in probably Caheraveelane, Kilshannig, Co. Cork. He died 13 Nov 1918 and was buried in Donoughmore Cemetery, Co. Cork. Thomas married Letitia DAUNT BUSTEED on 28 Nov 1868 in Donoughmore, Co. Cork.

Letitia DAUNT BUSTEED [Parents] was born 1846 in possibly Carrigaline, Co. Cork. She died after 2 Apr 1911. Letitia married Thomas SULLIVAN on 28 Nov 1868 in Donoughmore, Co. Cork.

The Busteeds were a prosperous Protestant family from Carrigaline. There was much inter-marriage over the generations between the Busteeds and the Daunts, another prominent Protestant local family who, like the Busteeds, were believed to have come to Co. Cork from Gloucestershire in England in the 15th century.

Letitia ran away from home to marry Thomas and her family disowned her as a result. She converted to Catholicism upon her marriage and, according to the 1911 census, she and Thomas had 10 children born alive, nine of whom were living at the time of the census.

Daniel SULLIVAN died in possibly Caheraveelane, Kilshannig, Co. Cork. He married Johanna 'UNKNOWN'.

It is likely that Daniel's family, from the townland of Caheraveelane (near the village of Nad or Nadd) in Co. Cork, is connected to my Caheraveelane Sullivans (my Sullivans left Caheraveelane around the mid-19th century, settling in Mourneabbey, Co. Cork, and a descendant of Daniel's, who still lives in Caheraveelane, recalls his father talking about Sullivan relatives in Mourneabbey). However I have been unable to determine the exact relationship between the two families, although I think it possible that Daniel may have been a brother of my great-great-grandfather Seamus Sullivan.   

Note on Caheraveelane (also spelled Caheravellane): the townland comprises 234 acres of mostly mountainy land and, as evidenced by summaries from the 1841 to 1891 censuses of Ireland, it was very sparsely populated in those years. Details - from www.eppi.ac.uk, the EPPI (Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland, 1801-1922) website - are as follows:

Year  Inhabited   Population
          Houses
1841       2         15
1851       3         16
1861       2         15 (8 male, 7 female)
1871       2         10 (7 male, 3 female)              
1881       2         14 (10 male, 4 female)  
1891       3         23 (17 male, 6 female)

The increase in population between 1881 and 1891 can most likely be attributed to the births of several children in that decade within the families of Daniel's sons, Thomas and Daniel.   

No details from the above households are available as the census returns from these years no longer exist. The 1901 census shows three families in Caheraveelane, two Sullivan and one Murphy) and the 1911 census shows only two households in Caheraveelane (each with seven individuals listed), headed by Thomas and by Hannah, Daniel's widow. The Murphy family is not listed.

Johanna 'UNKNOWN' was born about 1814. She married Daniel SULLIVAN.

It's believed Johanna was widowed at a young age.

Griffiths Valuation, carried out in 1852 for the Kilshannig area, shows that the only Sullivan occupier of land in Caheraveelane at the time was a Johanna Sullivan who rented 234 acres - which is the entire area of Caheraveelane - along with a "turbary" (bog or right to dig turf). It's possible that this Johanna is Johanna 'Unknown' above and that she was widowed by this time. The Tithe Applotment records for Kilshannig (1834) show the only entries for Caheraveelane to be for a Thomas Sullivan of Caherivallain (sic) who had 16 acres of land and 229 acres of mountain, which must be the same parcel of land later occupied by Johanna. Could Thomas have been Johanna's husband (although we believe her husband's name to have been Daniel) or her father-in-law?

Note: The Sullivans from Caheraveelane were known as the "Cahera" (pronounced "kawra") or "Caher" Sullivans, presumably to distinguish them from the other Sullivan families in the Kilshannig area.

Daniel SULLIVAN [Parents] was born about 1842 in probably Caheraveelane, Co. Cork. He died before 2 Apr 1911. Daniel married Johanna (Hannah) MURPHY on 29 Jan 1878 in Stuake Chapel, Donoughmore, Co. Cork.

Daniel above may not be the brother of Thomas. It's believed that Thomas had only one brother but his name isn't known. It's also believed that Thomas's brother married a widow with children but that he and his wife didn't have any children of their own. This doesn't tie in with Daniel above who had 10 children with his wife.

We know from Daniel's marriage certificate that his father was also named Daniel. It's possible therefore that Daniel's first-born son was Daniel rather than Timothy below, following the tradition of the time of naming the first son after his paternal grandfather. There's no Daniel listed among Daniel's and Hannah's children in the 1901 census return for their household. Assuming there was a son named Daniel, it would be surprising if he had moved because it was he who would most likely have inherited the farm. He may have died young.

Johanna (Hannah) MURPHY [Parents] was born about 1854 in probably Meenahony, Donoughmore, Co. Cork. She died after 2 Apr 1911. Johanna married Daniel SULLIVAN on 29 Jan 1878 in Stuake Chapel, Donoughmore, Co. Cork.

Hannah's likely birthplace, Meenahony, is sometimes spelled Meenachony.

It's known that some of Hannah and Daniel's children emigrated to the United States.

Timothy MURPHY.

Edward (Ned) SULLIVAN [Parents] was born 1 Aug 1880 in probably Caheraveelane, Kilshannig, Co. Cork. He died 28 Jul 1964. Edward married Bridget MALONEY on 31 Oct 1907.

According to the 1911 census, Ned was a shoemaker.

Bridget MALONEY was born about 1881 in Kilbrin, Co. Cork. She married Edward (Ned) SULLIVAN on 31 Oct 1907.

Bridget and Ned lived in Millstreet, Co. Cork where Ned worked as a shoemaker. At the time of the 1911 census they were living in Bluepool, Kanturk, Co. Cork.

Michael Francis IRWIN [Parents] was born in Leveelick, Kilmovee, Co. Mayo. He died 24 Jun 1956. Michael married Mary B. CROAL.

It's thought Michael was the eldest in the family.

Mary B. CROAL died date unknown. She married Michael Francis IRWIN.

Mary and Michael lived in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal.

'unknown' KING died in probably U.S.. He married Anne IRWIN.

Anne and her husband had no children.

Anne IRWIN [Parents] was born in Leveelick, Kilmovee, Co. Mayo. She died in probably U.S.. Anne married 'unknown' KING.

Anne emigrated to the United States.