Michael ( Ciaron ) McGeever Catherine Gallagher
- 11/2/1951 - 19/12/1950

ChildLifePartner
Tom - 7/7/1970
Paddy -
Mick -
Matt1891 - 1977Hannah Maria McElligott
Dan -
Maggie - Jack Lynch
Kate -
Mary Anne -

Here's a photo of Ciaron and Catherine and their son Tom.

Catherine Gallagher came from Rooskey.

Kate became a nun and was known as Sister Afra.
Mary-Anne went to America and settled in the Bronx. She worked as a maid at the Waldorf Astoria for many years and never married.
Maggie's husband Jack was a brother of Thomas Lynch. Their (three ?) children perished in a gas explosion in the Bronx when their stove malfunctioned. There's a letter from Maria's daughter Kathleen to her Uncle Joe dated March 4th, 1930 which says that 'Maggie is now out of hospital after the explosion and well again, thank God'.

Matthew emigrated to America on the Baltic in April 1913. He settled in New York City and married Hannah Maria McElligott from Listowel, Co. Kerry. Their children were :-

Hannah died in February 1972 and Matthew died in November 1977.

I am indebted to the above-mentioned Kathleen McGeever, Maureen McGeever Aprill and Patricia Ann Connolly Egan for the information on this page.

From the 1901 census
TownlandParishCountyHead of Household SurnameHead of Household GivenOccupation
DerrynabrockKilbeaghMayoMcGeeverCatherine(35)farmer / husband away?
Thomas(12) - Mathew(10) - Margaret(8) - Patrick(6) - Kate(4) - Mary Anne(1) - Michael(2mo.)

Kilbeagh was in the Barony of Costello


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