Individual Details
'unknown' DEVINE
(ABOUT 1760S - )
We are assuming that 'unknown' above was born in Co. Kerry because his two sons (that we know of) were born in Kerry, although we do not know exactly where. Family lore has it that one of the three Kerry families in my husband's family tree came from the Dingle area of Co. Kerry. The other two families appear to have come from Castleisland (Husseys) and Tralee (Joneses) so perhaps it was the Devine family who were from Dingle. However, the fact that unknown's son Michael married Catherine Jones who had family connections in Ballymacelligott, Castlemaine and Castleisland, which are all near Tralee, makes me wonder if the Devines came from the Tralee area. Dingle is about 60km from Tralee, quite a distance in those days, and I thnk it more likely that Catherine met Michael in Tralee or the surrounding district rather than in the Dingle area.
The Devine surname is most common in Ulster, North Leinster and Connaught. The name is derived from the Irish "Ó Daimhín" which was the name of a sept in Co. Fermanagh. Some Devines in the southern part of the country have their origins in the Irish "Ó Dubháin" family whose name comes from the Irish word "dubh" meaning dark or black. Other surnames derived from Ó Dubháin include Devane, Dwane, Duane and Downes. From my own research, the Devine surname does not appear to have been too common in Kerry in the 19th century, with only two occupiers by the name of Devine listed for the whole of the county in Griffith's Valuation (1847-1864); one was a James Devine from Killarney and the other was an Owen Devine from the townland of Balynorig East in the parish of Kilmoyley (north of Tralee).
The Devine surname is most common in Ulster, North Leinster and Connaught. The name is derived from the Irish "Ó Daimhín" which was the name of a sept in Co. Fermanagh. Some Devines in the southern part of the country have their origins in the Irish "Ó Dubháin" family whose name comes from the Irish word "dubh" meaning dark or black. Other surnames derived from Ó Dubháin include Devane, Dwane, Duane and Downes. From my own research, the Devine surname does not appear to have been too common in Kerry in the 19th century, with only two occupiers by the name of Devine listed for the whole of the county in Griffith's Valuation (1847-1864); one was a James Devine from Killarney and the other was an Owen Devine from the townland of Balynorig East in the parish of Kilmoyley (north of Tralee).
Events
| Birth | ABOUT 1760S | probably Co. Kerry | |||
| Marriage | 'UNKNOWN' | ||||
| Death | probably Co. Kerry |
Families
| Spouse | 'UNKNOWN' ( - ) |
| Child | John DEVINE (1790 - 1859) |
| Child | Michael DEVINE (1797 - 1851) |