Morgan O'Connell (abt. 1739 - 1809)

Born about 1739 in Derrynane, County Kerry, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (O'Mullane) O'Connell — married 1771 in Diocese of Ross, County Cork, Ireland

Descendants

Died 27 May 1809 at about age 70 in Carhen, County Kerry, Ireland

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Biography

Morgan O'Connell was born in Ireland.

"Morgan O'Connell settled at Carhen, Co Kerry after his marriage to Catherine O'Mullane of Whitechurch, county Cork, whose family owned a freehold estate of £300 a year." ^[1]

Morgan was a small landowner and kept a store in Cahiciveen which handled contraband silk, laces and wines smuggled in from the coast. ^[1]

Father of the famous Daniel O'Connell, Liberator of Ireland. ^[2]

Marriage

Morgan married Catherine O'Mullane. Their marriage licence was issued in 1771. ^{[3] [4]}

Children: ^[5]

1. Daniel born about 1775 married Mary O'Connell, 'Liberator of Ireland'
2. Maurice
3. John "John of Grenagh" born about 1778 ^[6]
4. James born about 1786, 1st Baronet of Lakeview and of Ballybeggan
5. Mary married Jeremiah M'Carthy, Esq of Woodview, co Cork in 1791^[7]
6. Honora married Daniel O'Sullivan, Esq of Reendonegan
7. Ellen married Daniel O'Connell, Esq, solicitor
8. Bridget married Myles M'Sweeney, Esq of Drounquinney, co Kerry
9. Catherine married Humphry Moynihan, Esq of Freemount, co Kerry
10. Alice married William Francis Finn, Esq of Tullyroan, co Kilkenny

Death

His son James wrote of his death on 30th May 1809 from Carhen:

"My dear Dan,

You have heard some days ago of the death of our dear father, That lamented event took place on Saturday the 27 of May about two o'clock. He suffered a great deal for the last two days though he retained his memory to the moment before he expired. His funeral was attended, of course, by all the gentlemen in the country who carried his remains to Cahir(civeen) on Monday evening.".^[8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "The Liberator - Daniel O'Connell and the Irish Party 1830-1847" by Angus Macintyre publ 1965 p 1
2. ↑ Daniel O'Connell, Wikipedia, accessed 27 Jan 2016.
3. ↑ http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/dm/IRE_DIOC_007246533_00052.pdf.
4. ↑ note: Mrs Morgan O'Connell says they married at Holy Trinity in Cork, though not sure it was called that in 1771.
5. ↑ "Life of Daniel O'Connell, the liberator : his times - political, social, and religious" by Mary Francis Cusack publ 1872 p 8 https://archive.org/details/lifeofdanielocon00cusauoft/page/8
6. ↑ Morgan..had four sons Daniel "the Liberator", Maurice Morgan, John of Grenagh, and Sir James of Lakeview.."
7. ↑ Hibernian Chronicle, 6th June 1791
8. ↑ O’Connell, M. The Correspondence of Daniel O’Connell, vol. I, 1792–1814, Page 201, (1973)
9. ↑ Limerick Chronicle, 3rd June 1809

• O'Connell of Derrynane Abbey Pg. 947. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Volume 2 .(H. Colburn, 1847).

See also:

• O'Connell of Derrynane, Wikipedia, accessed 10 Sep 2016.
• Early O'Connells