Daniel (Dan) KEARNEY was born in Moyvane, Co. Kerry. He married Ellen CUNNINGHAM.

It's possible, but there's no evidence, that Dan was the Daniel Kearney of Kilbaha North as listed in Griffiths Valuation, carried out for the Kilbaha area in 1853. Daniel is the only Kearney listed for the whole of Kilbaha (North, South, West and Middle).

Ellen CUNNINGHAM [Parents] was born in Kilbaha, Newtownsandes (Moyvane), Co. Kerry. She married Daniel (Dan) KEARNEY.

Daniel KEARNEY [Parents] was born about 1855 in prob Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. He married Ellen 'UNKNOWN'.

Ellen 'UNKNOWN' was born about 1865. She married Daniel KEARNEY.

John (Johnny) HOLLY [Parents] "Johnny" was born about 1911. He died 4 Mar 1991 and was buried in Ahavoher Cemetery, Gale Bridge, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. Johnny married Bridget (Pidge) KEARNEY.

Johnny and Pidge ran a grocery shop and hackney business in Moyvane village.

Bridget (Pidge) KEARNEY [Parents] "Pidge" was born about 1905 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died 5 Jan 1995 in Moyvane, Co. Kerry and was buried in Ahavoher Cemetery, Gale Bridge, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. Pidge married John (Johnny) HOLLY.

Denis HOLLY was born in Tarmons East, Tarbert, Co. Kerry. He died date unknown. Denis married Ellie FLAHERTY.

Ellie FLAHERTY [Parents] was born in Glenalappa, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died date unknown. Ellie married Denis HOLLY.

Patrick (Pat) O'CONNOR [Parents] was born about 1833 in Islandanny, Duagh, Co. Kerry. He married Anne (Nance) CUNNINGHAM.

After their marriage, Pat and Nance lived in Kilbaha - they were immediate neighbours of Nance's brother, Bryan. Pat and Nance's year of marriage (abt. 1857, provided by a family source) doesn't tie in with the years of birth of their children as listed here. Perhaps the marriage date is incorrect, or maybe Pat and Nance had children prior to Thomas. I have a hunch the former is more likely.  

There are 1901 and 1911 census returns from Kilbaha North for Pat's household. The 1901 returns give the following information:

Patrick (67), head
Thomas (31), son
Mary (28), daughter
James (26), son
Nora (22), daughter
John (19), son

In 1911, Pat is listed along with his son Thomas and daughter, Mary.

Kevin O'Connor from Kent has provided information on the family of a Patrick O'Connor who was born in 1834 in Shronebeirne, Duagh and who settled in Kilbaha as a young man. The information we have about this Patrick indicates that he may have been Pat O'Connor above who married Nance Cunningham; apart from the fact that the two Patricks were born in Duagh around the same time, we're told that Patrick from Shronebeirne "married into the farm near Brian Cunningham's" which ties in with the fact that our Pat and Nance's farm was next to that of Nance's brother Bryan. Furthermore we're told that Patrick from Shronebeirne and his wife had several children, some or most of whom emigrated to the United States. This was also true of Pat and Nance's children.

If Patrick from Shronebeirne was indeed Nance's husband then we know that the father of Pat above was Thomas O'Connor and that his mother's last name was Brosnan. Besides Patrick, Thomas had five other children that we know of: Mary, born in 1827; James (Kevin's great-grandfather), born in 1828 who went to farm in Meenahorna, Duagh; Thomas who farmed at Shronebeirne; John T. who moved to Farranpierce in the parish of Killehenny; and Denis who emigrated to the United States. Kevin has put his family history together in a book 'The Descendants of the O'Connors of Carrigafoyle Stemming from the Datheenachs Line' (2006). Besides  the O'Connors, other families covered in Kevin's work include the Brosnans of Shronebeirne, the Byrnes of Coolanelig in Duagh, the Keanes of Ballygrennan in Finuge, and many more. For further information contact Kevin at kevin@oconnor4488.fsworld.co.uk.

Anne (Nance) CUNNINGHAM [Parents] "Nance" was born in Kilbaha, Newtownsandes (Moyvane), Co. Kerry. She died before 1902. Nance married Patrick (Pat) O'CONNOR.

THANKS GO TO DENISE MURPHY FROM CALIFORNIA, A GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER OF NANCE AND PAT, FOR SHARING HER INFORMATION ON THEIR FAMILY.

James MOORE was born in Aughrim, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. He died date unknown. James married Mary CUNNINGHAM.

It's thought by one source that Myles's daughter, Mary, married a Pat O'Sullivan from Knockbawn, and that they emigrated to the United States where Pat was killed in a railway accident in the course of his work. However it's felt that it's much more likely that Mary married James Moore from Aughrim. There's a record of the marriage of a Mary Cunningham to a James Moore from Aughrim on 28 August 1874, but the name of Mary's father on the register is John, not Myles, so it's not altogether certain that Mary's husband was James Moore.

It's not known if Mary and her husband had more than one child.

Mary CUNNINGHAM [Parents] was born about 6 Oct 1832 in Kilbaha, Newtownsandes (Moyvane), Co. Kerry and was christened 6 Oct 1832 in Newtownsandes, Co. Kerry. She married James MOORE.

Sponsors at Mary's baptism were James Cunningham and Mary Woulf.