Our Nolan family came from Leanamore (also spelled Lenamore), Ballylongford, Co. Kerry. However when 1901 census returns were checked for Nolan households in Leanamore, none were found. Perhaps the family had dispersed by then.
The name of Joseph's wife is unknown. He may have had more children than those listed below.
Note: The Nolan surname is very common throughout Ireland, especially in the south-east. It's strongly liked to the Carlow area where it's an anglicised form of O Nualláin. There was also a separate Ó hUallacháin family from west Cork, whose name was also anglicised as Nolan. The prevalence of the name in Mayo and Galway is explained by the migration of a branch of the Carlow family there in the sixteenth century.
