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 I have prepared a family tree on Meehan which may correspond with some of your relatives.
Also I have been in communication with cousins in NYC - it seems  we share gggrandfathers.
Let me have any information in your possession and I will see where it fits the family tree(which contians more than 120 Meehans!)

Cead

 Hi

 Remember to check the National Archives and don't pay too much attention to numbers!

 When the officer dealing with the census either in 1901 or 1911 started in a particular street,he knocked on the first door if there was no  answer, he knocked on  the next house and if someone answered THAT was number one...remember houses did not carry numbers on their door.So if say the first five houses were empty his numbering started half way down the street with NUMBER ONE..the first answered !!

Sometimes people listed in the 1901 census who you would expect to be 10 years older in the 1911 census are often say nowhere near the 1901 age...often this can be because the 1901 was a guess,or they were not home,or a female lied about her age (ahem!) or even a 1901 child had died in infancy and another was born say in 1902 taking the same name...sentimental people the Irish.

Also it was not uncommon for people to take in children of adult relatives who died to prevent the county sending siblings to the workhouse and on occasion such children might be described by the head of the house as my son or my daughter.

Latch on to say a Grandfather and eventually all the relatives will appear if the stayed in Ireland...trickier if the emigrated to USA,Canada or Australia.

Majority of the people in England like Obama probably because they don't trust the wealthy..not jealousy..they remember the sins of the Bankers.when Bakak Obama won four years ago my friend were surprised..I was not...I told them "they always give the worst job to the black man" you were in a bad state ,like europe and it will take a decade before we see real improvement.

Good luck with you search...I have a cousin in New york who avoided major storm damage...by the way don't blame the storm on the President...global warming!

 regards

 John

 Hello again,

 Do you know if Michael or any of his children remained in Ballinrobe after Peter departed for the USA...if so I might find them in the 1901 census.

 There are several Sheridans mentioned in the census.

 Regards

 John Berry

 heywood

 thank you for your help.

 Cead (JB)

 James Meehan and Anne Gillon were my gggrandparents. They married at Ahamlish on 7th Nov 1850
 Had at least eight children Maria b 1851,Anna b 1853,Bridget b 1855,Margaret then in 1859 a son,
Thomas(my g grandfather, Margaret b 1861, Matilda b 1863, James b 1866 and Patrick b 1871(we think)
One thing I discovered...some dates are incorrect.In the 1901 census Patrick is shown as aged 30 which would mean he was born in 1871 (this would have been 5 years after the death of  James..possibly !

Baptismal records -Anna 3rd April 1853 sponsors Charles Costello and Bridget Devins
                              Bridget 18th April 1855 sponsors Thomas Gillon and Mathilda McGoveran
                              Thomas 3rd June 1857 sponsors Michael Freel and Honoria Bartley
                             Margaret Meighan 17th August 1861 sponsors Daniel Gilmartin and Anna Meighan 
                             Matilda 31st December 1863 sponsors Michael Burns and Maria Foran
                             James 2nd September 1866 sponsors John Clancy and ann Clancy