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Review: Sean Hayes On WDYTYA? | USA | VIEW SOURCE |
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WDYTYA: Sean Hayes | USA | VIEW SOURCE |
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"Who Do You Think You Are?" - Sean Hayes | USA | VIEW SOURCE |
Got Irish origins in Ballylongford, County Kerry?
If so, you are in good company...
American celebrity, Sean Patrick Hayes traced his ancestors back to the parish of Kilnaughtin (Barony of Iraghticonnor) in north County Kerry.
EMIGRATION
Seán's great-grandfather, Patrick Hayes Jr. (b. 08 Apr 1879) emigrated to the USA in 1900. Settling in Chicago, Patrick Hayes Jr. worked as a street-car employee and married Jennie Carmody. They had 5 children, including William Hayes (1911-1951), Seán's grandfather.
NEAREST VILLAGE
US records show he gave Ballylongford, Co. Kerry as his place of origin. (In fact, this was his nearest village – the less-detailed 'address' emigrants typically gave on Ships manifests and naturalisation records).
TOWNLAND OF ORIGIN
By way of a Petty Sessions Court records search for the nearby market town of Tarbert, he could discover the Hayes family home farm was in Kilcolgan Lower (and more!)
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
In 2015, Sean Hayes' search took him on a journey back to his home parish in the TV show Who Do You Think You Are (Season 6).
Follow the full story here:
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| Date of Birth | 8th Apr 1879 | VIEW SOURCE |
| Father (First Name/s and Surname) | Patrick Hayes (1842–1923) of Ballylongford | VIEW SOURCE |
| Mother (First Name/s and Maiden) | Brigid Enright (d.1888) of Pulleen. Married 27 April 1870 https://www.townlands.ie/kerry/iraghticonnor/kilnaughtin/tarmon/pulleen/ | VIEW SOURCE |
| Townland born | Kilcolgan Lower, Ballylongford, Co. Kerry | |
| Place & Date of Baptism | 8 April 1879 at Ballylongford Church | VIEW SOURCE |
| Names of Siblings | William Hayes born 13 February 1875 | |
