mary catherine o'shea

[Berni]

mary catherine o'shea/shea
was born 9th feb 1885 in caherciveen kerry. parents were
michael b o'shea and margaret nee o'reilly
family occupation tailors. they lived on high, street caherciveen,kerry
there is a possibility she may have been called kate
this is one of 6 siblings of my grgrandfather, 3 of which emigrated to US
i know this is a very common name in kerry but, does anyone
 have any research ideas?

[Brendan Joseph]

Hi Berni,

My father was born in Cahirciveen, his 90 year old twin sister is still living there.

Michael B & Margaret married Apr-Jun 1883 Cahirciveen Volume 5 Page number 34

You can order their marriage cert which will give fathers names etc

www.groireland.ie

I notice you have a connection with the Commercial Cable Company in Waterville, I have a number of connections, my grandad was the doctor there.

Brendan

[Berni]

hi brendan
thanks for the information you have provided
my great uncle john valentine o'shea worked for commercial cable company
in ireland, new york, canada and azores
i am in contact with a descendant of his.
i am currently trying to trace all my grandfathers siblings and gather any information i can with regards to caherciveen
thanks again
berni

[Brendan Joseph]

Hi Berni,

My grand uncle Patrick Keating first worked in CCC Waterville and then Panama and the Azores. He married a Countess in Horta, Azores, his 95 year old son is alive and living in Oporto, Portugal.

Interesting website:

http://www.cial.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

Brendan

[Berni]

hi brendan
wow what a small world!!
there is a link between o'shea and keatings in US
margaret o'shea married patrick keating
margaret was my grandfathers sister
not sure if this is your family too
berni

[Brendan Joseph]

Hi Berni,

Where would Michael O'Shea have been living 1911, I cannot find him on High Street, my great grandfather lived in no 47 in the 1850's, I think at one stage it was called Top street.

Brendan

[Berni]

hi brendan
we know michael died before 1911
as far as we are aware all the siblings had already left caherciveen
my grandfather was a merchant tailor and in 1917 he marries my grandmother
in granard co longford
the ones i have been able to trace of the siblings were in US by then

[bobstree]

Brendan,
Berni forwarded me the link to your post.  Berni and I are descended from Michael B O'Shea.  My great-grandfather John V. O'Shea was born in Caherciveen in 1887.  He worked for the Commercial Cable Co. in Waterville, then Canso, New York, then Canso and then the Superintendant of the Commercial Cable Co. in Horta.   I'd love to hear more about your connections to Horta since my grandmother is 95 and still alive to talk to.

I also notice that you mention a Keating connection.  Is your last name Keating?  One of our cousins is a Keating and her middle name and her father's first name are Brendan.  She was told that it was a long running name in the Keating family with some significance.

I also understand that one of your ancestors wrote a book.  Is it about Caherciveen or the Keatings?

Anything you can help do to help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Bob

[Brendan Joseph]

Hi Bob,

Thank you for contacting me,  my father, grandfather, g grandfather and gg grandfather were all born in Cahirciveen.

My grandmother's brother Patrick Aloysius Keating was born in Cahirciveen 1879, he first worked for the CCC in Waterville, My grandmother's 3 sisters all, married men who worked in the CCC in Waterville, John Mason, William McKimmie, Jack Hewison, her brother Michael Joseph also worked there.

Patrick Aloysius first moved to Panama and then to Horta. He left the CCC and set up the Fiail trading company, he had a contract during the second world war supplying British ships with all their supplies.

He married the Countess Adélia De Azeredo in 1914 and had 4 children, his son Count Patrick is still alive and living in Oporto, Portugal, he is 95, his wife is also still alive.

I am an O'Donoghue, my grandmother was Keating, the book is about the Keating's of South Kerry, if you need a look up, let me know, John researched the South Kerry Keatings back to 990 AD.

The following gives a great history of the CCC:

http://www.cial.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

Brendan is a Kerry name called after St. Brendan the Navigator

Brendan