The following is a newspaper article which appeared in The Illustrated London News edition of Saturday, December 22, 1849 about Bridget O’Donnel and her children of Garraunnatooha, Parish of Kilmacduane, Barony of Moyarta, County Clare, Ireland during the year 1849 of the Irish Great Famine. Her story is heart-wrenching and gives the reader an actual, authentic account of the types of travails our Irish ancestors endured in Ireland during the Irish Great Famine. Continue reading “Bridget O’Donnel and Children – 1849 of Irish Great Famine”
Month: February 2023
Irish Great Famine Newspaper Article From 1847
Below is a U.S. newspaper article from August 19, 1847 about the Irish Great Famine. The Irish Great Famine occurred from about 1845, when the potato crop started failing due to infection, to 1852, when the potato crop recovered. This newspaper article includes an excerpt of a letter written by an Irish mother, still living in Ireland, to her daughter who had emigrated from Ireland to the United States. The letter details the effects of the Irish Great Famine and its resulting deaths, disease, starvation and emigration of the Irish population. It has been estimated one million Irish perished from disease and starvation due to the Irish Great Famine, and another one million Irish emigrated from Ireland seeking refuge in other countries from the Irish Great Famine. Continue reading “Irish Great Famine Newspaper Article From 1847”
Cein, Kane, Kean, Keane
DNA test results, from a direct male descendant of our Daniel Kane (1840-1912), indicates the following ethnicity region of our branch of the Kane family in County Cork, Ireland. This ethnicity region identifies the region of South West County Cork and matches with genealogical records of our branch of the Kane family.
DNA test results for ethnicity regions were able to define the results from a general area of Ireland, to the Province of Munster, to the South West Province of Munster, to West County Cork and finally to the South West portion of County Cork, Ireland as indicated on this map.
A review of various research and studies of Irish surnames, as shown below, seems to indicate our Kane family surname is in fact related to the Kean, Keane and Cein family surnames of southern Ireland and specifically to County Cork.
Our Daniel Kane was listed in the 1860 census record of Washington D.C. with the surname of Kean. He was also listed in a Washington D.C. address directory with the surname of Kean. The Washington D.C. census records of 1870 and later, and the other Washington D.C. address directories list his surname as Kane. The cousins of Daniel Kane, who also emigrated from County Cork, Ireland to Washington D.C., were listed in various documents by the surnames of Kane and Keane.