Hello Linda, 24/September/2005
My great great grandmother Mrs. Margaret Shanahan (nee Shanahan) (b.1820's in Dunbeacon, Co. Cork, Ireland) and some of her grown children (b1840's to 1860's in Bocarna, Glengarriff, Co. Cork, Ireland) settled in Springfield, Mass., USA.
To my knowledge -some of their descendants are still around there. Also I believe that some of her siblings went to USA too?
The family names that keep recurring are Daniel, Timothy, Philip, Ellen and Joanna/Jane.
I hope that this is useful, and let me know whether you think that there's a connection or not.
Thanks. Regards. Michael O'Shea, London.
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