Going to throw this into the ring to see if anyone knows of or may be related to the following:
Loughlin (O')Keeffe was born in Knockadeen on 10th December 1826 to John and Anne. It says that it was in Paulstown though I think Knockadeen (or Knockadereen as it was then called) might be in the Parish of Clara? He and two neighbours/cousins called O'Loughlin went out to mine for gold in Bendigo, Australia in the late 1840's. One of these O'Loughlins stayed on and then went to Ballarat where he made his fortune and his legacy would fund the O'Loughlin Memorial Church in Kilkenny.
Loughlin married Ann Somers/Summers and they settled in Ballywilliam. It's possible Loughlin met relatives of Ann's while he was mining for gold. They had Margaret (1864), Annie (1865), Mary (1866), Johanna (1868), Catherine (1869). On the 25th October 1870, Ann went into premature labour of a child which would die after 10 minutes. They named her Catherine (although the child born in 1869 had not died). Ann herself died some hours later.
Any information on this family would be a HUGE help!!!
All the best,
Caroline
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