Shirley;
Could this be a breakthrough? My brother Sean [
sogahan@sprint.ca] may also answer you. Our grt.grt.grt. grandfather, Peter Gahan [Catherine Murphy] had at least 7 children; Mary b. 1806; Patrick b. 1807; Thomas b. 1809 [?infancy death]; Richard b. 1810; Peter [Jnr.] b. 1812; Michael b. 1814; John b. 1816; Thomas b. 1819 all events having taken place in New Ross, Co Wexford. We don't know where Peter Catherine were born or married. Richard [Mary Fardy] was our grt. grt. grandfather and one of his 4 children, Matthew, was our grt. grandfather. We have no further information, in terms of marriages emmigration etc, on Richard's siblings. Matthew, with his two brothers, Peter [3rd] and Richard [Jnr.] emmigrated to Montreal about 1853. We have some information on all their marriages. Their sister, Johanna, emmigrated later, also to Montreal. I don't think Peter 3rd is who your'e looking for but the two previous may well be. Peter 3rd married twice in Montreal, 1871 - Mary McCarthy 1879 - Marion Gordon. He had a son, Richard Daniel b. 1872 d. 1874. He is buried in montreal. Cote des Neiges Cemetery.
DO PLEASE get back to me. Gahans were all over the Diocese of Ferns which includes almost all of Wexford and some of Wicklow and Carlow. We might well connect. Can you flesh out some of your data please - Births, marriages and dates as well as locations.
You may contact me at my Email address:
gahanr@cadvision.com. I'm holdin' my breath as your query looks promising!!