Individual Details

Richard (Dick) SHEEHAN

(29 Jan 1905 - 7 May 1978)

Sponsors at Dick's baptism were Michael Hanrahan and Helen Hanrahan.

Dick, Peggy and their family lived in Kilbaha, Moyvane. To provide for his family Dick spent much of the early 1930s working as a farm labourer in England. Later they ran a small grocery business from their home in Kilbaha.

Dick and Peggy were first cousins once removed, thir common ancestors having been Jim Thornton and Norrie Cunningham.

Events

Birth29 Jan 1905Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry
Christen2 Feb 1905Moyvane, Co. Kerry
Marriage9 Jan 1930probably Moyvane, Co. Kerry - Margaret (Peggy) THORNTON
Death7 May 1978
BurialAhavoher Cemetery, Moyvane, Co. Kerry

Families

SpouseMargaret (Peggy) THORNTON (1911 - 1992)
ChildThomas (Tom) SHEEHAN (1931 - 2017)
ChildMary SHEEHAN (1933 - 2010)
ChildMyles B. SHEEHAN (1937 - 1953)
ChildJohn J. SHEEHAN (1942 - 2003)
ChildRichard SHEEHAN (1944 - 1944)
ChildLiving
FatherThomas (Tom) SHEEHAN (1868 - 1915)
MotherMary Anne HUDSON (1876 - )
SiblingThomas (Tom) SHEEHAN (1900 - 1981)
SiblingEllen (Nell) Mary SHEEHAN (1901 - 1972)
SiblingMargaret SHEEHAN (1902 - 1978)
SiblingMary (Mai) SHEEHAN (1907 - 1988)
SiblingJohn (Jack) Joseph SHEEHAN (1910 - 1945)
SiblingTimothy Joseph (Joe) SHEEHAN (1912 - 1996)