Searching for paents of Patrick Mulvihill, Roman Catholic, born Co. Longfird abt. 1837-41. Family lore has it that his father may have been Patrick and he may have been an orphan. He immigrated to Philadelphia, USA in April 1852, travelling with Bridget Farrell McDonaough, wife of James McDonahough, whose mother may have been Ellen Mulvihill, d. Co. Silgo, abt 1832. Children of Briget and James McDonough were baptised in Cashel when living in townland "Estate" (Cornadowgh?) in the 1840s. He is said to have gone to phil. to stay with an uncle. Mulvihills living in Phil. near the McDonahough's were Francis b. abt 1819, Thomas b. abt. 1825 and John, b. abt. 1813, and a possible mother of one of the three, Bridget Mulvihill b. abt 1787. DNA match ancestors include Mary Mulvihill, b. abt. 1835, m. Patrick Steele, b. abt 1835, Cork, d. 1859, Longford. Mary Mulvihill Steel immigrated to Dixon, IL, USA, where she married Patrick Haley. Sisters, Ann and Bridget, and brother, Thomas Mulvihill were living near Dixon in 1870. The three Mulvihill sisters were b. 1830s in townland Loughan in Cashel parish. (Question: is Loughan aka Corool Brennan?) Have found RC baptismal records of several Patrick Mulvihill's in right time frame, but cannot determine if they were related to Mulvihill's of Loughan or McDonough's of "Estate." Any help in solving this mystery would be greatly appreciated!
