John Shea--Johanna Costello Family

Robert:

Munster is a province which includes six counties in southeast Ireland: Kerry, Cork, Tipperary, Clare, Waterford and Limerick. Do you have more specific info on the parish where John and Johanna lived? Co. Kerry is a likely possibility. You may want to look at www.irishgenealogy.ie which has a lot of church records for Co. Kerry and Co. Cork. I looked for Patrick Sheas in Co. Kerry for 1841 and there were at least 12 listed.

Roger McDonnell

Hi Robert,

ancestry has Griffiths Valuation 

I searched for John Shea and James Shea with Lessor Esmonde and found both of them:

Townland: Ballytohil  Parish: Grangemockler  County Tipperary  Barony Slievardagh

Lessor was T Esmonde Bart

However, I was unable to find the marriage of John & Johanna on rootsireland.ie but searched birth/baptisms for father John Shea and mother Costello and found Patrick 1841, Anastasia (2 - 1841 & 1848) and Margaret (2 - 1852 & 1853) but in Waterford not Tipperary!

There are lots of John Sheas in Waterford on Griffiths - are you sure about Grangemockler?

Col Cafferky

Hi Roger,

Thanks for your rep ly to my request. Here are my best records.  I have John in the parish of Grangemockler , Townland Ballytohil, Carrick-on-Suir ,So.Tipperary  as a tenant of Sir T Esmonde.There is a James Shea also listed but have no idea of who that may be, a son or father?  Any info you can add will be geatly appreciated.  Thanks     Bob Shea

Hi Roger,

Thanks for your rep ly to my request. Here are my best records.  I have John in the parish of Grangemockler , Townland Ballytohil, Carrick-on-Suir ,So.Tipperary  as a tenant of Sir T Esmonde.There is a James Shea also listed but have no idea of who that may be, a son or father?  Any info you can add will be geatly appreciated.  Thanks     Bob Shea

Robert:

Assuming your family was RC, you may want to contact St. Mary's Church in Ballyneale. According to a resource book that I have, records are available back to 1839.

Roger

http://www.waterfordlismore.com/parish-details/?parishID=16

 Hi Col,

Thanks for your reply to my quest.  Am pretty certain about Grangemockler. John was a tenent of Sir T. Esmonde along with a James Shea.

Bob