Join this discussion in the Forum! My name is James M Manning Haymarket Virginia formerly of The Bronx, New York. My Grandmother was Ellen ìNellieî Hanifin. She was born approximately 1872 and married Johnie Nellie OíMainin (Manning) and lived in Terravane, Ballyferriter, Dingle. She died circa 1957 in Terravane. I am told that she had [...]

Join this discussion in the Forum! My grandfathers name was Maurice (Morris) Hannifin. he grew up in Springfield Mass. He had 2 brothers Michael and Jeremiah(Gerry), and he had 5 sisters Katherine,Margret,Mary,Josephine and Ellen”Nellie”. they came from Conneticut and Springfild Mass.my grandfather was born in 1889 and died in 1942.2 generations before that they came [...]

Join this discussion in the Forum! Hello, I can’t believe that I found Hanifin information with this spelling. My Dad always told me that the spelling was often varied. My Dad, Daniel, was born in 1901 in Inch Strand, Dingle area of Co.Kerry. He, his brothers John and Dennis, emigrated to the USA in the [...]

Join this discussion in the Forum! Greetings Brian, my grandmother’s father was known as Thomas “the Dane” Herlihy and according to my records, he married Mary Ashe on 14 Feb 1899 in Dingle and they lived at Aghacarrible/Aughacarrible, Lispole. Mary Ashe, my great-grandmother, was born in 1873 at Doonties West to Gregory Ashe (b. 1840) [...]

Join this discussion in the Forum! As this site’s tagline says “A forum by a non-genealogy researcher.” I put this site up about 12 years ago as as way to share some of the information my father had been gathering. Unfortunately, he lost all of his research in a hard drive crash and lost his [...]