We have had 150 comments to date. They have been very interesting and a useful way for O’Sheas (Shays, Sheas) to make contact with each other. I have closed off comments to the other post below. Please do read the comments attached to the other posting below but ADD YOUR COMMENT TO THIS POSTING! Thanks, Margaret (O’Shea) Jordan……
Thanks to everyone for all your comments.
January 16, 2009 at 9:24 am |
Thanks for all the comments. The blog is intended for any and all O’Shea(Shea/Shay etc) comments.
Please continue commenting here…Happy 2009!
Margaret (O’Shea)Jordan
January 18, 2009 at 7:59 pm |
hi to all fellow o’shea’s!!
i last posted on here in oct 2007 (heres my update)
bartholomew o’shea b abt 1890
michael b o’shea b abt 1860 caherciveen co kerry married margaret anne o’reilly in 1883 in st finians chapel
michael had a sister catherine ‘kate’ who emigrated to america 1881 she married patrick j sullivan.
i am in contact with her grgrgrandson who incredibly found a letter from michael to kate dated 18/12/1887!
michael b and margaret had 6 children patrick 1884 mary catherine 1885 john valentine 1887 michael joseph 1889 margaret anne 1890 and finally my grgrandad christopher stephen 1893-1963.
they were all born in caherciveen and family occupation at this time were merchant tailors.
i have researched to present times 3 siblings who went to US. the 2 eldest children i have no info for as yet.
my grandfather married in granard co longford maria cadden 1917 and they had 11 children. they lived in arva co cavan before moving to england 1950’s. my grandparents were also tailors.
my father is the eldest child born 1919
any information greatly received!
February 11, 2009 at 6:20 pm |
I am trying to make contact with O’Shea’s originating from Killenaule, Co. Tipperary. My grandparents names were Patrick and Hannah (don’t know her maiden name). My father’s (Edmond) siblings included, Nora (deceased) also lived in Killenaule, Anne (deceased) lived in Margate, Thomas (deceased) died as RAF Sergeant during WWII 01/06/42. Michael, and at least one more brother and sister.
May 16, 2009 at 3:00 am |
For Eddie O’Shea
I left note on ancestors.com but I’ll summarize again. I can add some info on the Killenaule O’Shea family. My mother was Bridget O’Shea, eldest daughter of Patrick and Hannah. She died in Tucson Arizona in 1977. I’m her son, Tom, born in England and named after the Thomas O’Shea you referenced. We moved to the US in 1957. There was another brother to our parents named Jack who supposedly immigrated to Canada, probably in the 30s. I remember Uncle Mick (Michael). More if needed. Cheers Tom Mendell
February 11, 2009 at 6:36 pm |
Hi Eddie,
I know that we have a member of our yDNA Project whose ancestors originated in Killenaule.Perhaps you are connected. I’ll pass your message on.
Regards,
Margaret Jordan
http://www.osheaclan.org
February 12, 2009 at 12:37 am |
Eddie:
I’m the one that Margaret Jordan references above. Our line descends from Edward O’Shea, who according to our records was born 12 Jul 1842 in Graystown, Killenaule, Tipperary. He emigrated to the United States and died 2 Mar 1920 in Summerville, Jefferson, PA. We have the Y-DNA markers on this line. We would love to compare notes. My email is trturk@frontiernet.net.
Toni
February 20, 2009 at 3:15 pm |
Supposedly a relative of mine – it could be a Michael Shea – whose family had emigrated to the US returned (I don’t know when, may 50-75 years ago) at some point to operate the Smithy when the local Shea’s had ‘run out’. Does this sound familiar to anyone? If so, anything you can add to this story? We have a hand-painted picture of the cottage someone had done, with the reference to Lauragh Road, and that’s pretty much it …
There is a parish of Lauragh in Co Kerry, to the South of Kenmare town. Could this be the area you are looking for? It is on the Beara peninsula,
Sean
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Thank you Sean, this is very helpful. I had also had a few others suggest this location. I hope to be back in September ‘09 and plan on checking it out!
Regards,
John
September 14, 2009 at 10:25 am |
Hi John,
I live in england but know of a distant relative,a blacksmith who returned from a few years in the us a Michael O’Shea but that would be in excess of 90 years ago.
My mother has fairly comprehensive family tree records of the Shea’s and O’Shea’s who emmigrated and where many of them are in the states. If you could let me know your relationship to this man and any more of the relations that you know off, then I can ask her to see if she can help.
Regards
Sean
September 18, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Sean
Anybody from Cork? My great grand uncle Michael O’Shea moved to Dubuque Iowa around 1855. Only relative I had in US who went back to England was my great Uncle Maurice – who did go back to England around 1910. Would prefer just to send my email jgoshea at comcast.net
February 27, 2009 at 9:13 am |
Message to Helen Kingi – NZ
Just letting you know that we are OK here in Victoria. Thankyou for your email, I have sent two replies to you but both have been returned. The fires have been devasting and horrendous, the loss of life, homes, farms and whole towns is nothing like we have experienced before. We are fairly safe here, at their closest, the fires 3 weeks ago were about 45mins away. Still having hot and windy weather with 7 major fires around the state. The coming week will be particularly bad, weather wise, so fingers crossed they can keep them under control.
Thankyou for your thoughts and wishes.
Regards
Kerrie Shea
Bacchus Marsh, Vic., Australia
February 27, 2009 at 10:21 pm |
Hi All.
Noreen O’Shea here from Mallow in Co. Cork. My grandfather Mick Shea came from Ballinagree between Millstreet and Macroom. My father seems to have added an O to our surname – don’t know why!!
Didn’t realise there was so many O’Shea’s out there – long may they live!!
Noreen
March 1, 2009 at 10:21 pm |
Hi from NZ.. Noreen in my limited family knowledge the name change in my line seems to be like this SHEE until about 1820 then SHEA.. then some added the ‘o’as my grtgf did about 1870 and yet the family in Bacchus Marsh ..re Kerrie shea are still SHEA..Thank God you are safe from the fires our brave Victorian connection..still trying with our Kilkenny and Borrisoleigh family line..warm wishes
March 2, 2009 at 5:09 pm |
Hi all,
Brendan O’Shea from Sydney, NS, Canada. There is a big O’Shea family in cape breton. We think our family arrived in here mid 1800s.
take care
Brendan
March 18, 2009 at 4:29 am |
My father was Richard Dennis O’Shea, mother Marion Louise Barcalow of St Louis, MO. I am searching for info on who were my great-great grandparents. I am told our O’Shea family hails from County Cork, Ireland. My great grandparents were James W. O’Shea (1861-1931) and Katherine (Craig) O’Shea (1865-1944, of St Louis, MO. All info is greatly appreciated!
Happy St Patricks Day!!
March 25, 2009 at 5:00 pm |
Hey everyone! Natasha O’Shea from Prince Edward Island Canada… nice to see all the O’Sheas out there in the world!
April 4, 2009 at 4:17 pm |
hi,rita o shea here from south kilkenny. hi ou there to all the o shea clan worldwide. please email me at larsshe@eircom.net.
April 5, 2009 at 4:42 am |
My great-grandfather was John Joseph Shea (Shay)born in 1873 in Goraletter, Tuosist, Kenmare, Kerry and emigrated to the US where he married Mary Crowley and had 4 children, Lillian, John, Eleanor and Frances….his father was Patrick. I believe the “O” was dropped when he emigrated as well as the spelling changed to ‘Shay’…Only Lillian and Frances had children so there are still some ‘Shay’s’ from this branch in the US….does this sound familiar to anyone?
May 18, 2009 at 9:51 pm |
Laurie,
My family are Sheas from just outside Kenmare. Do you have any male Sheas from your branch of the family? If so, they might do the yDNA test, which I did last year. I’m curious if there is a strong connection of your branch of the family and mine, which should show up in the DNA test.
Dick
April 5, 2009 at 9:23 am |
Irish Civil Records Index is online. If your ancestors were born from 1864 on or even born before but married after the start of civil registration,you will find them. Then send for the certificate if you want to, using the Vol. No and page no. This reference is for the GRO in Roscommon not the local Reg. Office.
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1408347;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable
April 7, 2009 at 6:37 am |
My grandfather’s name is Joseph A. Shea. I don’t have much information other than he met my grandmother in Nebraska and my mom was born there. Her name is Mary Ellen Shea. I would love to know more about them. If you have any information, please email me ~ ur2bhis@yahoo.com
Thank you!
April 8, 2009 at 12:48 am |
FOR THE ATTENTION OF LEO SHEA
I was browsing the archieve and saw a post by a Leo Shea on January 9, 2007 at 12:23 pm.
He was trying to trace his ancestors the O Sheas of Laffins Folly in Tipperary .
Leo said he had visited ireland in search of the home of his ancestors but failed to find Laffins Folly. If any one can contact Leo you can tell him I was born and reared in Laffins Folly and can proably help him in his search.
Laffins Folly wont be found on any maps its avery small towns land located outside the town of thurles (about 8 miles) also there is a very old small cemetry near by where your ancestors are more than likley burried.
If any one knows Leo can they pass on this message as id be delighted to help or Leo if You Read this you can email me philipbrett007@gmail.com
April 11, 2009 at 5:22 pm |
Kilkenny is celebrating 400 years of being a city.
See:http://kilkenny400.ie/site/index.php?p=1
Many Shees were sovereigns of Kilkenny and later, Mayors of the City of Kilkenny!In modern times, Edward o’Shea was Mayor.
http://www.osheaclan.org/Sovereigns_of_Kilkenny.pdf
April 16, 2009 at 8:50 pm |
Hey im Adam O’Shea and am currently livin in Nobber, Co.Meath. I live here with my dad who is the son of Patrick O’Shea who dies 24th Jan 2001. I have never known much about my family and am interested in knowing a lot more. My grandfather (patrick) had 2 brother, John and Jerry(died last year) and 3 sister, Agnes, anne and MArie. I dont know who theire parents were but i would appreciate any information I can. All cureently living in Dublin.
May 14, 2009 at 12:15 pm |
Sad to report that NATALIE MERCHANT is NOT an O’Shea as reported on internet and Facebook among other places. Many blogs or news items reported that her mother was an O’Shea, Irish, etc. I confirmed with her official organization to the contrary. too bad.
May 17, 2009 at 9:08 am |
Just heard that Sharon Shea Bossard got some good news about her Chicago Irish book. It just won first prize in the Illinois Women’s Press Assoc….and will now go to the Nationals to be judged…..and the book also won as Finalist in the Indie Book Awards out of Michigan. Congratulations, Sharon!!!
See Sharon’s website:
http://www.findingmyirish.com/
Margaret (O’Shea)Jordan
May 26, 2009 at 2:09 pm |
Just returned from a wonderful fact-finding mission to Ireland. Our project coordinator, Margaret O’Shea Jordan, met up with my husband and me in Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, where we did some major sleuthing. After the yDNA results came in with good news, it was time to go back to that area and “comb” some more. Margaret is an expert, an ace, an incredible genealogist who knows how to get to the bottom of things. Our time spent resulted in new information, facts, and directions. Two hours with the parish priest and all the mildewed, dog eared, difficult-to-read documents, prowling through graveyards, and knocking on doors was the order of the day, and I’m happy to report it all went well. Thank you, Margaret, for all your genius assistance….the O’Shea/Shea yDNA project is fortunate to have you (as well as Brian) at the helm.
June 1, 2009 at 5:29 am |
Hi O’Sheas! from Queensland, My husband’s father Peter is from Wexford born about 1918(ish) and married Mary Armstrong also from Wexford around 1942. Our daughter Kelly is the 2009 Queensland Rose and we would love any O’Sheas to say hi if you happen to be at the Tralee Festival in August. It’s an exciting time for us and we are hoping to do some O’Shea family research while we are there. As its a bit hard to bring a cheer squad from Australia we’d love some O’Shea support from the Irish end!
Thanks and see you in August!
August 7, 2009 at 3:39 pm |
Hi Margot
Just to let you know that I was born in Wexford and My Dad Patrick O’Shea and my Grandad Samual Born 1913(ish) and My Grandmother Mary O’Shea were also from Enniscorthy in Wexford, Im not sure if My grandfather had siblings but there could be a connection (“,), Good luck to Kelly in The Rose of Tralee, I send my support and i will be watching
September 15, 2009 at 12:45 am
Hi Jennifer, While in Ireland last month we came across Col’s grandfather and uncles graves in Bree. From memory his grandfather was John and uncle was Edward. Were any of you guys from Bree? Thanks so much for your well wishers re Rose of Tralee. I don’t think anything can prepare the girls for how huge the 10 days are! Kelly says thanks so much for the support, she had the time of her life.
June 2, 2009 at 6:50 pm |
I am trying to trace Patrick Shea born about 1818/19 in the Tuosist/Lauragh area of co.kerry He came to England as a young lad with his mother and settled in London or so I have been told.
June 4, 2009 at 4:24 pm |
Hi! This is Helen O’Shea from Dublin. Brothers are James, Shane and Cian. Dad, Sean O’Shea from around Ventry Co. Kerry. Glad to discover the site!
June 6, 2009 at 10:07 am |
Hi I’m trying to trace my Grt Grt Grandfather James Shea he married Margaret Boland December 1839 in Cloughjordan Co. Tipperary. They had a son Edward baptised in CloughJordan March 1840. They also had a daughter Jane who I haven’t been able to find a baptism for, but who was born around 1842. Margaret, Edward and Jane all immigrated to New Zealand, (although not all at the same time)Margaret Boland was the daughter of James Boland and Jane Delahay. James Shea was a farmer according to his childrens death certs. If anyone can help me trace James I would love to hear from you. Thanks
June 11, 2009 at 4:26 pm |
I am not very optimistic but posting here to see if anyone has any ideas about my Great Great Grandmother.
She was Catherine O’SHEA, she was born around 1822 but ages on different records vary from 1821 to 1826 (and even 1831).
I think she was born in Ireland but no idea where.
She married my Great Great Grandfather, Mark HAMMOND, in St Roch de Quebec, Canada in February 1844. He was a soldier serving in Canada.
The marriage record is all in French and mangles all the names but it appears that her father was Charles John O’SHEA and her mother Catherine DYLAN/DILLON.
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/mbriscoe2/MARRIAGE
I don’t think they were present so she could have gone to Canada on her own.
They had a son in Canada in 1844 then the regiment came back to England. My Great Grandmother was born in England just before the regiment went to Ireland where Mark died in 1847.
Catherine was living in Yorkshire in the 1851 census near to where Mark had been born. She lived there until her death in 1915.
MB
June 17, 2009 at 3:57 pm |
I’m planning a trip to Ireland in September. I would dearly love to find my family’s origin. My great-grandfather was Michael J. Shea, born in 1845 in Ireland. He married Catherine Guerin, born 1854 in Ireland. I know that Catherine came from Caherciveen in Co. Kerry. However, I have no idea where Michael was from. He came to the U.S. in 1863. They were married in 1882. They lived in Hartford, CT. They had six children – Annie (my grandmother, Michael, Daniel, William, Charles, and Joseph.
After reading many of the posts, I wonder if he came from Kerry as well.
Kate
June 23, 2009 at 4:12 am |
Hi Kate: Will this be your first trip to Ireland? My husband and I have been researching the Shea’s for 6 years and thanks to the yDNA project have been successful in locating where our O’Shea’s originated from. I would be happy to help in any way that I can. Do you have official documents from Ireland to confirm Catherine’s birthplace as Caherciveen? My grandfather emigrated to Conn. in 1880 and listed Cahersiveen as his birthplace…turns out it was the Glen in Ballinskelligs…about 10 miles from Cahersiveen. If there is a male Shea in your family ….urge them to join the project….this is a terrific way to learn more about family. Plus, you’ve got the expert assistance of project administrators. I’ve been working closely with Margaret O’Shea Jordan and cannot say enough about her amazing talent for sleuthing……I would never have discovered where my grandfather Michael Shea was born without the expertise of the O’Shea project. Hope to hear from you.
June 23, 2009 at 7:34 pm
I ordered your 2 books and I’m waiting for them to arrive, Sharon. I hope they help in my search.
This is my second trip to Ireland. I was there when I was in the 1970s when I wasn’t quite as fascinated with my ancestry. However, when I was there I met with a Mary Guerin in Caherciveen where she lived. My great-grandmother, Catherine Guerin married Michael Shea in the US in 1882. Mary Guerin was able to tell me something about the Guerins, but I don’t remember her talking about the Sheas.
Unfortunately, I never met the Shea side of the family. My grandmother, Annie Shea Flannery, died when my father was young and his father remarried. My father has since passed on so I don’t see how anyone who could participate in the yDNA project.
I don’t have any official documents that would prove my great-grandfather Shea was born in Caherciveen. In fact, I don’t know for certain if he’s from Kerry. I’m only making that leap because his wife’s family was from there.
I would love any suggestions that you can give me. I plan to be staying in Co. Kerry for about a week in September.
Thanks for your help.
Kate
September 10, 2009 at 4:38 pm |
Hello and good luck with your inquiry about Sheas originating from Cahericeveen and relocating to New England. My grandfather was Michael F. Shea and he had a brother Daniel. Please read my comment #42. There may very well have been other siblings. Thank you.
June 17, 2009 at 4:15 pm |
Hi Kate,
The Shea surname originated in Kerry and it is most likely that your Michael J. Shea was from Kerry and could have been from Caherciveen. It can be very difficult to identify the exact Shea family without more detail. However, if you know that Catherine Guerin was from Caherciveen, it might be easier to track her family first. Perhaps their families knew each other prior to leaving Ireland. She would only have been none when he left I think. Our website http://www.osheaclan.org has a research help webpage which could help you with this. It is geared for Shea research but it would apply to other surnames too.
We also have a yDNA Project for Sheas/O’Sheas which is helping people to connect with other Sheas/O’Sheas. If you have a male with a Shea paternal line in your family, he could represent the family and if you are lucky he will match another Shea/O’Shea. We have some Sheas from the Caherciveen area in the project already. If he doesn’t match anyone at the moment, he might match Sheas in the future as the project grows.
Good luck with your research.
June 17, 2009 at 4:17 pm |
I should have mentioned the reduced price of $119 for a yDNA test and a mtDNA test offerred by Family Tree DNA (through a project) until June till 24th June
Margaret
http://www.osheaclan.org
June 18, 2009 at 8:21 am |
Hi, I’m very excited to have discovered some information on our line of O’Sheas. My husband’s father Peter was born in 1916 in Bree Parish, Enniscorthy, Wexford and married Mary Armstrong born in Drumcalpin, near Butler’s Bridge County Cavan, in London around 1945. Peter had brothers and sisters Edmund (Ned who we believe may be still in Eniscorthy), John who was taken to New York to be a butler, a sister Kate who went to New York as a maid with John. John married Brigid and had four children – Kathleen, Ellen, Mary and Peter. If anyone has any further information on this line of O’Sheas would love to hear from you.
August 7, 2009 at 4:00 pm |
Hi Margot
Please read No (24) I didn’t see your update untill i read further down there really could be a good connection considering (“,)
August 13, 2009 at 11:50 am
Hi Jennifer, It certainly sounds like there may be a connection. Are you in Ireland? I’m going to Wexford next week to try to find some records before going on to Tralee.
August 7, 2009 at 4:21 pm |
Sorry that was suppose to be NO (23)
June 23, 2009 at 7:39 pm |
me and my cousin want to get out of the usa.we are hard workers. does anyone know how we can get back to are homeland.help please osheatroy@yahoo.com
June 24, 2009 at 12:57 am |
Hi Kate: If you’re unable to find a Shea/O’Shea family member to do the yDNA, then you’ll be looking at the U.S. records from the 1880s. Do you know where your great grandfather emigrated to? What city? Where did he marry? Civil marriage records are available from the 1880s…as well as the church record. You might get some idea of the name of the parish by listing their children (where they were baptized)…..also, check for Naturalization records….this will possibly have the location in Ireland where he was born. Check the City Directories of the place he lived in the 1880s and 1890s….also listed will be any male family members….the females won’t be listed. How about any property he might have purchased….deeds are available from city offices. Can you get a copy of his death cert? Also, his gravestone might have some information on it. These are some of the avenues I would explore….the more information you find in the U.S., the better it will be……you can begin to put together the puzzle and sometimes the place of birth in Ireland will pop up. So, do begin your search right here and then when you go to Ireland you’ll have information to bring with you. The church in Cahersiveen…Daniel O’Connell Church….has records from 1850…..readable and available. You might find info on family….also, I would check the 1901 Irish Census…..but only after you find out more info on your great grandfather’s siblings……you can bet he left a large family behind. I’ve give you much information, but please do list these sources and begin to make phone calls…..I started with very little information….didn’t even know my father’s first name….and had no facts about his parents from Ireland……I kept digging and my grandfather, Michael Shea, came from Ireland in 1880…so we’re talking about the same time frame. Please let me know if you need any help with this……I do hope you know where he was married….this would be a huge beginning. Looking forward to hearing from you….oh, and thank you for purchasing my books…where did you order them from? You’ll enjoy my journey to find my Irish…..it’s a great story….Thank you so much….Kind regards, Sharon
July 16, 2009 at 4:43 am |
Hi everyone…My great, great grandfather was William Shea. I have a “copy” of a Northampton document (dated June 1870) where William registered to became a US citizen. His wife was Catherine (Kate) Shea nee Keating. The copy only showed William applying for citizenship. It said he was from County Tipperary…in fact, from what I can gather, Catherine Keating may also have been from County Tipperary.
I believe William may have entered the United States in 1862/1863 (New York)? I don’t know if he entered the country married, or if he married here in the US. My great grandfather was John J. Shea (born in CT?).
I don’t know if they went to Northampton, MA (per 1870 US Census) because of family or friends?? On the 1870 census, there is William, “Kate”, John (6), and Patrick (4). I’m trying to find info from when William arrived here 1862/1863 to 1870, and from 1870 to 1881. I don’t know how long they stayed in Northampton or when they arrived.
The next time I find them in census info is 1881 Canadian Census (Prince Edward Island). Listed are: William, Catharine, John (16), Patrick (14), Margaret (7) and George (1). Also living with them was Jane Keating. The 1891 Canadian census only lists William, Catharine and Margaret. George may have died as an infant? (No death record has been found). I can’t find any records after 1901 in Canada.
I’ve hit a brick wall because I only have County Tipperary as a starting place (it will be like finding a needle in a haystack!) Any ideas?
Regards…Kevin
July 16, 2009 at 11:57 pm |
Greetings all. SInce I last posted at Christmas, I have learned some new family history. Thank you to Margaret for alerting us all to the latest online census availability. After seeing my O’Shea’s in the 1911 census living in Queenstown (Cobh) I then found them in the 1901 census MINUS the O, just Shea. This was curious since the copy of my Grandfather’s Birth Certificate from 1898 has the O. Lazy census taker? Loyalist census taker? Defiant Great Grandfather?
Anyway this lead to further research where I found the Great Grandparents marriage certificate from September 24, 1890. Married at St. Colman’s in Cobh, it listed his father as one Humphrey Shea and mother as Mary Foley. Contradicting current Irish relatives who claimed Cahersiveen as the birthplace of our O’Shea’s, the certificate says that the groom and his parents where all from Glencar, Kerry. Good progress with a few steps backward. Off to Cork & Kerry in 6 weeks! Best regards, Matt
July 17, 2009 at 12:24 pm |
Hi Matt,
Great to hear you now can trace your O’Sheas back to Glencar, Co.Kerry. That should narrow down the search!
Best wishes,
Margaret
July 19, 2009 at 6:30 am |
Hello O’Shea’s,
Looking for Great Grandfather Jeremiah O’Shea who left Glengariff, Co. Cork, for New York in the early 1860’s. He has at least one brother, Patrick, who stayed in Ireland. He married Mary Ann Ferguson and died in Detroit, Michigan in the late 1800’s. These are my Great Grandparents. Anyone have any information on this family?
Thanks,
Mary
July 20, 2009 at 7:24 am |
Hello! I am replying to a message (No. 18) left by ‘O’Shea’ on 29th March 2007, looking for the whereabouts of the three children of George Raymond O’Shea and Elsie May Collins. I am John Desmond Shea or O’Shea (I use both forms) and I can be contacted at iri.study@virgin.net
July 27, 2009 at 7:11 pm |
hi fellow o’shea’s .I never knew my father. His name was Thomas Patrick O’Shea. I don’t know much more than that.I did hear someone mention County Cork at one time.I would love to learn more from any one who could help. Thanks in advance, Eileen
August 30, 2009 at 6:33 pm |
Looking for Shea family in County Limerick. My GG grandfather, James Shea (b. abt 1819) m. Mary Divan (b. abt 1823 Kilkenny) moved to Orsett, Essex, England before 1850. Children were Catherine (1843 Limerick), James (1847 Limerick), John (1850 Orsett), Mary Ann (1852 Orsett), Ellen (1857 Orsett), Katey (1860 Orsett).
Any information about this faimily would be wonderful!
September 8, 2009 at 12:19 am |
Love to see all of the stories here. My O’Shea clan started in Ballyogaha,Cork outside of Midleton. They also lived in Clonmult, Garryduff and Kilcor. Buried in Templeboden and Clonmult cemeteries. Looking for family of a Patrtick born in 1830s or 40s, moved to Dubuque, Iowa. Patrick married an Anne Foley (just a hunch – no evidence) from the same area. He had a daughter Mary. Kate O’Shea from Kilcor, father Maurice, wound up in Bloomington, Indiana.
September 9, 2009 at 3:15 pm |
Hello from Virginia, U.S.A.
Glad to have found this site and I will be watching with interest the progress that Kate Flannery is able to make in her genealogy search.
My sisters and I are the last of the Sheas in our line. My grandfather was Michael F. Shea, lived in Springfield Mass for a time but died approximately 1937 at age 45 in Cambridge Mass. Worked for The Boston Herald and had two sons, one that died young. My father, now deceased, told us our Sheas came from Valentia and Cahersiveen. He had a Shea cousin in Massachusetts named Eleanor who visited relatives in Ireland in the 1970s. That’s about all I know.
Michael F. Shea had family in the U.S. and Ireland, but the only one I met was Daniel, never married, who proudly retained his Irish citizenship, had a marvelous pegleg with a secret compartment that held quarters, and owned the “Yellow Dog Saloon” in New London, Connecticut. In the 1960s we lost track of him but I still have my “Order of the Yellow Dog” membership card with the following inscription on the back. “Men and Dogs – A friend may smile and bid you hail; Yet wish you with the devil; But when a good dog wags his tail, You know he’s on the level.”
Any info would be appreciated.
September 15, 2009 at 2:15 am |
Hi fellow O’Sheas, Just dropping a line to thank all the O’Sheas who have been so friendly and pleasant during my 10 day trip around Ireland as the Queensland Rose. There are so many of us! It was a great opportunity to get in touch with my Irish roots and I’m looking forward to (hopefully) come back and finish my studies in Ireland next year, please feel free to drop me a line and I hope I did the O’Shea name proud. kind regards, Kelly O’Shea
September 21, 2009 at 2:17 am |
Not sure where to begin here. I am the last of my line to still claim the O’shea heratige. My mother Carole was the only child of (Jack)John O’Shea who passed away in 1989. Jack was one of two children born to Michael O’Shea, his brother Michael passes away during WWII without ever having any children. Glad to see so many oO’Sheas still going strong.
September 25, 2009 at 2:04 am |
I am trying to make contact with a man named Matthew O’Shea who I believe is my father. I was born in New London, CT and am 25 years old.
September 28, 2009 at 8:25 pm |
TO Laurie:
I know a Matthew in NYC? Would that be him?
October 17, 2009 at 4:32 am |
My g-grandmother was Mary Shea Moriarity (NY). She was born in Caherciveen in 1859 – daughter of Honorah O’Connell Shea Foley and Michael Shea. He died early in life and left her with several children. She remarried a man named Foley. Mary’s only known sibling was Nellie Shea Leahy (CA) although we know there was, at least one brother. The Foley side of the family is still in Dublin and others in Washington DC and Long Island NY. Would love to hear from anyone with info about the Shea side of my family.
October 18, 2009 at 5:56 pm |
Hi – my grandfather was John O’Shea, died in Tottenham, North London 21/12/1945. I can find no trace of his marriage to Ellen (Nelly) O’Reilly who I think came from Castleisland. My father was John, one of seven children, Patrick, Ted, Jim, Nora, Kit, Peggy – all deceased now – who lived in the North London area. I think my grandfather, John O’Shea, came from the Tralee (possibly Ballymacelligott) area because I met a nephew of his, Paddy O’Shea, there in 2001 while we were trying to research the family. He lived with Dennis and Eileen O’Shea (both deceased) in Ballymacelligott until his death in 2005.
Does anyone recognise any names as part of their tree? Would love to hear. We hope to go on another trip to Tralee in the next few months.
October 22, 2009 at 7:12 pm |
Great picture of Brian & Margaret. Go OSHEAs
October 28, 2009 at 2:37 pm |
Hi all!
Just doing a little research today about my family. I was always told that my great-grandfather came from Kerry to Limerick, where he settled in the south east of that country near the Cork-Tipperary boarder.
To confirm this I have the census results from 1911. I am proud to say I live in the same house as this census was taken. Even though with a couple of improvements, as it seems the house at the time was mud/clay walls and tatch roof.
The people living there at the time were….
James O’Shea 51
Nora O’Shea 40
James O’Shea 11
Michael O’Shea 10
Mary Rose O’Shea 9
Patrick Vincent O’Shea 7 (My grandfather)
William O’Shea 6
Jermiah O’Shea 5
Thomas O’Shea 4
Nora Josphine O’Shea 3
Margaret O’Shea 1
and suprisingly
Katie MacAullife 19 (Servant!) I suppose with all those kids around!
I hope this might help some people or might ring some bells. I know my aunt has done some research about what happened to these family members and I must get onto her. It might also do to ask her were her grandfather/my great-grandfather orginally came from.
November 8, 2009 at 7:13 pm |
we are part of the o’shea family tree we are only young but my brother and i wish to know about some relatives my grandad and grandma died a couple of years ago and we want to know if we have any relatives that we don’t know about our grandparents names were annie and michael o’shea.