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Philip O'Sullivan, of Meentoges, Co.Kerry

Philip O'Sullivan, born est c.1740,
of Meentoges, Co.Kerry,
said to have tenanted all 394 acres of Meentoges (presumably had sub-tenants),
had issue:

1. Hanoria O'Sullivan, or Sullivan, born est c.1770,
   "Hanoria" on grave, "Anna Sullivan" at her children's baptisms in 1808 and 1810,
   "Hanna" [Julia Sheehan], or "Anne" [King], think NOT "Honoria Anne",
   "Miss O'Sullivan was housekeeper to her uncle the priest" [Fr. Mark O'Sullivan] "for some time before her marriage to Michael Rahilly" [Julia Sheehan],
   "the fortune Hanna Sullivan got when she married" [Michael Rahilly] "was a yearly annuity filed out of the lands of Meentogues, as all Meentogues belonged to the Sullivans at the time" [Julia Sheehan],
   (todo) any marriage settlement?,
   mar est c.1795 to Michael Rahilly [born est c.1765] and had issue.

   
   

2. Rev. Daniel O'Sullivan,
   Fr. Dan, listed as "O'Sullivan" in newspaper reports, NOT "Sullivan",
   (todo) see his education records - might show his parents,
   PP of Tarbert with Ballylongford from 1823 until his death 1832 [Lynch, 2008],
   listed as PP Tarbert 1824 (Tarbert and Ballylongford were combined RC parishes until 1859),
   his curate or assistant was Fr. Dan McCarthy, who started the building of Tarbert church in 1830,
   he lived Ballylongford,
   died Ballylongford, June 1832,
   died "a few days ago, after a long illness" [Kerry Evening Post, Sat 23rd June 1832],

   he died during a cholera epidemic, before his death he had expressed a wish of being buried inside the church at Ballylongford, suspecting (correctly) that the cholera epidemic would cause a problem with this, a group of Ballylongford people buried him at night, 2 am, morning of Fri 29 June, inside Ballylongford church, a Catholic magistrate from the Ballylongford area ordered his body disinterred, morning of Sat 30 June, and buried in the church grounds [Chute's Western Herald, 5th July 1832, [NLI]], huge controversy caused by this, an anonymous letter was printed in the [Tralee Mercury, 4th July 1832, [NLI]], attacking the unnamed magistrate, says there were protests, but to no avail, and the body was exhumed and re-buried "amidst the execrations and yells of hundreds, who certainly, had it not been for the presence of the Police, never would have allowed the remains of their Priest to have been treated with such indignity", the letter describes this as the magistrate's "whim", and is outraged that the police supported him, in [Chute's Western Herald, 14th July 1832, [NLI]] they print a letter from Francis Crosbie, JP, Protestant gentleman, magistrate for Co.Kerry, replying to the anonymous letter and defending the Catholic magistrate, he says the re-burial was necessary "to prevent contagion at this critical period", he says the 2 am burial was conducted by "a few of the most notoriously disorderly persons of the town", he says that Fr. Dan had in fact directed prior to his death that if there were objections to his being buried in Ballylongford church that he should be buried in Killarney (his homeland),

   he was succeeded as P.P. by Fr. Dan McCarthy,
   Aodogán had his will, dated 1832, must be now with [Aodogán's papers, UCD],
   he left everything to his nephew Daniel O'Sullivan, "including the new gallery in the chapel of Ballylongford" (very unusual that he, rather than the Church, could own this - was this perhaps like leaving the rights to private pews?),
   "except one house, and the lands around it", which he left "to my niece Margaret Rahilly", it was frowned on that a priest could amass a modest fortune.

   
   

3. (son) O'Sullivan, had issue:
   1. Dan O'Sullivan,
      Daniel, or Donal,
      when got inheritance from his uncle Fr.Dan in 1832 he went off to London and started a family there,
      mar --- Breen and had issue:
      1. (children) O'Sullivan,
         born London.
         "there may be some of his children in London, or grandchildren" [Mary Barrett, née Patt, c.1910]

   
   

4. (dau) O'Sullivan,
   mar 1stly to --- Galivan and had issue:
   1. (son) Galivan, "who travelled the world" [Mary Barrett, née Patt].
   mar 2ndly to --- O'Connor and had issue:
   1. Ellen O'Connor.

   2. Anne O'Connor,
      in c.1910 [Mary Barrett, née Patt] said that Anne was "in Milltown for the last 61 yrs" (Milltown, NE of Killorglin, Co.Kerry),
      think died unmarried.

   
   

5. (possibly) Johanna O'Sullivan, of Meentoges,
   listed as "Joanna Sullivan" at mar,
   mar 1804 to Denis O'Rahilly and had issue.
   Denis's wife was O'Sullivan of Meentoges [King], and so is poss. sister or near cousin of his brother Michael's wife,
   note that [Julia Sheehan] thought Michael's wife was "Johanna Sullivan, a niece to Fr.Mark O'Sullivan",
   there is also mention in my notes, think from [Mary Barrett, née Patt], of Michael's wife as "Johanna, dau of Philip O'Sullivan".

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• Rev. Daniel O'Sullivan is not to be confused with:
  • Fr. Daniel O'Sullivan, born 1760,
    educ Irish College, Paris,
    PP Glin, Co.Limerick 1816-42,
    died 24th Aug 1850, Granagh, Ballingarry par, Co.Limerick, age 90 yrs.