Six years ago I wrote a post entitled James Meagher, of Cappawhite Parish. Four years ago, two years after the original post, Richard J Crowe commented and confirmed that Clonganiff, Clongariff and Clonganhue are different spellings for the same townland in Cappawhite Parish. I should have replied to his comment at that time, but didn't. This is a very late
Thank you Richard for that information.
Almost three years ago I wrote a post entitled Ann Cavanaugh, of Ohio/Ireland. A few days ago Helen Miller commented on that post. After the original post, I did find some additional information (documented in footnotes 12 through 17 on the MeagherCavanaugh page). The 1860 census lists Ann living wih her father and most of her siblings. Though Ann and siblings are recorded as all born in Ohio, I'm suspicious about that information, since I have not found a roughly matching family anywhere in Ohio in the 1850 census. I suspect that Ann's childhood family may have arrived to Ohio from Ireland via a circuitous route, with no desire to remember the past. For now, any town in Ireland might be the birthplace of Ann Cavanaugh.
A little over two years ago the young Catriona White, originally from Cappawhite, died in California. For a long while I thought that maybe there were two different Cappawhites, but no. From time to time there are news updates about her tragic story in California. And yes, it is the same Cappawhite.
I tell people that genealogy makes a good excuse for traveling. It is a particularly good excuse for getting to know locals in a small town off the tourist trail. Last year, after having studied the map for many years, I drove to Cappawhite.
The town square could easily be a Snow Village that you might set up under the Christmas tree. Below is a view looking in the same direction, but from near the intersection. In both views the greenish-blue (teal?) awning marks the Centra market, a small-town fixture in Ireland.
The proprietress, Breda Meagher Ryan, showed me a picture in the town history.
This Timothy Meagher, born 1843, was from a different, probably more well-to-do family than the one that sent three brothers and one or two sisters to eastern Ohio. But he may have been a cousin to the Meagher's of Clonganhue.
Clonganhue is about 2.5 km southwest of
The Square(in the previous views of the square, ahead and to the left). The line of scraggly pine trees marks a creek that flows southwest through the middle of the otherwise flat townland. Old maps highlight Clonganhue Bridge at this point.
Hi this is Helen Miller again. Thank you for the information on Cappawhite. We will be going to Ireland in May and are certainly going to visit Cappawhite. The picture of Timothy definitely confirms for me that he is related to James. Their are numerous similarities to my husband. My husbands DNA came back as a match to your family. I think we are all on the right track. If you would like to see a photo of my husband to see the similarities let me know.
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Helen F. Miller
Thanks. We'll have to try to figure out the connection. Jim Toth
ReplyDeleteHelen has let me know that the connection is via the oldest son, Patrick, in the MeagherCavanaugh family
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So Michael is my 3rd-cousin. The gedmatch estimate, 4.1 generations back to the most common ancestor, was right on.
I have been collecting a large list of different spellings for Clonganhue. My GGGG grandparents John Ryan (Smasher) and Bridget Bourke are from Clonganhue. https://ryandnaproject.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-beginnings-of-unearthing-my-irish.html
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