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Casey family of Co. Cork - Margaret, John, Mary and Ellen

Back in 2015, I enquired about whether anyone could help find any of the Casey family of Co. Cork. (My old post is appended below.) Now I have a new query to help find where the family lived.

Can anyone tell me the names of which newspapers might have covered Margaret's trial in June 1847 in Kanturk, pls?

Any news coverage could help with details of where the family lived or might provide some other clue.

My wife and I would travel back to Co. Cork in a flash - if we could just find the birthplace for 'our' Casey family.

Many thanks

Doug (the Casey Hunter)

Casey, Margaret Co. Cork born c.1820

What parish did Margaret Casey come from?

Margaret's mother was also named Margaret Casey and in 1847she had sisters Mary Casey and Ellen Casey and a brother John Casey. Margaret, aRoman Catholic,was 27 at the time of her trial in Kanturk, Co. Cork on 21 June 1847. She was tried for stealing a firkin of butter (she was a dairy maid) and sentenced to seven years transportation to Van Diemens Land (now Tasmania, Australia). There's more to tell about her life in Australia, but first we'd like to find out which parish she was born in.

Is anyone living descended from John Casey, Mary Casey or Ellen Casey? Which were the likely dairying districts around Kanturk where home might have been for the family?

Many thanks, Doug

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