Shanagolden : Coughlin - O'Connell Family Group

Hi Nancy,

What are the names - John and Daniel? - and birth dates of the two Couglin brothers in Yonkers?

Are you trying to find living descendants?

I did find a bit of a reference for you in a book called, Every Field Had a Name by Gerard Curtin, a local Ballyhahill author. On Pg.75 he says that in the place called Finoo the area near the Mt. Trenchard Estate (around the GAA field) seems to have been called Knockarecoghlan, and that a number of Coughlin families lived there betwen 1823 and 1852. Gerard states that "Knockarcoghlan" may mean "the small hill of the Coughlins."

There is a book called West Limerick Families Abroad by Valerie Thompson and Kate Press. The book is out of print now, and both Kate and Valerie are deceased but you may be able to purchase a copy from Tony Press, Kate's husband. There is a website: http://home.alphalink.com.au/~datatree/westlim-1.htm There is a LOT of info about Daniel and Catherine and their children in this book. It seems much of the family emigrated to Australia. The family DID live in Finoo, near Ballyhahill. Daniel and Catherine married cir 1833 and both died after 1855. Under Remittance Regulations of 1853. Michael Coughlin - Daniel's brother - of Campbelltown, NSW helped four of Daniel's children to emigrate to Australia. He was the uncle of the children and he sent 5£ EACH to help with their expenses. Michael had emigrated through employment in 1822. The four Coughlin kids - Michael b 1824; Johanna b 1836; John b 1838 and Daniel b 1840  - arrived in 1855 on the Matoaka. There is more - names of spouses, etc. - but it's far too much to retype. The ISBN for the book is: 0-646-41334-1 It was printed in 2001 in Australia by Kate Press. She was an amazing woman!

There is another book, Poverty to Promise: the Monteagle Emigrants 1818-58 by Christpher O'Mahoney. There is a notation that Johanna Coughlin b 1836, dau of Daniel and Catherine married John Devine, a widower from Co Tyrone (son of John and Ann) living in Boorowa, NSW on 7 Apr 1861.

Best of luck in your search,

Patti Hacht

IRO Parish Liaison Shanagolden & Kilcolman, Co Limerick Ireland