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O'Connell

Geoffrey O'Connell.
See wikitree.
He mar Honora McCroghan.
They had issue:

Daniel MacGeoffrey O'Connell.
See wikitree.
He mar Alice Segrave [dau of Christopher Segrave, Mayor of Dublin].
They had issue:

John O'Connell.
He mar c.1700 to Elizabeth Conway [poss. descendant of Henry I].
They had issue:
1. Donal Mor O'Connell.
  He mar Maire O'Donoghue.
  They had issue:
  1. Morgan O'Connell, born 1739.
    He mar 1771 to Catherine O'Mullane [born 1752].
    He died 1808.
    She died 1817.
    They had issue:
    1. Daniel O'Connell
      "The Liberator",
      born 6 Aug 1775.
    2. John O'Connell,
      born 6 May 1778.
      Settled at Grena (later called Grenagh), Killarney, Co.Kerry.
      He fought a duel in 1813 with Richard Francis Blennerhassett. He was seriously injured, but survived.
      He gave evidence at Rowan Cashel trial, 1816.
      He died 6 Sept 1853, age 75 yrs.
    3. Sir James O'Connell, 1st Baronet,
      born 1786.
Maurice O'Connell,
of Dunmaniheen, Killorglin, Co.Kerry.
See wikitree.
He mar Ellen O'Callaghan.
They had issue:
1. Geoffrey O'Connell.
  Ancestor of Daniel O'Connell's wife.

The early part of O'CONNELL in [Burkes Irish, 1976].

"English Descent of Daniel O'Connell".
From p.242 of Notes and Queries, 4th Series VII, March 18, 1871.
This points out O'Connell has some English/Welsh Elizabethan settler ancestry and is not pure Irish.

References

O'CONNELL on pp.890-900 of [Burkes Irish, 1976]
O'CONNELL on pp.521-523 of [Burkes Irish, 1912].
O'CONNELL on pp.336-338 of [Burkes Irish, 1899].
O'CONNELL on pp.565-569 of [Burke's Commoners, vol.2, 1836].
O'CONNELL in [Burkes Peerage]
O'CONNELL on pp.183-185 of [O'Hart, 1892, vol.1].
O'CONNELL on pp.325-327 of [O'Hart, 1892, vol.2].
"Catherine O'Mullane", by Basil O'Connell, in The Irish Genealogist vol. 2, no. 10 (1953), pp.311-316.
- Copies in NLI BB7433 and C728.

Sources yet to be fully consulted

The O'Connell Family Tracts, vols. 1-3, by Basil O'Connell.
- Vols. 1-3 as individual pages.
- FamilySearch has volumes, but says they cannot be viewed online. See vol.1 and vol.2 and vol.3.
- [NLI] A16848 and P 1310 and BB7867.
- [NLI] Ms room: Ms 49,850/10/3 and GO 456.

Sources yet to be consulted

O'Connell papers at NLI
O'CONNELL in [Denny, 1923]

O'Connell papers in UCD

O'Connell papers (1750-1895) in [UCD] IE UCDA P12.
Papers of Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847) and his uncles, Maurice "Hunting Cap" O'Connell (1726-1825) and Count Daniel Charles O'Connell (1745-1833).
Initial survey of these in: "O'Connell Papers", Edward MacLysaght, Analecta Hibernica, No. 15, 1944, pp. 370-371.

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