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Michael HANLEY (caution: not verified)

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I am not sure 100% sure that Michael above was my 3rd great-grandfather, although it appears to be the most likely scenario based on my DNA matches.

A descendant of Michael's has told me that probably between 1830 and 1843 Michael and his family were evicted from their farm in Soloheadbeg and moved to Cooga in the parish of Doon, Co. Limerick. However, this does not tie in with the marriage record of Michael's daughter Ellen, which gives her address in 1866 as Soloheadbeg. Family lore has it that the Michael's farm was on Lord Stanley's estate and could be seen from the the big house, as a result of which the lord wished to be rid of the tenants, hence the eviction. It is possible that they were offered alternative land in Cooga by the lord because in Griffith's Valuation (1850s), Lord Stanley is shown to be their landlord in Cooga. The Hanley farm in Cooga waswas eventually purchased, in 1902, by a grandson of Michael's, and descendants of his were apparently were still living there in the 2010s.
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Details of another Hanley family from Soloheadbeg come from Seamus Carrabine whose great-great-grandfather Patrick Hanley was born in Lisobohane, Solohead about 1842. Patrick, who may have had a brother named William, married Hanora English and they had 10 children, one of whom died in childhood. Seamus's great-grandfather, James, who was the seventh of the 10, was born in Soloheadbeg on 19 June 1878. All nine children who survived to adulthood emigrated to the United States and three, Timothy, Patrick and Edmond, joined the NYPD. It is believed that Edmond eventually became Deputy Chief of the NYPD.
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Information on yet another Hanley family with Solohead connections comes from Marguerite Hanley, whose husband's great-great-grandfather, Edmond Hanley, was born in 1825 in the parish of Solohead and Oola. Edmond's parents were Edmond Hanley and Mary Fox and his siblings were John (born 1818), Ellen (1819), William (1822) and possibly a Mary and Anne. Edmond Junior married Mary Mulcahy from Murroe, Co. Limerick in 1855 and their children were Martin (Marguerite's husband's great-grandfather), Patrick, Edmond, Bridget and Mary. Martin married Annie Connell in 1886 and their children were Mary Josephine, Patrick, Edmond, Annie, Bridget, Honora, Johanna, John (Margurite's husband's grandfather), Peter, James and Martin.
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And another Hanley family: A John Hanley was baptised in 1836 in Solohead to a John Hanley and a Margaret Dwyer whose parents were Jeremiah Dwyer and Mary Ryan. The younger John emigrated to Australia where in 1862 he married Alice Dwyer who was born in Clonulty, Australia in 1841. John and Alice lived in Tatura, Victoria and later in Leongatha, Victoria, and had a son named Patrick. Many of John and Alice's descendants still live in the Leongatha area. _____________________________________________________

And in case it may relate to our Hanley family here is the text of an obituary from a Chicago newspaper that was passed on to me:
Barnes, Catherine, nee Hanley, June 3, 1888, aged 60 yrs., native of Sologhead (Parish Solloghodbeg), Co. Tipperary. Funeral from resid., 623 W. Erie St. to St. Columbkille's Church to Calvary.
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Any help in proving - or disproving - a connection between the above Hanley families and mine would be much appreciated. If you think you can fill in any gaps, please email HelensFamilyTrees@gmail.com. Many thanks.

Note: The Hanley surname is numerous throughout Ireland, especially in north Munster and in Connacht. The Hanleys were originally a sept of Co. Roscommon. The Irish form of the name is "Ó h-Áinle" from the Irish word "áinle" meaning "beauty".

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