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Searching for info regarding gggrandfather James Houlehan (1812-1875) emigrated 1849.  James signed his naturalization petition clearly in 1852 (Augusta, Kennebec, Maine).  James stated "Carrycain" as the name of his home in Ireland, but i have never found a townland fitting that name.  I did find a B&B, on an internet search, somewhere near the Burren on a road with the name Carrycain, but could not find it a second time.  A friend who grew up in Ina, West Clare thought the place was near Boston.  James married Bridget Clancy (1828-1864) and they had a daughter named Margaret born in Ireland in 1847,and six more children born in the state of Maine.

James naturalization states that he sailed from Limerick, Ireland August 2, 1849
arrived in New York on the 22nd day of September 1849 (7 weeks 2 days at sea), then traveled directly to Augsta, Maine.  James certainly was preceded by friends or family, who emmigrated before he, there are five other Houlehans in the records of Kennebec county Maine.  Bridget, Quinlan, Thomas, Michael (b.1827), and Martin (b, 1832)

Any help finding the townland of Houlehans in Clare greatly appreciated Jim Houlihan (New Jersey)

jlohouls

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Hi Jim:

Many thanks for your query.  I have done a very quick search on the Clare County Library website which is excellent and you should definitely look through it as there is a lot of genealogical information.  The website is:  www.clarelibrary.ie/genealogy.

 

In Griffith's Valuation, for Clare, I have checked through the Honneen - Hynes page (Clare Library has transcribed these and they are very easy to read0.  I noticed that Houlehan is spelled Hoolaghan and there appear to be several townlands that sound very much like Carrycain.  Take a look at the page, and this might direct you further.  If you have any difficulties, get back to me. 

The best of luck on your research.

 

Kind regards,

 

Jane.

Tulla Clare, IrelandXO VolunteerIrelandXO Volunteer

Had Look at the 1840s records and the map from same period, looks promising Thanks Jim Houlihan

jlohouls

Good morning from New York!  Am grateful that this posting is still available on the site because I, too, am searching for more info on my maternal g-g-grandmother, Catherine Houlihan/Houlehan/Holehan O'Dea.  I wonder if there is any connection with the Maine Houlihans.Family lore mentioned County Clare.  Just do not have any proof.

Catherine's parents (per 1900 death record in NYC) were Michael and Honor/Nora born in Ireland. No evidence they moved from Ireland.

Catherine's birth year is someplace between 1830 and 1840 in Ireland. U.S. Census and NYC death record provide varying years/ages.

Not sure where Catherine met/ married Thomas O'Dea (son of James and Mary O'Dea , born in Ireland in 1826 per his NYC 1894 death record). 

Children in NY began with Margaret in 1857, and included Norah, Thomas, Catherine, Mary (THAT I KNOW OF VIA FIND MY PAST CHURCH RECORDS FROM NYC).

Would appreciate any suggestions for continued searching AND would be ecstatic if there is a possible connection!!  Relying on DNA programs has not yet been conclusive due to the generational distance....

THANK YOU!

 

Ann Marie Bridget Lynch

Ann Marie

Try spelling Houlihan ... Try Catholic parish registers in the vicinity of Carrick-on-Shannon, Clare Ireland ... Houlihan is a fairly common name in Clare near Limerick City (also known as Clare-Limerick)

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Hi Ann Marie:  I'm glad to hear that you are making some progress. I'm going to ask another volunteer in the area to see if he can shed any light on the research.  In case you haven't seen it, the Killaloe registers have been transcribed by another XO volunteer and they are on the Clare Library website.  The link for all Killaloe sources is here:  https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/killaloe_parish.htm 

All the best,  

Jane

Jane H, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘IrelandXO Volunteer

Hello

This may be relevant..... I recognised the names Houlihan and Clancy from my research into my husband's family McMahon, in Glascloon, County Clare. In the Griffiths Valuation records, you will find that Sinon Houlihan lived in Glascloon. He also appears  in the 1901 census for Glascloon. In the same census record for Glascloon, Michael and Margret and Eliza Clancy appear. They lived on a neighbouring farm, which, as I discovered from my research, shared a boundary with the Houlihan farm. This farm on which the Clancys lived in 1901, was registered under the surname Keane in Griffiths Valuation.    

Hope you find them! 

Lee

 

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Thank you, JohnMc888 and Jane H!  Have some work to do during this "Hurricane Henri"!

Have a page of spellings for the surname and keep doing wildcards in the databanks!

All my best,

 

Ann Marie

Ann Marie

 

Given that names of persons and places were spelled and misspelled in various ways back then, perhaps your place was this one in Clare : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahiracon

I can imagine it being pronounced somewhat like Carrycain, then written down that way. Wikipedia has a page called List of Towns and Villages in the Republic of Ireland, where I found this. 

ChrisGallery

Thanks, Cahiracon does look phoenetically similar to the name i already have.  I'll have to take a further look and see what i can find thanks.

jlohouls

Lee

A message above from you on the 21st August. You were researching husbands name McMahon - my GG grandmother was Honora McMahon born in C1819 and married John Hayes in 1835 at O'Callaghans Mill, Killaloe. Had a daughter Mary Catherine Hayes who married Timothy John Enright in New Zealand.

I wonder if any relation to your McMahons

Thanks

Gillian

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