Information on the McSheehy Clan shows that they were Gallowglass (the martial class of Gaelic Ireland) for the Earl of Munster from about 1460 until the last Earl was killed around 1580. |
1 John McSheehy m. Margaret McSheehy 2 Patrick McSheehy b. __ __ 1810 d. 24 May 1894 m. Deborah (Gobinette) Sheehan b. __ __ 1813 d. 19 Feb 1876 3 Ellen Agnes McSheehy b. __ ___ 1839 d. 25 Dec 1894 m. Michael O'Neil m. 05 Dec 1859 b. __ __ 1827 d. 25 Feb 1925 Died of asthma. Smoked corn-cob pipe. Wedding attendants - William Sheehan (his X mark),Mary McSheehy 4 Mary Ellen O'Neil b. 12 Dec 1860 d. 24 Jul 1945 m. William Ryan b. 1859 d. 14 Dec 1899 4 John O'Neil b. 09 Oct 1862 4 Patrick Francis O'Neil b. 03 Apr 1864 d. 25 Dec 1938 m. Margaret Ann Preece m. 1894 b. __ __ 1867 d. 22 Nov 1943 Used to light his mother's corn cob pipe for her - said that was why he took up smoking. 4 Margaret Maria O'Neil b. 21 Aug 1866 d. 05 Sep 1866 4 John Joseph O'Neil b. __ __ 1868 d. 03 Dec 1931 Bachelor - lived at farm at Worrolong with Margaret & Theresa 4 Michael James O'Neil b. 1870 d. 22 Dec 1963 m. Helen Ellis b. 1880 d. 31 Aug 1956 4 William Thomas O'Neil b. 18 May 1873 d. 03 Apr 1960 m. Rose Agatha Costello m. 25 Apl 1906 b. 08 Sep 1878 d. 30 Aug 1954 Apprenticed to McSheehy from Casterton. Lalor McMahon,son of Jack McMahon, ran undertak.bus,Jack McSheehy wkd.for him & took over bus.on death of McMahon. James Thos.McMahon undertaker for Michl.O'Neil 25/2/1925 He and Rose met at Millicent. Wedding breakfast held at Residence of Bride's parents - 11.30 am (ceremony St Alphonsus Church, Millicent - 10.30am) 4 Margaret O'Neil b. 1875 d. 1951 Spinster - lived at farm at Woorlong with John & Theresa Found dead in paddock on way to McMahon's for help. 4 Theresa O'Neil Spinster - lived at farm at Worolong with Margaret & John Died prior to death of Mgt. 3 Mary McSheehy b. 10 Mar 1842 d. 24 Apl 1911 m. Patrick McMahon b. __ Mar 1849 d. 9 Apl 1918 4 James Thomas McMahon b. __ __ 1871 4 John Francis McMahon b. __ __ 1873 4 Mary Ann McMahon b. __ __ 1875 4 Deborah McMahon b. __ __ 1876 4 Patrick Joseph McMahon b. __ __ 1880 4 Mary Dympna McMahon b. __ __ 1883 3 John Patrick McSheehy b. 25 Apl 1844 3 Honorah McSheehy b. 5 Feb 1846 3 John Francis McSheehy b. __ __ 1851 d. __ __ 1903 m. Louisa Grinham m. 4 Mar 1878 b. __ __ 1860 d. __ __ 1892 m. Matilda McCabe m. __ __ 1896 b. __ __ 1856 d. __ __ 1933 4 Susan Agnes McSheehy b. __ __ 1878 m. James Alfred Lambert m. __ __ 1901 4 Mary Ellen McSheehy b. __ __ 1881 d. __ __ 1881 4 Ellen Margaret McSheehy b. __ __ 1882 m. John McMahon m. __ __ 1908 4 John McSheehy b. __ __ 1884 d. __ __ 1955 4 Francis McSheehy b. __ __ 1886 d. __ __ 1891 4 Alfred Francis McSheehy b. __ __ 1888 d. __ __ 1952 m. Jane Eliza Jones m. __ __ 1916 4 Louisa Mary McSheehy b. __ __ 1890 m. John Thomas Keenan m. __ __ 1911 4 Patrick McSheehy b. __ __ 1892 d. __ __ 1892 4 Mary Cathleen McSheehy b. __ __ 1897 4 Deborah Gert McSheehy b. __ __ 1898 4 Teresa May McSheehy b. __ __ 1901 3 Catherine McSheehy b. __ __ 1851 m. James Preece m. 26 Nov 1870 b. __ __ 1848 4 John Thomas Preece b. __ __ 1877 4 Alfred George Preece b. __ __ 1880 4 George Francis Preece b. __ __ 1883 4 William Preece b. __ __ 1885 4 Thomas Preece b. __ __ 1887 4 Francis Preece b. __ __ 1889 4 Henry Patrick Preece b. __ __ 1891 d. __ __ 1891 4 Catherine Mary Preece b. __ __ 1893