Hickeys of Clounaman and Kilelton
My great grandfather Patrick Hickey (1859-1927) was born in Clounaman to Edmund Hickey(1833-1890) and Hannah Cournane (1829-1910)and emigrated to NYC about 1880. His father, Edmund, is listed in various records as a fisherman, a boatman and a laborer. Edmund himself was born at Clounaman in 1833 to Patrick Hickey and Johanna McElligott. Patrick married Mary Noonan from Barleymount West, Killarney in October of 1888.
In Griffiths Valuations, Patrick Hickey (I'm assuming my ggggrandfather) is listed in a house with no land at Clounaman and if I read the map letters and numbers correctly, the Hickey family appears to be living in a small group of houses (a clachan?) quite near the Shannon shoreline. In using Google maps it looks like the ruins of these houses may still exist at Clounaman.
Patrick my great grandfather had 3 or 4 Hickey uncles who preceded him in emigrating to NYC - John (marrried Johanna O'Connor), Patrick (married Annie McGowan) and Michael Hickey(married Bridget McCormick) and possibly a William. Patrick's sister, Johanna Hickey (1861-1944) also emigrated to NYC in 1881. His sister, Margaret, married a man named Broder or Broderick and died at Kileton around 1920.
I have found references to my Hickeys in the Irish Petty CourtSessions for Ballylongfrod where both Edmund and Patrick(father and son) were charged and fined with fishing for salmon without a license to do so and with using a boat that did not have it's name lettered on its side.
Many years ago when I inquired about my family, the local parish priest at the time kindly provided me with a bit of history for the Hickies of Kilelton House to whom he suggested we might be connected. I thought it unlikely given the humble circumstances of my family and only recently discovered in the Petty Court Sessions a 5 year struggle (c1897-1902) by William Hickey of Kilelton House to evict Hannah Hickey of Clounaman (my gg grandmother).
As you can see I have done a fair amount of research and learned much but I would be very interested to learn if the ruins of the house still stand and whether there are any local recollections of Hickey fisherman living in Clounaman.
In NYC, connections of the Hickey family included a John Kennelly son fo Michael Kennelly and Catherine Enright of Lisselton, Michael Hayes of Ballylongford and his wife also Kennelly I believe, and a Collins family.
Hoping this is of interest to someone.
Best Regards from NYC
Ed Stewart
PS - note the attached article in the Kerry Examiner for the trial of Patrick Hickey in 1841 for assaulting British troops stationed on Carrig Island. In all probability this Patrick is my great great great grandfather.