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Paul WALSH

Mary (Miriam) Grace LEECH [Parents]

Simon RYAN

Anne Dorothy LEECH [Parents]

John MCGLADE

Monika Maeve LEECH [Parents]

They had the following children:

  F i Martha MCGLADE
  M ii Louis St. John MCGLADE
  M iii Emmet MCGLADE

Michael BEHAN died 14 Dec 2008 and was buried in Kilfeighney Cemetery, Lixnaw, Co. Kerry. He married Eileen HUDSON on 1963 in Moyvane, Co. Kerry.

Michael is from Lixnaw. He and Eileen lived in Upper Muckenaugh, Lixnaw, Co. Kerry and later moved to Lisahane, Listowel, Co. Kerry.

Eileen HUDSON [Parents] was born about 1933 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died 13 May 2005 in Tralee, Co. Kerry and was buried in Kilfeighney Cemetery, Lixnaw, Co. Kerry. Eileen married Michael BEHAN on 1963 in Moyvane, Co. Kerry.

They had the following children:

  M i Gerard BEHAN
  M ii Aidan BEHAN
  M iii Diarmuid BEHAN
  M iv Michael BEHAN

Michael DEVINE [Parents] was born about 1797 in Co. Kerry. He died 28 Jun 1851 in 2 Market Court, Kensington, London. Michael married Catherine JONES in probably Ireland.

Michael was a shoemaker. On the birth certificate of his daughter Elizabeth Michael has signed his name with an 'X' indicating that he was unable to read or write.

Michael's death certificate tells us he died from bronchitis, the duration of which was three weeks.

Catherine JONES [Parents] was born about 1798 in Co. Kerry. She died 4 Feb 1874 in 7 Holland St., Kensington, London. Catherine married Michael DEVINE in probably Ireland.

It appears Catherine and her husband, Michael Devine, emigrated from Ireland (probably from Kerry) to England in the 1820s with at least one child (Daniel). At least three more children were born in the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields in London prior to the family's move to Kensington in the late 1830s. They were living at 19 Young St. in Kensington in 1839 when their daughter Elizabeth was born; and according to the 1851 census they were living at 2 Market Court, also in Kensington.

Built in the 1770s, Market Court, no longer in existence, was one of a number of slums or 'rookeries'  located off  the south side of Kensington High St. Young St. is also located off the south side of Kensington High St. and very close to Market Court so it's possible that Young St. too was a slum. There was a high concentration of Irish people living at this time in the slums of Kensington, most of which, Market Court included, were eventually demolished in the late 1860s.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, St Giles, where Catherine, Michael and their family lived before they moved to Kensington, became one of the main areas of Irish settlement in London. One of London's most notorious rookeries was located there and was known as 'Little Dublin' and 'The Holy Land' because of the large number of Irish who lived there. Given that the Devine family lived in a slum in Kensington after their move from St. Giles, it seems likely they lived in the rookeries when they lived in St. Giles.

According to her death certificate Catherine died of bronchitis and senile decay. The certificate shows the informant to have been an Ellen Cummins of 7 Holland St. Could Ellen have been a relative?

They had the following children:

  M i Daniel DEVINE was born about 1822 and died before 27 Oct 1877.
  M ii
Michael DEVINE was born about 1829 in St. Giles, London. He died 28 Nov 1873 in 7 Holland St., Kensington, London.

From the 1871 census of England we know that Michael, aged 40, was unmarried and living at 7 Holland St., Kensington. He was a bootmaker. Listed with him in the census return are his widowed mother, his unmarried brother John, and a widowed aunt, Irish-born Elizabeth Bellinger who was a 68-year-old retired laundress.

Michael's death certificate tells us he died from "sudden syncope, natural causes", the word "syncope" meaning a fainting spell, usually related to a temporary insufficient blood flow to the brain, most often occurring when the blood pressure is too low and the heart doesn't pump a normal supply of oxygen to the brain. The certificate states that an inquest was held on 1 December 1873. Michael was only 44 years of age when he died. He left an estate of "under £100" to his sister Agnes.
  F iii Agnes DEVINE was born about 1834 and died 17 Apr 1913.
  M iv
John DEVINE was born about 1835 in St. Giles, London. He died 27 Oct 1877 in 96 High St., Kensington, London.

According to the 1851 census of England 15-year-old John was a shoemaker. At the time of the 1871 census he was a letter-carrier, unmarried, and appeared to be living with his elder brother Michael at 7 Holland St., Kensington. According to his death certificate John died in 1877 at 96 High St., Kensington which, because we know his sister Agnes moved to this address with her husband sometime between 1871 and 1881, indicates he may have moved in with his sister's family towards the end of his life. John, whose occupation is given on his death certificate as "post office pensioner" (although in his will he is described as a shoemaker), died of liver disease and toxaemia. He was only 42 years of age. He left an estate of "under £200" to Agnes, his "only next of kin".
  F v
Elizabeth DEVINE was born 3 Mar 1839 in 19 Young St., Kensington, London. She died 5 May 1852 in 2 Market Court, Kensington, London.

Elizabeth died at the age of 13 of 'variola' or smallpox. Her death certificate states that she had been suffering from the disease for 12 days and was 'not vaccinated'.

Richard (Dick) SHEEHAN [Parents] was born 7 Feb 1934 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. He died 14 Feb 1994 in Tralee, Co. Kerry and was buried in Ahavoher Cemetery, Gale Bridge, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. Richard married Bridget (Bridie) SHIEL.

Dick succeeded his aunt Kitty Shine as postmaster in Moyvane.

Bridget (Bridie) SHIEL

They had the following children:

  M i Thomas SHEEHAN
  M ii
Richard SHEEHAN was born 1968. He died 5 Mar 2007 in New York and was buried in Ahavoher Cemetery, Gale Bridge, Moyvane, Co. Kerry.
  F iii Katerina SHEEHAN
  F iv Veronica SHEEHAN
  F v Bernadette SHEEHAN

Michael GILROY

Bernadette SHEEHAN [Parents]

They had the following children:

  M i Ethan Thomas GILROY

'unknown' KELLY

Ellen HOWLEY married 'unknown' KELLY.

Other marriages:
BEIRNE, Patrick

Ellen was a young widow when she married Patrick.

James Thomas ROCHE [Parents]

'UNKNOWN'

They had the following children:

  i 'unknown' ROCHE

Matthew HUDSON [Parents]

Alyssa WARNE

They had the following children:

  M i Jake Eric HUDSON

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