Patrick (Paddy) DOODY [Parents] was born in prob. Co. Cork. He died date unknown. Patrick married 'UNKNOWN'.

Paddy was a doctor and lived in Wimbledon in London. The Patrick Doody Clinic in Wimbledon is named after him.

Teresa 'UNKNOWN' was born about 1926. She died 15 Mar 2004 in Dublin. Teresa married Eamonn KEALY.

John MCDONNELL [Parents] was born about 1860 in Kilmovee, Co. Mayo. He died Dec 1922 and was buried in Dominican Abbey Monastery, Orlar, Kilmovee, Co. Mayo. John married Eliza Ellen (Lizzie) GORDON on 28 Apr 1892 in Fairymount Church.

John and Lizzie lived in Woodlawn, Kilmovee.

Eliza Ellen (Lizzie) GORDON [Parents] was born about 23 Jul 1868 in Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. She died 3 Dec 1955 in Dublin and was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. Eliza married John MCDONNELL on 28 Apr 1892 in Fairymount Church.

Lizzie lived in Dublin towards the end of her life.

Laurence O'HARA [Parents] was born about 30 Mar 1856 in Cootehall, Co. Roscommon and was christened 30 Mar 1856. He died 12 Jan 1928 and was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. Laurence married Bridget (Bea) GORDON on 18 Jul 1886 in Fairymount Church.

Laurence and Elizabeth were twins.

Sponsors at  Laurence's baptism were Laurence O'Hara and Winifred Hunt.

The O'Hara family is twice connected to another family being researched - the Gordon family of Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. Laurence married Bridget Gordon; and Mary Morahan, a niece of Laurence, married Bridget's younger brother, Cormac.

Bridget (Bea) GORDON [Parents] was born 7 Jun 1859 in Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon and was christened 11 Jun 1859 in Loughglynn, Co. Roscommon. She died 5 Sep 1949 and was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. Bridget married Laurence O'HARA on 18 Jul 1886 in Fairymount Church.

There's a record in the LDS Vital Records Index for the christening in Loughglynn of a Bridget Gordon, daughter of Thomas Gordon and Anne Foley. The date of the christening ties in with the date of birth provided by the family (June 1859) and not with the information on Kathleen in the 1901 census which indicates that she was born about 1865.

Laurence O'HARA [Parents] was born 1815 in Co. Sligo, or Cootehall, Co. Roscommon. He died 1885 in prob Cootehall, Co. Roscommon. Laurence married Eleanor (Ellen) MEEHAN on prob early 1840s.

Eleanor (Ellen) MEEHAN [Parents] "Ellen" was born about 1818 in prob Cootehall, Co. Roscommon. She died after 1900 in poss Clegna, Cootehall, Co. Roscommon. Ellen married Laurence O'HARA on prob early 1840s.

Ellen and Laurence farmed in the townlands of Cleigna (Clegna), Derrygirraun and Cloongreaghan in the Cootehall area of Co. Roscommon.

Could Ellen have been related to Margaret Meehan who married Patrick O'Hara, nephew of Ellen's husband, Laurence?

Alexander MCDONNELL died 18 Apr 1883 in prob Kilmovee, Co. Mayo and was buried in Dominican Abbey Monastery, Orlar, Kilmovee, Co. Mayo. He married Ellen KENNY.

Alexander lived in the parish of Kilmovee, Co. Mayo.

Note from Helen: Although neither my husband nor I are descended from Alexander, Alexander's son John married my husband’s grandaunt Lizzie Gordon. In the course of my research into the Gordon family, I came across valuable information on the McDonnell family, hence its inclusion on the website.

Ellen KENNY was born about 1820 in Orlar, Kilmovee, Co. Mayo. She died 3 Aug 1908 and was buried in Dominican Abbey Monastery, Orlar, Kilmovee, Co. Mayo. Ellen married Alexander MCDONNELL.

Lawrence (Larry) A. MORAHAN [Parents] was born May 1881 in Cloonfeacle, Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim and was christened 8 May 1881 in Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. He died 29 Jul 1970 in Roebuck Road, Dublin. Lawrence married Mary T. (Molly) HURLEY.

Sponsors at Larry's baptism were Michael Hunt and Ellen O'Hara.

Larry became a schoolteacher and it's known he was teaching in Dublin in 1903. Sometime afterwards he emigrated to the United States and we know that in 1906 he was living in Butte, Montana where a very large number of Irish were living at the time, attracted by the plentiful supply of jobs in mining. Larry himself worked for the Irish-run nationalist Butte Independent newspaper ("Published Every Saturday by Mulcahy, Morahan and Hunt").  A copy of the paper from January 1911 includes the Morahan name in the list of publishers, indicating he was still in Butte at that time, but later that year he moved to Houston, Texas - Ellis Island records show that his brother Paddy, who arrived in New York in October,  was planning to join him there. Larry became naturalised in Houston on 9 May 1912. It's believed he continued to work in the newspaper business in Houston. Larry eventually returned to Ireland and lived in Galway. Much later he moved to a nursing home in Roebuck Road in Dublin, where he died aged 89.

Mary T. (Molly) HURLEY was born 1889. She died 14 Jan 1951 in Galway. Mary married Lawrence (Larry) A. MORAHAN.

Larry and Molly had no children.

Michael? FOLEY was born in poss Breanamore, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon. He died in prob Breanamore, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon.

The Foley family came from the townland of Breanamore (sometimes spelled Brenamore) in the parish of Castlerea, Co. Roscommon. The farthest back we can trace the Foleys is to Michael, the father of Anne below. We're only assuming her father's name was Michael because in Griffith's Valuation (carried out in 1857 and 1858 for Roscommon), the only record for a Foley in Breanamore is for a Michael. In the 1901 census, there's no return for any Foley family in Breanamore.

Anne's father was a pig exporter.  

The Foley surname comes from the Irish surname 'Ó Foghladha', from 'foghlaidh' meaning 'pirate' or 'marauder'. The name originated in Co. Waterford and from there spread to counties Cork and Kerry. The name is most common now in these three counties, although it's numerous generally throughout the southern half of the country.