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My gggrandparents, John Burke and Bridget Hanrahan, married at St Patrick's, Limerick City in 1827. They had six children. John Burke is said to have died around 1850.
The eldest son, John, migrated to Australia in 1857. He then sponsored the migration of his brother, Michael, in 1860 and his mother with Margaret, Mary and Martin in 1862. Nothing is known of the other sibling, a girl.
We have no knowledge of any siblings of John or Bridget coming to Australia. We have only two Hanrahan names, Margaret and John, the Baptism sponsors of John Burke in 1834 at St Patrick's.
We realise it is a long shot but we would be very grateful if anyone can shed some light on any Burke or Hanrahan siblings who remained in Limerick. In Australia "Burke" became "Bourke".

 

Many thanks to everyone for the great help. I cannot tell you how much time has been wasted trying to work these out. Knockea works well for my gggrandfather, Laurence Moloney, as his sisters are reported to have come from "Balingard". Murroe was the "Native Place" of my gggrandmother, Sarah Kirby, and Kirby appears to be a common name in Murroe. The location of Caherconlish, the birthplace of their daughter, my ggrandmother, fits in well.
Thanks again
Brian

Hi Diane
Thank you for the prompt reply.
My name is Brian Williams. I live in Sydney and am newly returned to this family research. I found a Laurence, Sarah and Margaret Maloney arriving on the Abyssinian in September 1859. This fits in with the details on Laurence's death certificate and I have just noticed on the original image on Ancestry  of the Abyssinian's passenger list, the "relatives in the colony" column, which lists Mary at Livingstone Gully. Can't believe I missed that before.
 On this original image on Ancestry I cannot make out the name of the town in Limerick where he came from. When the record is saved, the origin comes up as Killeaby, Limerick but I think that relates to the next name on the list. I may have to have a look at the reel.
On this record the father is listed as David and the mother as Margaret. The family trees for Mary Moloney on Ancestry have Margaret McGrath as the mother and the father David dyIng in 1855. The death certificate of Laurence has Margaret Noonan as the mother.
That is where I am at present. I was hoping that given the interest in Joseph Cox, there might be some details on Mary that I could pursue.
I will pursue your suggestion re Ancestry family trees. I don't have access to Facebook but I will see if I can do something through one of my sons to open an email link.
Thanks again.
Brian