Egan of Shannon Harbour

[taramcdsmall]

OOOOH

Did you see this article from 1880

 EGAN.-At Shannon Harbour, King's County, Ireland,

the wife of William Egan, and eldest daughter of Patrick Egan, Esq., of Cloneymore, and sister-in law to the late Madame Angela Egan, Sacred Heart Convent, of Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland. R.I.P. Sydney papers please copy.

Tara

[taramcdsmall]

So,

Catherine was the daughter of Patrick Egan of Cloneymore.

Here he is on the GV !

http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/offaly/gallen.htm

Tara

[taramcdsmall]

We can hope then that William is one or both of these entries

Egan             William            Clononybeg                      Gallen     Offaly
Egan             William            Minus Island                    Gallen     Offaly

Tara

[kintree]

Tara

Thank you again for further input, none of which is new to me. No, that's not right, I hadn't seen the Facebook reference before, so I shall investigate that, thanks.

It is clear that the family referred to in the Australian records is from Shannon Harbour, not from a harbour on the Shannon. Shannon Harbour is not a townland, it is a canal settlement in the townland of Clonony Beg. Clonony Beg is immediately west of Clonony More, which is (most likely) the name represented by Cloneymore in the Australian newspaper article you have quoted from: The Australasian, 8 May 1880, p 26, from http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper.

My enquiry is whether anyone recognises the family from the records I originally posted (from the registers of Gallen & Reynagh RC parish), which I now repeat, for clarity. Parents William Egan and Catherine Egan (apparently her maiden surname as well as her married surname). Children:

bapt
11 Jun 1854  Sara
17 Aug 1856  Patrick
21 Aug 1859  Frances
21 Jul 1862  Honora