Kelleher Northwest Cork

At this link, you can see more info about the townland of Garraveasoge (as it is now usually spelled), which in Irish is Garraí Féasóg, meaning “garden of beards”, possibly referring to the beard-like appearance of heads on growing wheat stalks:

https://www.townlands.ie/cork/duhallow/dromtarriff/coolclogh/garraveaso…

I was intrigued by your inquiry, because one of my great-grandmothers, Elizabeth Cronin, was born in 1835 three townlands to the west of Garraveasoge, in the townland of Garranbaun.  It's in a different civil parish (Kilmeen), but the same Catholic parish (Dromtarriffe).  I don't know of any Kelleher, Linahan, or Corkery ancestors in my family, but if our great-grandparents lived that close to one another, then we're probably at least distantly related.  The Cronin surname originated in that general area, and MacLysaght's Surnames of Ireland says that the Kellehers have been in the Cork/Kerry border area since the 14th century.  He doesn't say where they came from, but gives Ó Céalachair ("descendant of the dear companion") as the original form of the surname. There were apparently at least two separate Lenihan/Linihan families, but MacLysaght says that the Limerick/Cork one had Ó Luingeachán as its Irish form (which could mean several different things).   He also explains that virtually all Irish Corkery's (Ó Corcra in Irish) were from Cork, but the name has nothing to do with the name of the county.  He says that it's based on the word corca, which means "purple" in Irish.

In case you're interested, the name of the Catholic parish, Dromtarriffe, is Drom Tarbh in Irish, meaning "bull ridge", and may refer to an ancient pagan ceremony where a bull calf was sacrificed on May 6th near a holy well still located in the parish. 

Thank you, Kevin.  I will be sure to follow it up.  I do know that the site where my ggf lived is now part of the Kanturk Golf Club and it is my hope to go there and play before I get much older.

My Relatives Connor and Sullivan are from this area also.
John Connor married Catherine Sullivan no date found 
Children Baptismal records found: Dromtarriffe
Stephen 1833 address Park
Patrick   1834 address Pall
Dermont 1837 address Dindalun. Jeremiah my GGGrandfather.
John       1839 address Gurrane
Johanna  1841 address Gurranebane

Children Baptismal records found : Boherbue
Ellen 1844 address Ballyhoulihan
Richard 1846 address Ballyhoulihan

Grand Children of John Connor and Catherine Sullivan
Stephen's O'Connor and Mary Crotty's daughters born in Ireland
Hannah 1863 Boherbue
Catherine1862 Boherbue

Does anyone have some knowledge of this family? :

Jeremiah,Stephen, and Richard lived in South Amboy NJ USA. Emigrated in the later 1860's

Patrick Emigrated to Savanah Ga USA during the Civil War. Then Moved to Memphis TN USA.

John Emigrated to New South Wales,Austrialia 1860's

Catherine and Hannah the grand children {2 of Stephen and Mary's children)  lived in South Amboy NJ. Catherine married a John Connors from Limerick. 

Jeremiah Married Bridget Cooney and one of their son's Patrick was born in South Amboy NJ USA  and married a girl from Roscarbery Margaret Finn.

Common first names in the Family are John, Patrick, Catherine, Johanna, Ellen, Julia, and Jeremiah.

Thank you.

Jay Patrick Connors

New Jersey

609-805-5044

jconnors59@verizon.net