I have occasionally viewes postings alleging relationship to ireland's famous son. Here are some specific facts about his lineage. John Meagher was born proably Co Tipperary abt 1769. His son Thomas Francis Meagher was born in Co. Waterford in 1796. His son Thomas Francis Meagher was born Aug 3, 1823. He had a brother Henry born 1825, who remained in Ireland in the military. A sister, Mary Agnes Meagher, b 1822 became a nun, serving in Taunron Convent in Eng. ireland's patriot son TFM had but one son; Thomas Bennett Meagher. His mother Catherine Maria Bennett died in Waterford City in 1854. Thomas Bennett, christened at the waterford Cathedral in March 1854,raised in Ireland by his grandfather, the senior Thomas; is reported to have come to America; and was accepted to West Point Military Academy. Scare little is known of his whereabouts