If any out there have knowledge of the Kelly's from Boolavoord, please contact me. I was in Fedamore in 1994, 1997 and 2004 poking around. In 1997, I met the pleasant priest in Fedamore, whose name escapes me now. I couldn't find any headstones of Kellys in Fedamore. In 1997, it looked liked the Catholic cemetary in Fedamore had been subject to grave robbing. I remember broken tombs with visible bones. Sad.
There are many Gleesons in Fedamore, and they've been there a long time. I doubt many Gleesons from Fedamore are not related, distantly. I read with interest Wynham's reference to one Johanna Gleeson. Though not an uncommon name, I wonder whether it was passed down the same line as the Johanna Gleeson who married Cornelius Kelly in 1848 before emigrating to Illinois. Those are my immigrant ancestors, both born in Boolavoord. Interestingly, these two, though certainly from Boolavoord, were married nearby in Monister. I believe Johanna's father was Thomas Gleeson, but I couldn't confirm that.
