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Michael Cavanagh

Michael Cavanagh

Born
1870-09-01 12:00:00
Died
1936-07-01 12:00:00
Gender
Male

Born in Fedamore, Limerick and was the sixth of eight children born to Patrick Cavanagh and Ellen Browne.

Michael emigrated to Argentina in 1889 with his first cousin, Catherine (Kitty), and her husband, Michael Ahern and their seven children. All were aboard "City of Dresden" steamship and sailed to Buenos Aires. "The Dresden Affair" was denounced in Parliment, as Irish shipping agents had lied to their desperate countrymen saying they "would have houses to live in, seed to sow, machinery to work with, and the most fertile land in the world to farm." All these promises did not exist and many died during this time.

Michael returned to the British Isles, but went to England and settled in Gainsborough. He married Ellen Maria King and together they had eight children. 

Associated communities

Limerick

County Limerick, or Luimneach in Irish, is located in the med-west region of Ireland.  Limerick became Ireland’s inaugural National City of Culture in 2014 with a wide variety of events happening around the city.  We have a population of approximately 195,175.  We look forward to  helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.   

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    Treanmanagh, Pallasgreen, Co. Limerick

  • Kilpeacon House in 1850

    Location: Limerick

    Kilpeacon

  • Bunratty Castle

    Location: Limerick

Timeline events in this community

  • 1860s

    St. Patrick's Graveyard

    <p>Parish Priest</p>

    1861-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    Foundation of South Liberties GAA Club

    1884-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

    <p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>

    1840-12-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    1887 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1888-04-29 12:00:00

Fedamore (Limerick)

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Timeline events in this community

  • 1880s

    Foundation of Fedamore GAA Club

    1884-01-01 12:00:00