seeking information on Fahey family of Galloway possible Gort or near there. Information I have; Michael Francis Fahey born about 1810 married Bridget Keeley born about 1823 married 1838 CHILDREN; Bridget 1839, Honora 1842, Michael 1852 and Patrick 1855. Migrated to US between 1855 and 1860. The family settled in Louisville Ky. and their lives are well documented. It is the jump back to Ireland that I am having trouble documenting.
willi8
A search of Subscription Site www.rootsireland.ie did not show any record of a marriage of Michael F. Fahey and Bridget Keeley or birth records for their children.
The surname Keeley is not common in Ireland. There are 9 entries in Griffith's Valuation printed 1853. None relate to County Galway.
Do you have the death certificate for Michael and Bridget. It may record their parents names.
Regards,
will 18,
Attached a record of a John Keeley - Tithe Records 1825. The parish is Kilconla and in the area of Dunmore, North County Galway.
Regards,
I checked out Ancestry and did not find any info on this family. Do you know where in the USA your family went? Did they all come over together? Did any of the children marry? To whom? When? Where?
Regards- Mary
Is this your family? I think they have an incorrect year for immigration.
| Name | Michael Francis Fahey Sr |
| Gender | Male |
| Birth Date | 1810 |
| Birth Place | Peterswell, County Galway, Ireland |
| Death Date | 31 Oct 1894 |
| Death Place | Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America |
| Cemetery | Saint John Cemetery |
| Burial or Cremation Place | Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America |
| Has Bio? | Y |
| Spouse | Bridget Fahey |
| Children | Catherine Mary ByrnePatrick Francis FaheyMichael Francis FaheyBridget Fay |
| URL | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45005529/michael-francis-fahey |
Naturalization petition might not be your Michael. He shows his wife being born in the USA
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I believe the petition was for Michael's son who married Bridget Burke. She was from Indiana so I am not sure.
If you have access to Ancestry, there are 115 public member trees with information about the Fahy family.
The Info I previously shared was from Ancestry. There are parents suggested on some of the trees but no records to support.
Peterswell, Gort, Gallway seems to be a possibility based on the Find a Grave record above.
I found some other Fahey families living there.
From Ancestry
Birth04.Mar.1882 - Peterswell, Gort, Galway, ireland
Death27.May.1946 - Peterswell, Gort, Galway, ireland
MotherMary Hynes
FatherJames Fahy
Born in Peterswell, Gort, Galway, ireland on 04.Mar.1882 to James Fahy and Mary Hynes. James Fahey married Catherine Deely and had 1 child. He passed away on 27.May.1946 in Peterswell, Gort, Galway, ireland.
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https://www.visitgalway.ie/explore/religious-and-spiritual/holy-wells/st-peters-well/
As Patricia mentioned Ancestry has trees you can check out.
Regards- Mary
There is a tree on Ancestry (user name- Anna Kasper) for Michael Francis Fahey that shows they have a DNA connection to Faheys in Keelderry, Patrickswell, Galway. They suggest that Michael was born Sept. 29, 1810 there to Patrick Fahey 1776 and Honora 'Nora' O'Donnell 1780-1867, siblings- Honora, Thomas, Peter, Patrick, John, Bridget, Edmond, Martin. Patrick's father is Coleman Fahey.
Keelderry - Galway County Heritage Office
Honora and Patrick were married in Kinvara.
Maybe a cousin that died in Keelderry
Michael Fahey (1807-1866) - Find a Grave Memorial
Regards- Mary
Hi Will 18,
Anna Kasper has a blog where she gives some of your family's story.I have extracted the following
The story that my ancestor Dan Fahey/Fahy told was that the family came together on the ship from Ireland to the USA. Shortly after the family had settled in Pennsylvania his parents were killed by a team of run-away horses. It appears at least one younger sibling was killed as well. I have been unable to locate any newspaper articles about this accident. Did it happen in Philadelphia as the story was relayed? If so, then maybe in such a big city with so many recent immigrants, the story would not have been deemed worthy to include in the newspaper. I have been unable to locate where they are buried. Sadly, they may have been buried in a Potter’s Field cemetery where those without means would have been buried, and sometimes those records were lost, also fires destroyed many vital records. I do not find Daniel, his brother Thomas, their siblings, or their parents in the 1850 Census. This leads me to believe the earliest they arrived in the USA was in 1850, arriving too late in the year to be included in the 1850 U.S. Federal Census. Or they arrived a bit later between 1851-1853.
He stated later in life that his siblings were scattered after the death of their parents, and he being old enough to take care of himself, migrated after the death of his parents to Louisville, Kentucky. I have been able to piece together that he came to Louisville because his uncle Michael Francis Fahey was most likely already living there with his wife and family, or Dan traveled together with his uncle and his family, and they arrived in Kentucky together. Michael had a child born in Gort, Ireland in 1850 and the next known child was born in Louisville in 1855. Michael Francis Fahey married about 1838 in or near Gort, Galway, Ireland to Bridget Keeley. Between 1842 and 1850 we know that three of his children were born in Gort.
Among Dan’s cousins, the children of Michael Francis Fahey, was a Bridget Fahey. More than fifty-five years later, when cousins Dan Fahey/Fahy and Bridget Fahey Ethell were well into old age, and both widowed, they did marry. But that is a story for a future blog entry.
You can read her blog here https://anna-kasper.com/2021/12/01/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-week-48-strength-my-irish-ancestor-daniel-wolfetone-fahey-fay-from-county-galway-ireland/
I'm going to contact a source that has researched the Faheys from the Peterswell area. I met him when he visited the Peterswell area a few years ago. I will contact him and get back to you.
Anne McCarthy Murphy Kilbeacanty Volunteer
Thank you everyone who responded
The Fahey family did settle in Louisville Kentucky and that is all well documented, it is the jump back to Ireland that is the challenge.
The naturalization petition document is for Michael Francis Fahey Jr. and is where I got the information for Gort, might be where they lived or it was just the nearest town.
The information from Anna Kasper is great, it ties in with my Fahey family and took me back several generations.