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Thanks to Sr De Lourdes Fahy I now know my GGG grandfather was Edward Fahey who was married to Mary McInerney.  My G grandfather, Thomas, was born in 1837 and he emigrated, ending up in New Zealand in 1861.  He was followed by his sister, Bridget. 

Thomas married a Galway girl, Mary Kearney, from Ballinacourty (Tawin Is), and Bridget married her brother, Michal Kearney.  They had families, and there has been contact over the years between Otago, New Zealand, and Peterswell family members.  Father Tom, a grandson of Thomas, was a regular visitor, through the years up to his passing in 2003.  Father Tom was the family keeper of records, and photographs, and I am thrilled to now have some of his information and images of the family.

I shall be visiting the parish in June 2014 and hope to meet any family and get to know more of the history of the Fahey and McInerney clans. I have a particular interest in the history of the area, and I love to meet people.

Arohanui (much love) from NZ.

kezdriscoll

Friday 17th Jan 2014, 05:28PM

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  • Hi Arohanui,

    Thanks very much for your message. I?m delighted that Sr. de Lourdes was able to help you-she is a very valuable member of our team!

    It?s great that you shall be visiting the area this year-I hope that you have a wonderful time. I will forward this message onto one of our volunteers from the area who hopefully may be able to offer you somer advice or assistance while you are here.

    All the best,

    Genealogy Support

     

    Emma Carty

    Friday 28th Feb 2014, 04:43PM
  • Hello all

    I must say that I have been thrilled to find your site, and delighted with the responses I have had to date.

    With the discovery that 7/8ths of my bloodlines are Irish has come the 'mission' of finding their homelands.  I have devoted the past 3 years to discovering their journeys in reverse, from the lives they built in New Zealand, backwards, often via Australia, and home to their respective Counties and their towns or villages.  It has been a rewarding journey and the icing on the cake has been finding their parishes....AND now some of their living relatives!  This could not have been achieved without your site and the generosity of information from the people who have responded.  I thank you.

     

    I would like to offer any help I can to those Irish people who had relatives leave the Emerald Isle to carve a life in New Zealand.  I am happy to try and find where they may have ended up.

     

    Arohanui (much love)

    Kerry Driscoll (NZ

    kezdriscoll

    Friday 28th Feb 2014, 09:09PM
  • my fathers aunt married fafey from tawin she was ellen casserly contact me if you wish and i ll find out more info  casserly_stephen@yahoo.com

     

    brokenstick

    Thursday 17th Apr 2014, 01:22PM
  • my fathers aunt married fafey from tawin she was ellen casserly contact me if you wish and i ll find out more info  casserly_stephen@yahoo.com

     

    brokenstick

    Thursday 17th Apr 2014, 01:22PM
  •  I do have a new contract McInerney and Fahey.   I think they're different from yours my great-grandfather was William McInerney from Hollymount  peterswell.   He married to Catherine Fahey  I can't seem to find any information on then   Their son John McInerney continued to live in that home and married and Bridget Nee    He would be my grandfather    Anyone have any information on that family   . Marian. Mc Inerney - Hickey

    ritanoni

    Monday 21st Dec 2015, 06:06PM
  •  IMcInerney and Fahey.   I think they're different from yours my great-grandfather was William McInerney from Hollymount  peterswell.   He married to Catherine Fahey  I can't seem to find any information on then   Their son John McInerney continued to live in that home and married and Bridget Nee    He would be my grandfather    Anyone have any information on that family   . Marian. Mc Inerney - Hickey

    ritanoni

    Monday 21st Dec 2015, 06:08PM
  • Hello, cousin!
    hope you are still around and following this thread! I am a descendant of Michael Kearney and Bridget Fahey, through their daughter Hannah who married James Hannan at Waitahuna 1910.
    On Bridget Fahey's death certificate, her father is listed as Edmund, rather than Edward. Maybe he was just known as Ed by everyone and the family guessed when it came to the death certificate?

    We visited Lawrence in Otago a few years back and went to the little museum they have there. Full to the brim of old local records!!!! And the Lawrence cemetery is overrun with Fahey's. I have around 40 gravestone photos.
    I would love any info or photos you may have on the Fahey/Kearney lot, especially from the Ireland end.
    traceyjames78@gmail.com

    Hope to hear from you soon

    Traceyhannanjames

    Monday 4th Sep 2017, 07:01PM
  • Hi All,

    I hope this thread is still live and checked from time to time. My Great Grandfather was Patrick (Pop) Fahey from Dunally, Peterswell.  I believe he was a younger brother of Thomas  & Bridget Fahey. You can find his details in the 1901 & 1911 Irish Census Records.  (He's shown as being 55 or 71 years old at the time.) I'd be delighted to hear from anyone desccended from Thomas or Bridget and to find out more about this side of the Family Tree.

    Tony Fahy

     

     

    T. Fahy

    Sunday 7th Jan 2018, 08:15PM

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