Angela O'CONNOR [Parents] was born 16 Jun 1963 in Kilbaha, Co. Kerry. She died 23 Nov 2006 in Clonakilty, Co. Cork. Angela married Sean LOWNEY on 16 Mar 1995 in Moyvane, Co. Kerry.

John TREACY [Parents] was born poss abt 1787 in Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary. He died poss 21 Feb 1848 and was buried in Kilfeacle, Co. Tipperary. John married Mary LOOBY (Caution: not verified) on poss 2 Feb 1818 in Solohead, Co. Tipperary.

There's a Tithe Applotment (1826) record for a John "Tracy" who leased eight acres in Soloheadbeg. This is possibly our John above. The only other Treacy listed for Soloheadbeg is Thomas Treacy. Could Thomas have been the father or a brother of our John?

If our John Treacy was the John Treacy who married Mary Looby in February 1818, then he died on 21 February 1848 aged 60 (this information comes from a headstone on a Treacy plot in Kilfeacle). It is perhaps surprising that the Treacys of Soloheadbeg were buried in Kilfeacle, approximately 12km away, rather than in the local Solohead cemetery (there's no church or cemetery in Soloheadbeg itself). There are no Treacy headstones to be found in Solohead, but of course this is no proof there are no Treacys buried there as many families in those days wouldn't have been able to afford to erect a headstone.

The (only) witness at the marriage of John Treacy and Mary Looby was Thomas Treacy, indicating he may have been a brother of John; and among the sponsors at the baptisms of the children of John Treacy and Mary Looby were Michael, Catherine, Ellen and Margaret Treacy, indicating they may have been siblings of John (baptismal records have been located for Catherine and Ellen, sisters of John) .

Mary LOOBY (Caution: not verified) was born in prob Soloheadbeg area, Co. Tipperary. She married John TREACY on poss 2 Feb 1818 in Solohead, Co. Tipperary.

It's known that John's wife's first name was Mary, but there's uncertainty regarding her last name. It's a possibility it was Looby because, buried in the same plot as Nicholas Treacy (c.1805-1848), whom we think was a brother of Mary's husband John, is a John Treacy (c.1787-1848), husband of "Mary Treacy alias Looby".     

Given that rural people in 19th century Ireland tended to marry locals, it's likely Mary Looby came from the parish of Soloheadbeg, and it's a possibility she was from the townland of Newtown because the only Loobys listed in Griffiths Valuation (1850s) for the parish of Soloheadbeg occupied land in Newtown.  

Among the sponsors at the baptisms of the children of John Treacy and Mary Looby were Eliza and John Looby, indicating they may have been siblings of Mary.

The children listed below marked 'Caution: not verified' are the children of John Treacy and Mary Looby, who may well NOT be the children of OUR John Treacy.

Looby (also spelled Luby)  is a common surname in the Tipperary/Waterford/Limerick area. It is derived from the Irish name Ó Lúbaigh which comes from the word 'lúbach' meaning 'cunning'.

Edmond CAREW was born poss. 1820 in prob. Soloheadbeg area, Co. Tipperary and was christened poss. 18 Feb 1820 in Solohead, Co. Tipperary. He died 17 Nov 1897 in Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary. Edmond married Mary HANLEY on 20 Feb 1849 in Solohead, Co. Tipperary.

This family now goes by the surname 'Carey', although most 19th century documents relating to the family show the surname as 'Carew'. 'Carew' is the name of an Anglo-Norman family which settled in Tipperary in the 13th century, whereas 'Carey', besides being a synonym for 'Carew', is also an anglicised form of several Irish names including 'Kerin(s)' and 'Keary'. By the early 20th century our Carew family seems to have switched to 'Carey'. Both surnames are very numerous in Co. Tipperary.

It's believed our Carew/Carey family came from Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary. In older documents, Soloheadbeg is spelled Solloghodbeg.

It's being presumed that Edmond's father was also named Edmond because (i) the custom at the time was to name one's first-born son after the child's paternal grandfather - Edmond's eldest son was named Edmond, (ii) the only record of a Carew or Carey in Soloheadbeg in the Tithe Applotment Books (1826) relates to an Edmond Carew (who leased seven acres), and (iii) Tipperary Family History Research (TFHR) has found a baptismal record for an Edmond Carew whose father's name is also Edmond (the mother's name is Mary Gavin). It's the only baptismal record found for an Edmond Carew in Solohead between 1809, when TFHR records begin, and 1831, when they end; the baptism took place in 1820, a likely date for a man who had children born between 1849 and 1869.  

This baptismal record could well be that of Edmond above, but there isn't sufficient proof. For this reason I'm not applying all the other information I've gathered on the family of Edmond Carew (senior) and Mary Gavin to our Edmond. Instead I've put it in the Other Families page (click on Carew) on this website and maybe some day a definite link might be established. There is much to suggest that Edmond Carew and Mary Gavin were the parents of our Edmond: for instance, one of the witnesses to our Edmond's marriage in 1849 was Thomas Carey (Edmond, son of Edmond Carew and Mary Gavin, had a brother named Thomas). In addition, sponsors at the baptisms of our Edmond's two eldest children in 1849 and 1851 included William Carey, Mary Carey and Michael Carey (Edmond, son of Edmond Carew and Mary Gavin, had siblings named William, Mary and Michael). If our Edmond's parents were, in fact, Edmond Carew and Mary Gavin, the absence of Carew/Carey sponsors at the baptisms of his remaining seven children may possibly be explained by the emigration of his siblings. With the exception of Edmond, it's believed they all emigrated, most if not all going to Newfoundland, Canada. Growing up, and in correspondence with Carew/Carey relatives in Ireland during the course of my research, I never heard mention of any Newfoundland link to my family, but this doesn't necessarily mean that our Edmond wasn't connected to the family of Edmond Carew and Mary Gavin. However, proof is required.   

Notes:

1. If Edmond was in fact a son of Edmond Carew and Mary Gavin, then he had a twin named Patrick and his baptismal sponsor was Catherine Flinn (no other sponsor listed).

2. According to his death certificate, Edmond was aged 80 when he died (ties in roughly with the date of baptism of Edmond Carew, son of Edmond Carew and Mary Gavin) . The cause of death was "probably decline of life".

Mary HANLEY was born in poss Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary. She married Edmond CAREW on 20 Feb 1849 in Solohead, Co. Tipperary.

Unfortunately not much is known of Mary's family. Given that Mary was married in the parish of Solohead (formerly spelled Solloghod) at a time when marriages typically took place in the bride's parish, it's possible the Hanleys came from that parish. Another possibility is that, given that the neighbouring parish of Soloheadbeg (formerly Solloghodbeg) used the Solohead church, and given that Mary's husband probably came from Soloheadbeg, the Hanley family may well have come from Soloheadbeg.

According to records from Tipperary Family History Research, the marriage of Mary and Edmond was witnessed by Thomas Carey and William Carew.

Besides the surnmames Hanley and Carew, names that occur more than once amongst the baptismal sponsors of the children of Mary and Edmond are Godfrey and Ryan, so it's possible the Hanleys and the Carews were related somehow to these families.

There's a possibility that our Hanleys might be connected to the Hanley family of Margaret Lloyd from New Zealand. Margaret's great-grandmother, Ellen Hanley, was born in Solohead in 1818 to Michael Hanley and Ellen Lonergan (her baptismal sponsors were William Meighan and Mary Ryan). Sometime afterwards, possibly between 1830 and 1843, Ellen's family  was evicted from their farm in Solohead and they subsequently moved to Cooga in the parish of Doon, Co. Limerick. Family lore has it that the Hanley farm was on Lord Stanley's estate and could be seen from the the big house, as a result of which the residents wanted to be rid of the tenants, hence the eviction. It's possible they were offered alternative land in Cooga by Lord Stanley because in Griffith's Valuation (1850s), Lord Stanley is shown to be their landlord in Cooga. Descendants of this Hanley family still live in Cooga.

I've been unable to make a connection between Margaret's Hanley family and mine but just in case they are related, here are some more details about her great-grandmother's family:

Ellen had a sister named Julia who was born in 1815 (baptismal sponsor was William Lonergan). According to Julia's baptismal certificate, the family lived in Kilmurry (there are Kilmurrys near Carrick-on-Suir and Clonmel in Co. Tipperary but it seems more likely the Hanleys lived in Kilmurry, Co. Limerick, which is closer to Solohead). Ellen also had two brothers, Michael who was born in 1821 (baptismal sponsors were John Lonergan and Honora Lonergan) and John, born 1824 (sponsors were William Cranitch and Margaret Godfrey). It seems that Ellen (mother of Julia, Ellen, Michael and John) died shortly after John's birth because it appears her husband Michael married Johanna O'Doherty in 1826. They had a son, Cornelius, in 1827 (sponsors were were Edmond Hanley and Catherine Leamy), who must have died in infancy because a second son named Cornelius was born in 1828 (sponsors were John Doherty and Johanna Doherty). Cornelius married Hanora Carew in 1856 in Galbally and their children, born in Doon, were Bridget, born 1859 (baptismal sponsors were Julia Hanley and John Hickey); Eliza, born 1859 (sponsors Bridget Madden and Michael Tobin); Richard, born 1865 (William Coffey and Catherine Coffey); Mary, born 1867( Daniel Tuohy and Margaret Hickey); Patrick, born 1869 (John Hanley and Julia Hanley); Julia, born 1872 (Richard Lloyd, Catherine Hickey); and Hanora, born 1878 (James Carew and Bridget Hickey).

Ellen married Patrick Tobin in Doon in 1843 and following his death she married John Lloyd in Doon in 1853. Witnesses to Ellen's marriage to John were Conor (Cornelius) Hanley and Bridget Hanley, and among the sponsors at their children's baptisms were T. (Thomas?), Con, Julia, Patrick, Kitty and Bridget Hanley. Richard Lloyd, a son of John and Ellen and grandfather of Margaret, emigrated to Christchurch, New Zealand around 1877.

I have also been in contact with Michael H. Ryan who is a descendant of Thomas Ryan (believed to have been from Soloheadbeg) and Julia Hanley who married in Solohead/Oola on 21 January 1854. Could Julia have been related to our Hanleys? In case there is a connection, here are some details on the children of Thomas and Julia:

Thomas, born 1855, probably in Soloheadbeg
Thady (aka Timothy), baptised 30 July 1856 in Tipperary (ancestor of Michael H. Ryan)
Bridget, baptised 8 December 1857 (although Michael halso has a baptismal date of 18 February 1857 for possibly the same person - could the first Bridget have died?)
Richard (although no documentation has been located for him)

Note: The Hanley surname is numerous throughout Ireland, especially in north Munster and in Connacht. The Hanleys were originally a sept of Co. Roscommon. The Irish form of the name is "Ó h-Áinle" from the Irish word "áinle" meaning "beauty".

Martin Joseph TREACY [Parents] was born about 9 Nov 1883 in Murgasty Cottages, Murgasty, Co. Tipperary and was christened 9 Nov 1883 in Tipperary. He died 19 Jan 1977 in Fermoy, Co. Cork and was buried in Kilcrumper Old Cemetery, Fermoy. Martin married Catherine FOGARTY.

Sponsors at Martin's baptism were Edmond Carew and Bridget Carew.

According to the 1901 census return for his mother's household in Murgasty, Co. Tipperary, Martin, aged 17, was a baker. He later worked in the gasworks business, initially in Cobh, Co. Cork before moving to Fermoy, Co. Cork where he was manager of the Fermoy Gas Company.

Catherine FOGARTY was born in Portlaw, Co. Waterford. She died 5 Jan 1964 in Fermoy, Co. Cork. Catherine married Martin Joseph TREACY.

Catherine was matron of a workhouse or hospital (presumably in Fermoy).

Martin and Catherine, who lived in Duntahane, Fermoy, had no children.

John MORAHAN was born about 1813. He died 25 Aug 1896 in Cloonfeacle, Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. John married Mary BERTRIDGE on 24 Mar 1836 in Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim.

It's not known where John was born but it seems he wasn't a native of the townland of Cloonfeacle (in the parish of Kiltoghert) where he eventually ran his farm. The Tithe Applotment Books, compiled for Co. Leitrim in 1833, don't list any Morahan householders in Cloonfeacle, but by 1856 when Griffiths Valuation was carried out for Kiltoghert, John was farming in Cloonfeacle. He may well have come from the parish of Kiltoghert as there's an entry in the Irish Linen Board's 1796 list of flax growers for a James Moraghan (Moraghan is synonymous with Morahan) who grew flax in Kiltoghert. Could James have been related to John? And according to Griffiths Valuation, carried out for Co. Leitrim in 1856 and 1857, there were a number of other Morahans in Co. Leitrim at that time, all of them living in Kiltoghert, John being the only Morahan in the townland of Cloonfeacle.    

It has been suggested that John may have been born in Co. Roscommon or had family connections in the county. This could well be true; although John had died by the time of the 1901 census, if one looks at the returns of the six Morahan households in Co. Leitrim at the time of the census, it can be seen that five of the six heads of household give their place of birth as Co. Roscommon (John's son, Owen, being the exception), and five of the six heads of household, including Owen, had wives who were born in Co. Roscommon. Furthermore I'm told that many Morahan and Moraghan families in the area have roots in the Boyle/Cootehall region of Co. Roscommon (less than 12 miles from Cloonfeacle).

In case there's a connection between John's family and the other five Morahan families from the Co. Leitrim census returns, here are their details (with county of birth being Leitrim unless otherwise specified):

TOWNLAND / PARISH / HEAD / OCCUPATION / OTHER OCCUPANTS (family members only; servants, etc. not included)
Drumod town / Annaduff / Peter (35) / publican/widower (b. Co. Roscommon) / Francis (7), Peter (6), Margaret (sister, 21, b. Co. Roscommon)
Sranadarragh / Drumreilly / Owen (32) / tea dealer (b. Co. Roscommon) / Maryann (32), Charles (9), Mary Agnes (8), Lily (6), Annie (5), Caroline (4),
                                                                                      May (2), Eugene (1 month)
Carrick-on-Shannon town / Kiltoghert / Thomas (50) / coach builder (b. Co. Roscommon) / Nora (44, b. Co. Roscommon), Mary Elizabeth (20), Delia (18),
                                                                                       Nora (16), Kathleen (13), Bernard (11), Anna(9), Thomas (6),
                                                                                       Bridget McDonough (70, mother-in-law, b. Co. Roscommon)
Carrick-on-Shannon town / Kiltoghert / Patrick (27) / printer (unmarried, b. Co. Roscommon) / Owen (20, b. Co. Roscommon, brother perhaps?)
Carrick-on-Shannon town / Kiltoghert / Timothy (58) / RIC pensioner (b. Co. Roscommon) / Thomas (23, b. Co. Mayo), Edward (19), Timothy (15),
                                                                                        Joseph (13, b. Co. Roscommon), Patrick (11, b. Co. Cavan),
                                                                                        Bertram (8 months)

Getting back to the life of John above, it has been discovered he was involved in an abduction in his youth. On the night of 7 April 1836, eight men, including John and brothers Robert and William Bertridge (who were John's brothers-in-law) forced their way into the house of a Mrs. Hanley who was a widow and lived in the townland of Pullymaughel (also spelled Pollnamoghil) in the parish of Aughrim, Co. Roscommon, a few miles south-west of Cloonfeacle, and kidnapped Mrs. Hanley's daughter Catherine. The police were quickly contacted, Catherine was rescued, and John and the Bertridges were arrested and sentenced to death but were subsequently granted a 'free pardon', possibly due to the influence of the Bertridges. The reason for the abduction is unclear, but such abductions were not uncommon in the late 18th / early 19th century. For information on the practice of abduction in Ireland at that time, and for further details on this particular abduction, please refer to the notes for Robert Bertridge.  

According to John's death certificate, he was 72 years old when he died in 1896 (his son, Owen, was present at his death), which means he was born about 1824, which can't be the case as he married in 1836. The age of the John Morahan who was tried for the abduction was 23 in 1836 so it's more likely our John was born about 1813.

Through this website I've received information on three other Morahan families from the Carrick-on-Shannon area. I'm unable to make a connection between them and our Morahans, but just in case there is a link, here are their details:

Brothers Joseph and Thomas Morahan, whose father's name was Bernard, were born around the middle of the 19th century and both worked as coach builders in Carrick-on-Shannon. Joseph married Mary Rutledge in 1879 and later settled in Co. Sligo, and Thomas married Nora McDonough in 1880. It's known that Thomas and Nora had nine children: Mary Elizabeth, Delia, Norella, Kathleen, Bernard (Sonny), Anna, Thomas, Addy and Gertie.

Two brothers from another family, James and John Morahan (born around the 1870s, possibly in the townland of Cloonmaan in Co. Leitrim, near Carrick-on-Shannon) were boat builders in Carrick-on-Shannon. Their father, John, was also a boat builder and had four other children that we know of: a Mrs. McDonnell in San Francisco, Catherine Harvey, Patrick and Charles.      

The third Morahan family was that of Charles Moraghan, a tenant farmer from Cloonmaan who married Elizabeth Corrighan (also spelled Currigan). They had 10 children:
John, baptised 17 August 1838 (could John possibly be the boat builder and father of boat builders James and John above?)
Catherine, baptised 9 July 1840
Mary, baptised 22 August 1841
Bernard (Barney), baptised 15 September 1843
Margaret, baptised 2 November 1845
Cornelius, baptised 27 November 1847
Patrick, baptised 6 February 1850
Michael, baptised 5 November 1851
Elizabeth, baptised 26 May 1853
Peter, baptised 17 February 1856

It's thought some of the sons of Charles and Elizabeth, including Barney, may at some point have served with the Metropolitan Police in London. Barney married Mary Clancy from Curries, Co. Roscommon on 18 February 1878 in Cloonfad in the parish of Aughrim, Co. Roscommon. They had one son, Joseph Patrick. Mary died on 21 December 1885 aged only 34. In 1882, when Joseph was eight, he and his father emigrated to New Zealand and settled in Christchurch. Barney remarried, and it's believed his second wife, who may have been related to his first wife, emigrated to New Zealand at the same same time as Barney. There were no children from the second marriage. Thanks go to Peter Morahan in New Zealand, a great-grandson of Barney for providing all the above information on the descendants of Charles Moraghan and Elizabeth Corrighan. Other details on this family are available on Peter's website, www.morahan.co.nz

I have also been given information on other Morahan families in Co. Roscommon whose details are worth noting as it's a possibility that they too might be connected to our Cloonfeacle Morahans. One family is being researched by Loree Muldowney in California whose Muldowney great-grandfather's sister Bridget married a Eugene Moraghan. Loree thinks Eugene's father may have been Thomas Morahan from the townland of Moigh near Cootehall. Bridget's father was probably John Muldowney of Moigh. Known children of Bridget and Eugene are Thomas (baptised 10 December 1843, baptismal sponsors Thomas Moraghan and Maria Moraghan, probably died before 24 February 1852), John (baptised 22 December 1844, sponsors John Muldowney and Maria Moraghan), Patrick (baptised 3 February 1847, sponsors Eugene Doyle and Ellenor Boyde), Timothy (baptised 30 December 1848, sponsors John Lynch and Bridget Lynch), Mary (baptised 1 April 1849, sponsors John Moraghan and Bridget Muldowney), another Thomas (baptised 24 February 1852, sponsors Michael Brennan and Maria Salmon), Ann (baptised 22 June 1856, sponsors Timothy Muldowney and Mrs. Moraghan), Bridget (baptised 11 February 1858, sponsors John Moran and Bridget Murry) and Joanna (baptised 26 August 1860, sponsors Patrick Moraghan and Joanna O’Hara). All the children were baptised in Ardcarne (Cootehall). Unfortunately nothing is known of the family after 1860.

Muldowney researchers might be interested to know that Bridget's brothers John and Thomas emigrated to Sandusky, Ohio, while another brother, Timothy, stayed in Cootehall where he ran grocery/bakery in what is now the Watersplash pub. And for researchers of the Cootehall Morahans, Loree found a Tithe Applotment record (1823-1837) for an Owen (interchangeable with Eugene) Moraghan in Foxhill, which is adjacent to Moigh and Cootehall. In Griffiths Valuation (1847-1864) she found two Owen Moraghans, one in Annaghmona and one in Cleaheen, both in Tumna parish which is near Cootehall. If you would like to contact Loree regarding the Morahans and Muldownneys of the Moigh area, please email loree@dc.rr.com.

Another family of Roscommon Morahans included a John Morahan (1833-1885) who moved with his family to Leeds in England where he lived for 10 years before emigrating to the United States in 1853. It's not known what parish in Roscommon John was from but it is known his mother's surname was Kelly. If you think you are connected to this family please contact John S. Morahan, a great-great-grandson of John's, who lives in Baltimore, Maryland and whose e-mail address is johnmorahan@hotmail.com.

Note: The Morahan surname is quite common in Connaught. It comes from the Irish 'Ó Murcháin' of which there were two septs, one in Offaly and one in Leitrim. The name is sometimes spelled 'Moraghan', or shortened to 'Moran'.

Mary BERTRIDGE [Parents] was born in poss. Cloonfeacle, Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon. She died prob.18 May 1853 in Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. Mary married John MORAHAN on 24 Mar 1836 in Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim.

Witnesses to the marriage of Mary and her husband, John, were Michael Tanzy and Margaret Lenahan. Mary and John seem to have inherited her father's land.

The Leitrim Genealogy Centre found a death record for a Mrs. John Morahan from 'Cloonfead', Kiltoghert who died 18 May 1853. Because there's no such placename as 'Cloonfead' in Kiltoghert, the Centre suspects that it should read "Cloonfeacle'. Therefore it's being assumed the record relates to our Mary. No age was given.

Michael Joseph MORAHAN [Parents] was born 13 Jul 1879 in Cloonfeacle, Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim and was christened 14 Jul 1879 in Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. He died 7 Mar 1959 in Denver, Colorado. Michael married Emily Marion LOGAN on 7 Sep 1910 in St. Patrick's Church, Galway.

MANY THANKS GO TO DAN MORAHAN OF PINE, COLORADO, FOR PROVIDING SO MUCH INFORMATION ON MICHAEL AND HIS FAMILY.

Sponsors at Michael's baptism were William O'Hara and Mary Ellen Doyle.

Michael worked on the railroads in Ireland and England prior to emigrating to the United States where from 1903 to 1948 he worked as an locomotive engineer with Chicago, Burlington & Quincy in Lincoln, Nebraska. Michael returned to Ireland in 1910 in Ireland to marry Emily Logan. The following month Michael returned to Lincoln and Emily lived with her in-laws until she joined her husband in the United States a year later. According to the ship manifest, Michael lived at the time at 33 S. 10th St., Lincoln.

Michael and Emily later moved to Denver, Colorado, where Michael worked for Colorado Southern. He was engineer on the first diesel engine used by Colorado Southern in Colorado.

Note: Michael had a cousin named Patrick Mullany who lived in New York City in 1910. According to Ellis Island records Michael was going to join Patrick in New York prior to his return to Nebraska. It's possible Michael may have been related to Patrick through his aunt, Ellen O'Hara, who was married to a Patrick MULLEANY. Perhaps Ellen and Patrick had a son named Patrick who emigrated to the United States. There's another MULLEANY connection in that Patrick O'Hara who was Ellen's first cousin once removed was married to a Mary Jane Mulleany.

Emily Marion LOGAN [Parents] was born 22 May 1884 in Greatmeadow, Boyle, Co. Roscommon and was christened 1 Jun 1884 in Boyle, Co. Roscommon. She died 7 Jul 1966 in Denver, Colorado and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Golden, Colorado. Emily married Michael Joseph MORAHAN on 7 Sep 1910 in St. Patrick's Church, Galway.

Sponsors at Emily's baptism were John McHugh and and Honora Connaughton.

It's known that Emily and Joseph were somehow related. The connection seems to be through the Meehans: Emily's grandfather on her father's side married a Winifred Meehan who, it's thought, was closely related to (perhaps a sister of) Ellen Meehan who was Michael's grandmother on his mother's side. If Winifred and Ellen were indeed sisters, this would have made Emily and Michael second cousins.

Emily died in the Mercy Hospital in Denver.

John MORAHAN [Parents] was born 17 Nov 1875 in Cloonfeacle, Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim and was christened 18 Nov 1875 in Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. He died 24 Jan 1953 in Barna, Co. Galway and was buried in New Cemetery, Galway. John married Elizabeth MAGUIRE on 10 Jun 1908.

Sponsors at John's baptism were Lawrence O'Hara and Mary Morahan.

John was a policeman who lived and worked in Barna, Co. Galway. In 1916 he was awarded a bronze medal for bravery from the Royal Humane Society for swimming 100 yards out from Barna pier to save a young man who was drowning.

Elizabeth MAGUIRE was born about 1885 in Co. Fermanagh. She died 9 Dec 1950 in Barna, Co. Galway and was buried in New Cemetery, Galway. Elizabeth married John MORAHAN on 10 Jun 1908.