Shea//O'Shea from Kilrush area

Hi,

Thank you very much for your message. I have forwarded it on to one of our volunteers in the area who hopefully may be able to advise you.

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support

 

Hi again,

Do you know the name of the town or townland in Kilrush that the family came from?

Emma

No, don't know the town.  We found Kilrush in Margaret's 1909 San Francisco obituary and Anne & John's birht/christening records on familysearch.com.  Thank you for your kind assistance.

Our volunteer,Kay, has come back with the following information:

 

There Is a marriage of Patrick O'Shea and Margaret O'Brien on 24/01/1852 in the Kilrush parish index but no baptisms. This would lead me to believe that maybe lived in town land outside Kilrush and baptisms held in local church. I will have a look at Ancestry see if I can find anything else.

 

 

 We're in Kilrush now.  We went to parish church, St. Senan's, and baptism index showed 4 more sibs and a different date of birth 5 yrs earlier for great grandmother. Priest did not find any marriage record for Pat & Margaret.  Is it possible to see more about 1/24/1852 marriage somewhere?  The oldest previously unknown sib, Daniel, was born 7/22/1852.  We leave Kilrush tomorrow, but it's been a rewarding and fun trip thanks to the many volunteers like yourselves and the folks we've met along the way.