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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Michael and Honoria Ryan of Latteragh
« on: Friday 19 April 19 16:41 BST (UK)  »
Hi Mary,

No doubt we are related then. My ancestors were farmers in Ireland, as were my Australian ancestors. I and some of my siblings have gone through all the gravestones at Latteragh, but none matched with ours, and neither do the Glenkeen ones. Now these are all online too.
http://tipperarystudies.ie/digitisation-project/gravestone-inscriptions/

Maybe the Ryans who ran pub were first or second cousins of my family. We had assumed that parents (Michael and Honor/Honoria) of those who came to Australia had died in famine, but Honora and one daughter Mary remained (she was married to Jeremiah Toohey and they had their own family by the time the other 7 left in 1853, arriving in Aust. 1854). There were terrible clearances around Latteragh and Toomevara (where Honora Kennedy was from) - over 500 tenants were evicted from Toomevara and many from Latteragh too, so very dire circumstances. Sending all their children away must have seemed like the only chance for a future. Michael would have died by 1853.
Your great great great grandfather Denis may have been Michael's (my great great grandfather's) cousin, they were born the same year.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Michael and Honoria Ryan of Latteragh
« on: Thursday 18 April 19 06:00 BST (UK)  »
Hi Mary, also Michael Ryan was born 1819, and my great grandfather John Ryan (his brother) was born 1831, but all 7 (who came to Australia from that family) were born in Latteragh.
Their father Michael (who married Honora Kennedy) was born in 1798 I think.


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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Michael and Honoria Ryan of Latteragh
« on: Thursday 18 April 19 05:49 BST (UK)  »
Hi Mary,
That is interesting. Your great grandfather Denis would probably have been first or second cousin of my great grandfather. I have looked through the Glenkeen grave listings, but none exactly correspond to ours. As for the DNA, the link is not surprising - many in Ireland would have similar DNA to us, their ancestors, especially those around the same area.
The link to book was posted - it is available as ebook, as well as print. Here's the link again.Some facts in this book are incorrect though, not sure why the author didn't contact the contemporary Ryans to check some things.
https://au.blurb.com/b/8345087-tipperary-green-to-victoria-gold

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Michael and Honoria Ryan of Latteragh
« on: Thursday 26 April 18 06:11 BST (UK)  »
Hello Brian, thanks very much for link to book. Very interesting to discover that one daughter stayed behind in Ireland with her mother. I have also since found out that often those aged 30 or under received discount fare,so that might have helped those 7 get here - also explains why some ages don't seem to tally with other records.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Michael and Honoria Ryan of Latteragh
« on: Tuesday 20 March 18 14:05 GMT (UK)  »
I assume they died in the famine. Jeremiah was cousin not brother.
Honora is sometimes spelt Hannorah also.
Where did you find Michael's parents' names?
I am great-great granddaughter, can find no headstone inscription (in Tipperary) for Michael and Hannorah/Honora - have read them all online.
What is your relation?

Also, Michael's dates are 1819-1916, so parents must've married 1818 or 1819.

G. E. Ryan

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