Kavanagh Family History
Kavanaghs of Kildare & Carlow
Descendants of John Kavanagh.
Generation 1
John Kavanagh (b.c.1840). & Mary
Anne Moran (b.c.1850)
Information on
John Kavanagh & Mary Anne Moran was taken
from the 1901 & 1911 Census of Ireland. In 1901 & 1911
John KAVANAGH was living in Killelan, Carrigeen Co
Kildare. John Kavanagh married
Mary Anne Moran in 1885. She was baptised on
Sunday 25 August 1850 in Kilpatrick, Co. Kildare. She is
the daughter of John Moran and
Julia Dooly witnessed by William Doby & Margaret
Mulloy.
Mary Anne was age 35 years of age when she married. John
was aged 44 years of age when he
married. John passed away c.1912 (source Joan Kavanagh 2018)
Source for Mary Anne Moran:
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FPRS%2FMICROFILM04203-07%2F0126&parentid=IRE%2FPRS%2FBAP%2F5482213
Information on John
Kavanagh & Mary Anne Moran was taken from the 1901 & 1911
Census of Ireland FindMyPast website.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Kildare/Carrigeen/Killelan/538861/
John Kavanagh and Mary
Anne Moran had the following children:
1. James KAVANAGH was
born in 1887 in Killelan, Carrigeen Co Kildare.
2. Thomas
KAVANAGH was born in 1890 in Killelan,
Carrigeen Co Kildare.
4. John
KAVANAGH was born in 1892 in Killelan,
Carrigeen Co Kildare.
5. Joseph
KAVANAGH was born in 1893 in Killelan,
Carrigeen Co Kildare.
6. Catherine KATIE
KAVANAGH was born in 1894 in Killelan,
Carrigeen Co Kildare.
7. Michael
KAVANAGH was born in 1897 in Killelan,
Carrigeen Co Kildare.
8. Patrick
(Paddy) KAVANAGH was
born on 29 Oct 1899 in Killelan Carrigeen, Kildare (1901
Census) near Belan, Moone, Co Kildare. He died on 19 Mar
1973 in Sacred Heart Home, Carlow. He married Christina
(Crissie) Brennan (daughter of
Thomas (Tom) Brennan and Mary Anne Moran) in 1935 in Sacred Heart
Church, Arles, Co Laois. She was born on 23 Dec 19 12. She
died on 23 Oct 1974 in
Carlow District Hospital, Dublin Rd, Carlow.
9. Lawrence KAVANAGH was
born in 1901 in Killelan, Carrigeen Co Kildare.
10. Mary
Anne KAVANAGH was born in 1907 in
Killelan, Carrigeen Co Kildare.
11. Andrew
KAVANAGH was born Date
1913 in Killelan, Moone Co Kildare. He
died on 20 Oct 1958 in Naas District Hospital, Co Kildare.
Buried in Moone cemetery on Wednesday 22nd October 1958
The following Kavanagh's
were living in the following
locations according to the 1901 & 1911 census of Ireland:
-
George Kavanagh born
1835 Carrigeen South (Carrigeen, Kildare)
-
Patrick Kavanagh born
1836. Corballis (Carrigeen, Kildare)
- James Kavanagh born
1841 Ballinacarrick Lower (Carrigeen, Kildare)
- John Kavanagh born
1847 Carrigeen South (Carrigeen, Kildare)
- Julia Kavanagh born
1847 Carrigeen South (Carrigeen, Kildare)
- Sarah Kavanagh born
1849
Carrigeen
South (Carrigeen, Kildare)
James Kavanagh born 1858 Carrigeen
South (Carrigeen, Kildare)
Ellen Kavanagh born 1875 Carrigeen
South (Carrigeen, Kildare)
Kavanagh Family of Bestfield. Carlow
2nd Generation
Patrick
(Paddy) KAVANAGH
b. 29
Oct 1899 and d. 19 Mar 1973 He married
Christina (Crissie)
Brennan b. 23 Dec 1912., and d. 23 Oct
1974. They were married in Arles in 1935.
Notes for Patrick (Paddy) Kavanagh:
aka Paddy Kavanagh
In the 1950s when I first met him while on a visit with my
mum to Bestfield he had white hair and was
very tall and well built. He drank his tea from a half
pint white mug.
He had a number of jobs
which included Tree Felling and a Farm Labourer. He also
worked in the Carlow Sugar Beet Factory.
He
went to England in the 1920's and ended up joining one of
the many Hunger Marchers which took place between 1920's
and 1930's most of them ending up in London. It is alleged
that he received a severe blow to the head while he was in
England.
He remembered been held on
his father’s shoulders to watch a famous rally in Ireland.
(Details unknown)
During the War of
Independence, 1917-1921 he was a member of the 5th Carlow
Battalion, Their Headquarters were part of Carlow
Workman's Club in Brown Street in Carlow town.
He came from a large
farming family who grew up in County Kildare. Ireland.
He is buried in St Mary's
Cemetery, Carlow. Ireland
Notes for Christina
(Crissie) Brennan:
- Before she was
married she lived in Montgomery St Carlow and she
worked in a few pubs around Carlow town.
- A week before she
died she was taken to a Dublin Hospital by ambulance.
Philomena, her daughter went with her.
- She was then
brought back to the old Carlow District Hospital on
Dublin Road, where she died on 23 Oct 1974.
Patrick (Paddy) KAVANAGH and
Christina (Crissie) Brennan had
the following children:
Philomena KAVANAGH was
born on 13 Feb 1935 in Dublin Rd, Carlow. She passed away on 07
Jun 2000 in Carlow,
Ireland
aged 65 years.. Philomena married Michael
Hoey from Newry, Co
Down, NI. b.1931 and passed away on 02 Feb 2005 in a
hospital in Cork aged 74 years.
Patricia (Trish)
KAVANAGH was
born on 08 Mar 1936 in Dublin Rd, Carlow. She passed away on 27
Oct 2015 in Waterford University Hospital. aged 79
years. Burial in St.
Mary’s Cemetery Carlow. She did not marry
Notes for Patricia
Kavanagh:
- She worked in
Paris, France for a number of years.
- She also paid a
visit to Russia.
- She worked in the
Carlow Sugar Beet Factory Research & Development
Department.
John KAVANAGH was
born on 31 Jul 1937 in Dublin Rd, Carlow. He passed away
on the 10th June
2003., aged 66 years. He did not marry. Burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery
Carlow.
Patrick KAVANAGH was
born on 28 Nov 1938 in 14 Bestfield, Athy Rd, Carlow. She
passed away on
Monday 15th February 2016, aged 78 years. Burial in St.
Mary’s Cemetery Carlow. He did not marry.
Notes for Patrick Kavanagh:
-
He worked in the New Oak Estates in Carlow
- Retired from
Teagasc. He died unexpectedly at St. Luke’s Hospital,
Kilkenny.
- Burial in St.
Mary’s Cemetery. Carlow in February 2016.
Paul KAVANAGH was
born on 28 Apr 1939 in 14 Bestfield, Athy Rd, Carlow. He
passed away on 21 Feb 2015 aged 76 years, in Carlow, Ireland. Burial in St.
Mary’s Cemetery Carlow. Paul Kavanagh
did not marry.
Teresa KAVANAGH was
born on 04 Oct 1940 in 14 Bestfield, Athy Rd, Carlow. She
married Liam
O'Brian from
Dublin on 26 Aug 1983 in Killeshin Church. He was born in
Dublin c.1940.
Kathleen
KAVANAGH was
born on 08 Jan 1941 in 14 Bestfield, Athy Rd, Carlow. She
married Jimmy DELANY from Shadogue,
Ballylinan, Co Laois. He died 2008.
Peggy
KAVANAGH was
born on 20 Jul 1945 in 14 Bestfield, Athy Rd, Carlow. She
did not marry.
Joannah
(Joan) KAVANAGH was
born on 25 Aug 1951 in 14 Bestfield, Athy Rd, Carlow. She
married Victor J. GRAHAM in
1971 in Manchester, England. He was born Date???? in
Manchester, England. They had one child a boy.
Footnote:
Having checked the OSi map
#16 Kildare - Wicklow looking for the whereabouts of and the
seven
locations where the Kavanaghs were born and or were living
according to the 1901 & 1911 Census of Ireland. I found
that the locations are
all within a radius of about six to seven miles south and south
east of the town of Moone in the county of Kildare. Ireland.
The seven locations where
Kavanaghs were found to have lived in 1901 & 1911 are:
-
Killelan,
Carrigeen Co Kildare
-
Belan,
Moone, Co Kildare
- Sheriff
Hill Carrigeen, Kildare
-
Corballis Carrigeen,
Kildare
-
Ballinacarrick Lower Carrigeen,
Kildare
-
Carrigeen
South Carrigeen, Kildare
-
Collin Carrigeen,
Kildare
The
above was compiled by Michael Brennan
mjbrennan30@gmail.com
If you know of
any information or you have
connections with any of the above
mentioned families Please
contact Michael
Brennan