Individual Details

John SHANAHAN

(PROBABLY ABOUT 3 MAR 1809 - 9 Jan 1894)

If John's father's name was indeed Cornelius then it is surprising John did not name his eldest son Cornelius, following the tradition at the time of naming one's eldest son after the paternal grandfather.

The Athea parish register showing their marriage tells us John and his wife, Mary, were blood-related in the 3rd and 4th degrees. This means they were 2nd cousins once removed. However, I have been unable to determine how exactly they were related, although, given that they were 2nd cousins once removed, a grandparent of one and a great-grandparent of the other would have shared a surname.

I have been told that one of the children of John and his wife, Mary, married someone by the name of Walsh from Marble Hole in Tarbert, Co. Kerry. However, Mary and John also had a granddaughter, Mary Collins, who married a Willie Walsh from Marble Hole, so perhaps it was a granddaughter rather than a son or daughter who married a Walsh from Marble Hole.

Events

BirthPROBABLY ABOUT 3 MAR 1809probably Kilbaha, Newtownsandes (Moyvane), Co. Kerry
ChristenProb 5 Mar 1809Moyvane, Co. Kerry
Marriage4 Feb 1840Athea, Co. Limerick - Mary WOULFE (caution: relationsip to parents and siblings not verified)
Death9 Jan 1894Kilbaha, Newtownsandes (Moyvane), Co. Kerry

Families