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Michael Devitt

Michael Devitt

Born
1847-01-01 12:00:00
Died
1917-01-01 12:00:00
Gender
Male

Micheal Devitt married Catherine Duggan in 1871 and they had 10 children before Catherine died in 1896 at age 43. Micheal was a cattle dealer and was known as “The Chairman” after he presided over The Cashel Urban Council for 18 or 19 consecutive years. Their children’s names were John, Patrick,Thomas, Micheal, Daniel, Mary, Kathleen, Alice, Hannah and Haddie. Catherine Duggan had several siblings among which William Duggan emigrated to New York around 1880 and married Anastasia Gallagher in 1883 who supposedly was born in Kilkenny.

Associated communities

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.

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Buildings in this community

  • Castle Fogarty

    Location: Tipperary

    Ballycahill, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 YP68

  • Cahir House Hotel

    Location: Tipperary

    E21H244 TIPPERARY (Ireland)

  • Spring Mount Tipperary

    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

    <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

    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