Thomas O'KELLY

1745 - 1798  (54 years)

• Name	Thomas O'KELLY
  Birth	1745
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1798	Dysart and Ruan, Co Clare, Ireland
  Death	After 1798
  Person ID	I2616	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2016

  
  

  Father	Col John Patrick O'KELLY   d. 1745, Falkirk, Scotland
  Mother	Eileen MacNamara   d. c. 1755
  Residence	1745	Finvarra, Co Clare, Ireland
  	Family took refuge in caves here
  Residence	1752	Ballyala, Ennis, Co Clare
  	Dropped the O' from O'Kelly, moved to a small house in Ballyalla
  Residence	1753	Knocknahille, Mullagh, Co Clare, Ireland
  Family ID	F943	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 1798 - Dysart and Ruan, Co Clare, Ireland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Found on http://members.iinet.net.au/~jhannon/falkirk.htm The text: Col John Patrick O'Kelly of Connaught - troops at Sterling, killed at Battle of Falkirk, troops wiped out at Culloden - baggage taken by Duke of Cumberland and list of names of Irishmen helping Prince Charles Edward. Cumberland sent regiment of Hessions to exterminate their families. Widow of J P O'Kelly (nee Eileen MacNamara, daughter of Shane(?) Ruadh Dalcassian King of Arms(?)and her four sons Dirmuid, John, Thomas and Murty hid in caves of Kinvarra Mountains for 7 years. Dirmuid (16-23) - then [hid at] Gortmore near Ennis for 6 months, then at Cahera for 3 years later near Cahermurphy and at Knocknahila 1794, built house for son John who married 1796. 1) John Patrick O'Kelly , Title conferred by Charles Edward* 1747 Earl Aughrim, Viscount O'Kelly, Baron Athenry Hereditary Prince of Hymany. 2) Dirmaid O'Kelly changed to Kelly 3) John O'Kelly 4) John O'Kelly - (John A Powers' Grandfather) 5) Bedelia O'Kelly, wife of James Lynch 6) John O'Kelly Lynch * Charles Edward is Prince Charles Edward - Bonnie Prince Charlie who lost his throne, so the O'Kellys lost their titles Louise Commentary In 1948, John Kelly (Peter Kelly's brother) gave John Gough the address of the Connollys in Dublin. The author of this note is Louise Connolly, nee O'Kelly-Lynch. Her grandmother was Bedelia O'Kelly - named in the text, see (5) - a cousin (most likely) of Amelia, the mother of Sheila Kelly, (John and Peter's mother). Louise's father was John O'Kelly Lynch, author of the "One night in 1798" story. Bedelia O'Kelly married a Lynch and their children were O'Kelly-Lynch, one of whom married a McAuliffe, and one of the McAuliffes married Thaddeus Moloney, Amelia's father.In 1973 Peter Kelly went to Knocknahila, and spoke to the resident there who told him that "Bernard" went to Australia in the 1920s to visit Countess Freehill, that is, Eileen Molony, younger sister of Amelia, who married Frank Freehill. as told by Peter Kelly and Patricia Hannon.