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Mathew ? Cahill

Mathew ? Cahill

Born
1793-01-01 12:00:00
Gender
Male
Place of migration
Migrated to /Born in Canada

My ancestor Mathew Cahill was born in Temple Michael (County of Longford) between 1793 and 1795.  He emigrated to St John's Newfoundland and was married to Mary madden in 1819.  She was born circa 1797 in  Carrick on Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland. The  Cahill family lived in Canada for several generations and eventually moved to Dixon Illinois USA .  Edward Cahill was born in St John's in 1845 and died in Dixon Illinois in1896.  His daughter (my grandmother) was born Mary Elizabeth Cahill on  March 27, 1876 and died on May 10, 1955. 
I'm trying to find information about Mathew Cahill - particularly what his life was like in Ireland and why he left Ireland and moved to Canada.  I've seen some suggestions that some people left Ireland around that time to seek a career in fishing. 
if anyone can shed any light on these questions I would appreciate it

Thanks 

Ted Smith

San Jose CA USA

Associated communities

Longford

Co. Longford, or Longfort in Irish, is part of the midlands region of Ireland.  We have a gorgeous countryside with farmlands, lakes and bogs.  We have a population of approximately 40,810.  We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

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Buildings in this community

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    Location: Longford

  • Knights & Conquests Heritage Centre

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  • Maria Edgeworth Center - Edgeworthstown

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    Location: Longford

    Greville Hotel, Granard, Co Longford

Timeline events in this community

  • 1880s

    Four drowned in the Shannon

    1882-12-02 12:00:00

  • 1930s

    Travelling Folk in the 1930s

    <p>Between 1937 and 1939, primary school pupils across the Republic of Ireland interviewed the elderly in their neighborhood to collect and record local stories and folklore from the 19th century. "The Schools Collection" as it became known is held by the Dúchas Folklore Collection in UCD and is and has been digitized online at duchas.ie. One of the topics schoolchildren were asked to write about were "Travelling Folk" or An Lucht Siúil. </p> <p>Here is a selection of what "settled" children wrote about travelers in the late 1930s.</p>

    1938-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1830s

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    <p>FROM THE WESTMEATH JOURNAL</p>

    1832-07-23 12:00:00

  • 1830s

    County Longford in the 1830s

    <p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837. (Much of the information collected here was submitted by members of the local gentry and clergy of the time).</p>

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Tipperary

County Tipperary, or Tiobraid Árann in Irish, is part of the central plain of Ireland.  We are a landlocked, rural county home to mountains, rivers and lakes.  Our county town is Clonmel and we have a population of approximately 160,441. We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

Other ancestors in this community

Buildings in this community

  • Castle Fogarty

    Location: Tipperary

    Ballycahill, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 YP68

  • Cahir House Hotel

    Location: Tipperary

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    Location: Tipperary

  • St. Ruadhans Abbey - Lorrha

    Location: Tipperary

Timeline events in this community

  • 1840s

    Hogan/Murphy Emigration to St Louis

    1848-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

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    1840-12-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    1889 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1889-10-20 12:00:00

  • 1890s

    1895 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1896-03-15 12:00:00