Individual Details
John FINUCANE
(1754 - Abt 1803)
According to William (Bill) Hudson's work 'The Hudsons of County Kerry and their Descendants' (written in 1960 and available in the National Library of Ireland in Dublin and in Tralee and Listowel libraries in Co. Kerry), my Finucane family (a 3rd great-grandmother of mine was a Margaret Finucane) is connected to the family of John above who, sometime in the 19th century, divided his large farm in Ardmore, Carhoonakineely between two sons [no names are given]. One of these sons was the grandfather of Pat Finucane of Faranawanna who helped Bill with his Finucane research in the late 1950s. Pat told Bill that his (Bill's) great-grandmother Margaret Finucane (and my great-great-great grandmother) was a sister of the two sons who got the land in Ardmore, and therefore a daughter of John above. Unfortunately no documented evidence has been found to support this. I have, however, been DNA-matched by Ancestry with a descendant of John's, indicating the two families were indeed related.
There is a possibility of a connection between my 3rd great-grandmother and another Finucane family from Tarbert. 'The Hudsons of County Kerry' also suggests that Margaret could have been a daughter of (perhaps another?) John Finucane who lived in Ardmore around the same time but whose only known children were John and possibly Francis. Given the Ardmore connection, they may be the same family as the Finucane family described above. However, John, son of John and possible brother of Francis, emigrated to the United States whereas John, son of John who divided the land, remained in Ireland. If anyone has any further information on either of the above above Ardmore Finucane families, I would be very grateful if you would get in touch by emailing HelensFamilyTrees@gmail.com. Thank you.
Note that I have seen Carhoonakineely spelled as Carhoonakinella.
There is a possibility of a connection between my 3rd great-grandmother and another Finucane family from Tarbert. 'The Hudsons of County Kerry' also suggests that Margaret could have been a daughter of (perhaps another?) John Finucane who lived in Ardmore around the same time but whose only known children were John and possibly Francis. Given the Ardmore connection, they may be the same family as the Finucane family described above. However, John, son of John and possible brother of Francis, emigrated to the United States whereas John, son of John who divided the land, remained in Ireland. If anyone has any further information on either of the above above Ardmore Finucane families, I would be very grateful if you would get in touch by emailing HelensFamilyTrees@gmail.com. Thank you.
Note that I have seen Carhoonakineely spelled as Carhoonakinella.
Events
| Birth | 1754 | Carhoonakineely, Tarbert, Co. Kerry | |||
| Death | Abt 1803 | probably Carhoonakineely, Tarbert, Co. Kerry | |||
| Marriage | Catherine (Kate) LYNCH | ||||
| Burial | Kilnaughtin Cemetery, Tarbert, Co. Kerry |
Families
| Spouse | Catherine (Kate) LYNCH ( - ) |
| Child | John FINUCANE (1795 - 1850) |
| Child | Thomas FINUCANE ( - 1849) |
| Child | Daniel (Dan) FINUCANE ( - ) |