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My grandparents were Patrick Kearney and Johanna Fitzgibbons from the townland of 
Ballymackeough, [ 1002 acres] Civil parish of Kilvellane, Barony of Owney & Arra, PLU of Nenagh, Diocese of Cashel, Probatte District of Limerick,  Co. Tipperary North.  The civil parish of Kilvellane is right on the border of Co Limerick.  Ballymackeough losely translated would be MacKeogh's town.

In 1984 Deila, Margaret and
Joseph Kearney were still living in Tipperary.  Patrick and Johanna
emigrated to Syracuse, New York in the late 1800s, and had 3 children,
James, Francis and Agnes, my father, uncle and aunt.  They were very vague
about when they emigrated, and my grandfather died before I was born, and
grandmonther before I was four.  I believe that Patrick and Johanna were
cousins.  I'm sorry that I have very little information, but they were very
close with information and didn't want to pass on much.  I never even knew
that we had relatives in Ireland until a few years before 1984.  If  you have any information
to share please contact me, thank you in advance.
Margaret Kearney Melnik


I just wonder occasionally about family history and other relatives that we
may have had.  There was also another Patrick Kearney who emigrated to this
area around the same time.  From what I understand there was some sort of
falling out and these two branches of the family never spoke to each other
again.  I've met some of them since my father's death, and they seem quite
nice and they also don't know why the cousins didn't speak to each other.  


mkmelnik@maxwell.syr.edu
Margaret Kearney Melnik
mkmelnik@maxwell.syr.edu




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