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Tuohy (miscellaneous)

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David Tuohy of Tralee (who married Hartnet)

Various trees on Ancestry have thought our David Tuohy could be this David Tuohy.
However, this seems impossible. Catherine here is too young to be our Kitty Tuohy.
A 13 year old would not be getting engaged to be married to a 23 year old.

• David Tuohy,
  mar Ann Hartnet [or Harnet or Harnit],
  had issue:
  1. Honora Tuohy, bapt 7 January 1783, Tralee RC church, sp Thomas Quil and Mary Touhy. See image.
  2. Catherine Tuohy, bapt 28 January 1785, Tralee RC church, sp John Tuohy and Fany Teagan. Must have died young.
  3. David Touhy, bapt 8 January 1786, Tralee RC church, sp Thomas Galway and Helen Toumy.
  4. Ellen Tuohy, bapt 26 July 1789, Tralee RC church, sp William Bullin and Ellen Tuohy. See image.

  5. Catherine Tuohy, twin, bapt 12 June 1792, Tralee RC church, sp John Tuohy and Ellen Tuohy.
  6. Mary Tuohy, twin, bapt 12 June 1792, Tralee RC church, sp John Tuohy and Ellen Tuohy.

Baptism of the twins Catherine and Mary Tuohy, Tralee, 12 June 1792.

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Other Tuohy of Tralee

• David Tuohy,
  mar Margaret Davac,
  had issue:
  1. Margaret Tuohy, bapt 18 April 1778, Tralee RC church, sp David Tyter and Mary Dundon.

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David Tuohy of Tralee, the slave trader

David Tuohy of Tralee, the slave trader, has a nephew David Tuohy and also apparently a nephew Edward Tuohy.
Given the family names, David Tuohy the slave trader might be brother of our Edward Tuohy of Tralee.

• David Tuohy.
  Catholic, from Tralee.
  One of the most prolific Irish slave traders.
  He started working out of Liverpool in the 1750s.
  He was involved in the Atlantic slave trade in at least 1765 to 1786.
  He moved permanently to Liverpool in 1771. He became one of the wealthiest merchants in Liverpool.
  See Tuohy Papers at Liverpool Record Office. Also here.
  See Radio Kerry interview in 2023 with Catherine Healy of EPIC (Irish Emigrant Museum).

• The Tuohy Papers have:
  • A draft letter from David Tuohy's nephew Edward (apparently Tuohy), 18 May 1772, from Liverpool, to his father (in Ireland?) that he has left navigation school and plans to go on a voyage to Africa.
  • A letter from David Tuohy to his nephew David Tuohy in Dingle.
  • A letter to David Tuohy from his nephew David Tuohy in Tralee, 8 April 1788.

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Tuohy in a Blennerhassett deed

The following John Tuohy is party to a deed with Blennerhassett in 1817.

• John Tuohy,
  farmer, of Meanus, Co.Kerry.
  He is party to [Deed, May 1817] with Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 1st Baronet.
  There are a number of townlands called Meanus in Co.Kerry.
  The deed refers to land at Gortloughra, Killorglin par (quite a distance S of Killorglin), and other lands in Barony of Dunkerron North.
  The Tuohy home must be one of two neighbouting townlands called Meanus, one in Killorglin par, one in Knockane par, both in Barony of Dunkerron North. These are SE of Killorglin town, between Mount Rivers and Churchtown House.
  John had issue (sons named in deed):
  1. Michael Tuohy, born about 1800.
  2. John Tuohy, born about 1803.
  3. James Tuohy, born about 1814.

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Charles Tuohy, Bishop of Limerick

Basil O'Connell in letter of 21 July 1969 thinks our Tuohy family might be related to Charles Tuohy, Catholic Bishop of Limerick.
Not sure what his evidence is.
The Bishop's family starts with:

• Darby Tuohy,
  or Derby.
  He was a vintner, in Main St, Limerick city. Listed as such in [Directory of Limerick, 1769].
  He died 1785-1793.
  His wife died Wed 25 Sept 1793, in Nicholas Street, Limerick.
  Darby and his wife had issue:

  
  

  1. Charles Tuohy,
     born 1754, Limerick.
     See wikipedia and catholic-hierarchy.
     He was educ in France.
     Returned to Ireland.
     PP of Rathkeale, Co.Limerick, 1808 to 1812 (or maybe to 1814).
     RC Bishop of Limerick 1814 to 1828.
     He died 17 March 1828.
     He was bur at St. Patrick's Church, Clare St, Limerick (built in 1816 during his tenure).
     He is not mentioned in The Diocese of Limerick, ancient and medieval, by John Begley, 1906.

Darby Tuohy listed on p.18 of [Directory of Limerick, 1769].

A notice in the Limerick Chronicle, 31 Oct 1785.
"A parcel of fresh teas ... to be sold reasonable by wholesale or retail by William Herbert, in the house where Mr Derby Tuohy lives, in the Englishtown, Limerick."

Death of the widow of Darby Tuohy.
From Limerick Chronicle, Sat 28 Sept 1793.