Herlihys of Cloonkeen

Jeremiah Collins of Adrigool, a brother of my 2g-grandfather Daniel, died on May 4, 1903. Their baptisms did not survive and I am not certain if they had the same mother. (yDNA evidence is conclusive for a recent common paternal ancestor.)

Among the mourners listed in the Southern Star on May 9, 1903 at Jeremiah's funeral who were called "cousins" were:

Jeremiah Herlihy, Tooreen; Michael Herlihy, Cloonkeen; Denis Herlihy, do

Michael Herlihy died on November 10, 1903. He had been a National Teacher. He had been living in Knockaneagh with his family. His wife Kate Hurley had predeceased him in death the prior year. According to the Southern Star on November 21, 1903, the mourners at his funeral were:

...John and Thos Herlihy (brothers), Mrs. Leahy (sister), Ds. C., Daniel J., and Patrick J. Herlihy (sons), Denis, Daniel, and Jeremiah Herlihy, Ds. and Dan Leahy (nephews), Mary, Kate, and Hannah Herlihy, Maggie and Jane Leahy (nieces), William and Jerh. Herlihy, Lawrence, Jeremiah, and John Collins (cousins). Daniel and Jeremiah Hurley (brothers-in-law), Mrs. Young, Mrs Dineen, T Dineen (cousins)...

The Collinses listed were likely sons of the aforementioned Jeremiah Collins and another brother, John Collins. The John Collins listed was probably the one who had purchased a farm in Smorane in 1896 and lived there at the time of the funeral. (John married Elsie Roberts in 1909 and went back to Adrigool.)

Michael Herlihy's wife was Kate Hurley (1855 - 1902) of Coolnagarrane. Her parents were Daniel Hurley and Honora McCarthy, the latter a Sowney from Driminidy, her mother a Donovan. Kate's sister Ellen (1852 - 1930) married William Young of North Street, Skibbereen, in 1875, so Ellen is probably the Mrs. Young mentioned among his mourners. Another Hurley sister, Mary (1851 - 1935), married Timothy Dineen of Shreelane in 1874. That might explain the Dineens listed among the mourners, but if they are the right ones, it doesn't explain why they, and Mrs. Young, were not also listed as in-laws.

Michael Herlihy's ancestral family was from Cloonkeen. The parents were Denis Herlihy and Mary Regan, who married February 8, 1834 in Kilmacabea & Kilfaughnabeg parish. Witnesses were Cornelius Cahalane and Patrick Herlihy. The family records are Kilmacabea & Kilfaughnabeg R.C. Parish.

Son Patrick, baptized April 12, 1835, married Eliza (Bess) Brien of Ballyvireen on February 25, 1879.

Son Daniel was baptized August 9, 1840.

Son Denis was baptized December 14, 1842.

Daughter Johanna may have been baptized May 1844. She married Denis Leahy of Dromcorragh, Caheragh on Feb 18, 1875.

There may have been a daughter Catherine, baptized April 19, 1846. The mother is written as Cath, not Mary.

Son Michael was baptized April 13, 1851. He married Kate Hurley on May 7, 1886.

Son William was baptized April 18, 1853. He never married, and went to live at the Leahy residence in Dromcorragh.

Son Thomas was baptized April 7, 1855. He married Hannah Williamson of Knockskagh on February 2, 1895.

Thomas's twin John, also baptized April 7, 1855, married another Mary Regan on November 24, 1904.

The Collins obituary also mentions as a cousin Jeremiah Herlihy (1841 - 1908) of Tooreen. This is probably Tooreennasillane. The record of the marriage of this Jeremiah Herlihy to Johanna McCarthy on February 23, 1873 states his father was Denis. However, he does not seem to be from the Herlihy-Regan family of Cloonkeen. Maybe he was the son of Denis Herlihy and Mary Long in Skibbereen parish.

Other Herlihy obituaries tie the Herlihy-Regan family of Cloonkeen with the family of Patrick Herlihy and Mary Long (a different Mary Long) of Cloonkeen.

The records I was able to locate:

Son James, baptized July 7, 1834.

Son Daniel, baptized April 5, 1836. Married Hannah Donoghue on February 8, 1870. They lived in Milleenawillin and Derrylugga. Daniel died in November of 1914 (unable to find a death record).

Son William, baptized September 23, 1838.

Daughter Kate, baptized December 8, 1839. Married Denis Sullivan possibly August 7, 1863 in Cork South Parish. Kate died July 4, 1921.

Possibly a son Thomas, baptized around 1842. Unable to support with a baptism record. Married Ellen Carey on February 25, 1873.

Son Pat, baptized May 23, 1845.

Pat's twin Johanna, baptized May 23, 1845. Married Florence O'Driscoll on February 7, 1882 and lived in Kilsarlaght, Aghadown.

The November 28, 1914 Southern Star obituary of Daniel Herlihy of Milleenawillin, who died aged 79, mentions Mrs. O'Sullivan and Mrs. O'Driscoll (sisters). The details:

...The chief mourners were: Patrick, William, Thomas and Daniel (sons); Hannah and Julia (daughters); Mrs. O'Driscoll and Mrs. O'Sullivan (sisters); Florence O'Driscoll (brother-in-law); Denis and John, Stephen and Daniel O'Sullivan (nephews); John and Thomas Herlihy, Knockskagh; Thomas Herlihy, Smorane; Michael Herlihy, do; Mrs. J. McCarthy, Leap; Mrs. Cullinane, Leap; John McClean, Drisheen; Michael Harrington, North Street; Mrs. Nagle, do; Daniel M. Howard, Waterford; Mrs. O'Driscoll, Moultrahane; Mrs. Walsh, Derryleigh;, R. Long, do., etc. (cousins).

Daniel Herlihy was noted as a victim in the Land Wars.

The July 16, 1921 Skibbereen Eagle obituary of Catherine Herlihy Sullivan confirms her relationship to the same people.

These Herlihys appear to have also had a relationship to Cornelius Cahalane and Catherine Herlihy of Cloonkeen. I don't if Catherine Herlihy was a sister to Patrick (1800) and Denis (1808).

To double and triple check, I examined the obituaries of Mary Hourihane Collins (1837 - 1922), widow of Jeremiah, and also Catherine Sheily Collins (1833 - 1905), widow of John. There are no mention of Herlihy, Regan, Long, etc.

How the Adrigool Collinses and the Herlihys were related, if they were, remain a mystery. The Collinses were born decades before 1842, likely in Castlehaven & Myross, so their baptism records did not survive. The marriage records of these Collinses and the baptism records of their children do not show a single witness named Herlihy, Regan or Long. Available records for these Herlihys in the later generations have shown a few Collinses, but there are no obvious relationships to Adrigool Collinses.

Patrick Herlihy (1800? - 1875?) and Denis Herlihy (1808 - 1887) are modeled as brothers in the family tree below until more information is made available.

Any updates to this page will be added below.

• HERLIHY PATRIARCH

  Unknown Matriarch

  • Patrick Herlihy
    1800? - 1875?

    Mary Long

    • James
      07 Jul 1834
    • Daniel
      1836 - 1914

      Hannah Donoghue

      • Mary
        30 Dec 1870
      • Catherine
        11 Mar 1873
      • Patrick
        22 Sep 1875
      • Johanna
        12 May 1878
      • John
        19 Sep 1883
      • William
        21 Sep 1886
      • Thomas
        15 Jun 1888
      • Julia
        08 Apr 1894
      • Daniel
        26 Mar 1897
    • William
      23 Sep 1838
    • Kate
      1839 - 1921

      Denis Sullivan

      • Patrick Sullivan
        15 Dec 1867
      • Mary Sullivan
        04 Apr 1869
      • Denis Sullivan
        12 Feb 1871
      • Jeremiah Sullivan
        03 Mar 1872
      • William Sullivan
        06 Dec 1874
      • Daniel Sullivan
        21 Sep 1879
    • Thomas
      1842? - 1931?

      Ellen Carey

      • Patrick
        22 Mar 1874
      • Mary
        29 Jan 1876
      • Jeremiah
        21 Jul 1878
      • Anne
        29 Aug 1880
      • Daniel
        04 Jul 1886
      • Michael
        18 Mar 1889
    • Pat
      23 May 1845
    • Johanna
      23 May 1845

      Florence O'Driscoll

      • Denis Driscoll
        1886
      • John Driscoll
        1887
      • Mary Driscoll
        1990
  • Denis Herlihy
    1808? - 1887

    Mary Regan

    • Patrick
      1835-1895

      Eliza (Bessie) Brien

      • Mary
        18 Apr 1880

        James Collins
        24 Sep 1876

        • James Collins
          28 Dec 1910
        • Patrick Collins
          10 Feb 1912
        • Michael Collins
          23 Apr 1913
        • Nora Collins
          03 Jun 1914
        • John Collins
          10 Jul 1915
        • Mary Collins
          15 Aug 1916
        • Elizabeth Collins
          06 Mar 1918
        • Hannah Collins
          28 Apr 1920
      • Catherine
        08 Jun 1881
      • Denis
        01 Mar 1886
      • Ellen
        01 Apr 1887
      • Daniel
        15 May 1888
      • Jeremiah
        06 Jun 1889
    • Daniel
      09 Aug 1840
    • Denis
      14 Dec 1842
    • Johanna
      May 1844

      Denis Leahy

      • Johanna Leahy
        19 Nov 1875
      • Mary Leahy
        27 Dec 1876
      • Margaret Leahy
        16 Jan 1878

        Henry Browne

        • Ellen Browne
          04 Sep 1914

          HURLEY
        • Margaret Browne
          13 Apr 1916

          GORMAN
        • John Edward Browne
          04 Oct 1917
        • Julia Anne Browne
          30 Mar 1919
        • Richard Ths Browne
          22 Nov 1920
      • Patrick Leahy
        Jun 1879
      • Jane Leahy
        Oct 1880
      • Ellen Leahy
        13 Nov 1882
      • Anne Leahy
        01 Mar 1884
      • Daniel Leahy
        20 Jun 1887
      • Denis Leahy
        01 Jun 1890
    • Catherine?
      19 Apr 1846?
    • Michael
      13 Apr 1851

      Catherine Hurley

      • Denis
        11 Dec 1886
      • Daniel
        27 Oct 1887
      • Patrick
        28 Mar 1889
    • William
      1853 - 1936
    • Thomas
      1855 - 1924

      Hannah Williamson

      • Mary
        25 Apr 1896
      • Denis
        1897 - 1902
      • Patrick
        01 Aug 1900
      • Michael John
        25 Sep 1902
    • John
      07 Apr 1855

      Mary Regan

      • Mary
        30 May 1908
      • Denis Patrick
        07 Mar 1911