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LENIHAN (LINEHAN) families originating in area where Counties Cork/Kerry/Limerick meet.

Put together with information from local Church Baptisms 1866 - 1898 era (Mt Collins/Tournafulla, Co Limerick), 1901 and 1911 census townlands of Caherlevoy, Mt Collins, Knockculcare in Co Limerick,
plus headstones inscriptions from Mt Collins, Co Limerick and Brosna Co Kerry graveyards, and details collected from various family trees. Extras come from Monagea Parish, Co Limerick.

Legend ... b = born   bt = baptised   m = married   d = died   sp = sponsor  wit = witness   c = approximate
Denis Martin LENIHAN (son of Martin Lenihan) married Mary McCarthy
born 1818/1825 era                                                      b. 1842 era
died 26 Sept 1921 aged 103 years.                                 d. 22 Feb. 1931 88 yrs (both buried Mt Collins)
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Mary                           James                              Hanora                         Thomas                John                          David                      Timothy
21 Feb 1867                1869                               bt. 1 Dec 1871              bt 15 Feb 1874    bt. 16 June 1876        11 April 1879         1881
sp. Julia McCarthy   d.26 Sept.1955                sp. Denis McCarthy    sp. Jerh Lenihan   sp. Cath Brosnihan    Richard Murphy
                                   m. Johanna                      & Cath Dalton              Mgt Brosnihan                                       Mgt Lenihan
                                   [ b.1876 c. d. Feb 1954]

AND  Sarah                              Ellen                       Denis
           bt. 18 April 1884          4 April 1886          29 July 1888
          sp. Wm Cahill                Pat OConnell         Ellen McCarthy
         Catherine OSullivan        Cath Cahill

Notes - 1901 census shows Denis, Mary and children Mary, James, Thomas, David, Tim and Denis living in same household.
Mary is listed as "an idiot".
1911 census shows Denis, Mary, Mary, James and wife, and Thomas living in same household in townland of Mt Collins. Co Limerick
Ages of Denis Martin Lenihan show he was most probably born 1824/25 era, although the headstone inscription for 1921 says he was 103
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Sean Lenihan
b   1765 era
d
m.
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Martin Lenihan
b
d
m. Nancy Lane
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John Lenihan          +     
  Aenas Lenihan (see further down)
b
d
m Miss Curtin (dau of Peader Curtin)
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Martin John LENIHAN married Mary Morissey (b. Co Kerry)  lived Caherlevoy townland, Co Limerick  +  Michael (see further down)
b.1840/42 era                                 b. 1837 era
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Nancy                   Hanora                 John                           David                  Bridget            Martin                    Catherine       Margaret
bt. 1 April 1867    27 April 1868     9 March 1870            31 Oct 1873        10 Feb 1875    20 Feb 1877           6 Dec 1878    15 April 1881
sp. Dennis Leane   Pat Roche           Thomas Lenihan       Aeneas Lenihan   Kate Cahill      Johanna Lenihan    Mgt Curtin     Helen Lenihan
Johanna Lenihan    Julia Kennedy     Kate Lenihan            Kate Lenihan                              d.29 Feb 1956
                                                                                                                                                m. Annie [b.1878 era died 21 Nov 1922]
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                                                                                                                                                Mary
                                                                                                                                                 b.1910

Notes:  Martin, Mary, sons John, Martin and daughter Margaret appear on 1901 census.  John is listed as a Sewing Machine Agent.
1911 census has Martin, Mary plus son Martin and wife Annie and their daughter Mary.
Cemetery headstone in Mt Collins graveyard for this family  list Martin M. Lenihan 29 Feb 1956 of Caherlevoy, wife Annie  21 Nov. 1922 and  a John Lenihan died 8 June 1961 age 52 yrs wife Mary Lenihan died 30 Dec 1966 age 55 yrs.
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Sean Lenihan
1765 c
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Martin Lenihan & Nancy Lane
|
John Lenihan      +  
Aeneas LENIHAN
                                b.1809 era
                                d.
                                m. Joan Hickey [b.1812 era Knocknagoshel, Co Kerry]
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David LENIHAN           Martin     Anne               Nora            Catherine          Margaret            Johanna
b. 1844 era                      b.             MULCAHY   CURTIN     HORAN           LEAHY            m.1. CURTIN
d. January 1914                                                                                                                              m.2. MURPHY
m. Mary Mulcahy                                                                                                                           m.3. MURPHY
[b. 1848 c. died March 1936]
   |
Catherine               Daniel                    Aeneas                  Anne                  Elenor (Ellen)       Michael              Maria                     Bridget
29 April 1872       26 May 1873         28 May 1875        16 Feb 1877      17 Nov 1878         28 Oct 1881      26 Aug 1884          30 Jan 1887
Aeneas Lenihan     Aeneas Lenihan     Anne Mulcahy      Kate Lenihan    Andrew Collins     Ml Mulcahy     Johanna Lenihan     David OSullivan
Johanna Hickey    Ellen Lenihan                                                                 Johanna Finehan    Mgt Mulcahy                                   Mgt OSullivan
                                                                                                                                                  d. Sept 1952                                     m. Denis CURTIN

AND   David                             Ellen
            22 April 1889                26 July 1891
           sp.Helen Lenihan            Dan Lenihan
            d. Oct 1973                    & Eliz. Curtin
            m. Nora Guiney [d. Dec 1978]

Notes: 1901 census for Caherlevoy shows David and Mary having a mountain farm and children Michael, Mary, Bridget, David and Ellen living at home.
1911 census shows David, Mary, David and Ellen living in household.  It was stated they had  had 10 children with 8 still living (in 1911).
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Sean Lenihan
1765 era
  |
Martin Lenihan and Nancy Lane
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John Lenihan married Miss Curtin
  |
Michael John LENIHAN             +   Martin   (see above)
b. 1848  era                                          b. 1840 era
d. 1877-79 era  in horse accident
m.
Ellen Curtin (dau of William Curtin & Mgt Fitzgerald of Twogneeves, Brosna parish, Co Kerry, Ireland) [b.1852 d. Feb 1930]
on 30 March 1868 @ Catholic Chapel, Mt Collins, Co Limerick, Ireland (wit. Ted Fitzgerald & Honora Lenihan) 
re-married John LENIHAN
   |
John                  William                 Daniel                    Ellen                                    Michael
19 Dec 1868      11 Jan 1871         10 Dec 1872          10 Feb 1875                        3 April 1877
John Curtin       Wm Curtin           John Lenihan        Bridget Casey                      John Lenihan   
Mgt Curtin        Mary Morissey  Johanna Hickey     d. age 14                              d. 10 Jan 1955
d. USA              d. USA                 d. 3 Sept 1946                                                  m. Catherine Sullivan in 1903
                                                       m. Cath Drislane 1897 c. [d. 5 Dec 1948]          [b. 1879 Brosna d. 13 Oct 1966 Lower Rd, Mt Collins]
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Ellen                      Michael D.          Julia          John               Thomas                Ellen             Johanna          Michael           Catherine     & more on file
27 June 1899        1900                     1902         1904                1906                    30 Jan 1904  24 Mar 1906  24 Sept 1908  24 Feb 1911
Martin Lenihan     d. 18 July 1980                    d. Canada        3 Nov 1980
Mgt Nolan            m. Margaret Curtin               m. ?                 PRIEST
                                 [d. 2 May 1950]

Notes: Mt Collins 1901 shows Daniel Michael Lenihan  and wife Catherine with children Ellen and Michael.
1911 census has same couple with children Ellen, Ml, Julia, John and Thomas.
local graveyard has family burial plots.
Michael Lenihan born 1877 was a well known Harness-maker
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Ellen Curtin Lenihan (widow) married John LENIHAN on 31 August 1880  (son of John Lenihan & Mary OConnor of Knockculcare townland)
b. 1852 Twogneeves, Brosna                        b. 1858 c.
    |
Mary                    Jeremiah           Timothy             Denis                 John                   David                   Patrick              Edward
22 July 1881        18 June 1883    Sept 1885           21 Jan 1888       20 May 1890     26 April 1892     6 Jan 1894         8 April 1896
sp Cath Lenihan   Wm Lenihan    Ml Lenihan         Wm Lenihan      Ml Lenihan        Wm Connell         Pat Murphy     Tim Fitzgerald
m. BROSNAN     Mary Lenihan   Mary Lenihan   Anna Lenihan     Eliz. Lenihan      Bridget Lenihan   Hanora Collins   Honora Collins
                             to USA 1902    to USA               to USA                                                                     d. 7 Oct 1929
                                                                                                                                                                    m. Rose Reilly
                                                                                                                                                                    [d. 10 April 1955]

Notes: 1901 and 1911 census.   John John Lenihan (b.1858) was a Shop-Keeper
1911 has Patrick and Rose
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John LENIHAN
b. 1826 era. d. before 1911
m. Mary Connors b.1836/40 era    Lived townland of Knockculcare, Mt Collins, Co Limerick
   |
John                    Mary                      Michael                Johanna                Anne                Ellen                   Bridget
1858                   4 Oct 1867              17 July 1869        23 Jan 1872         20 Feb 1874     28 July 1876      1878 c.
m. Ellen Curtin   Wm Curtin             Jn Lenihan             Dan Curtin          Cath Lenihan    Kate Lenihan
(above)                Hannah F/gerald     Joh OSullivan       Han F/gerald
                                                           m. Hanna Quirke

Notes:  1901 census has John, Mary, with children Michael, Johanna, Bridget and grandson David 8 and grand-daughter Margaret Morris
age 1.
1911 census has Mary as a widow living with son Michael with wife Hanna.  Daughter Johanna was listed as 40.
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David Lenihan     married Catherine (Kate) Barrett
b. 1833 era                     b. 1835 c.
     |
John Lenihan             Ellen                       James                   Thomas                   David                      Martin
1866                          19 April 1868         8 March 1870      24 May 1872          8 Feb 1874             28 April 1876
d                                Michael Lenihan     John Barrett        John Lenihan           Jn Fitzgerald           Ellen Murphy
m. Lizzie                   Mary Lenihan        Johanna Barrett    Kate OMahoney    Johanna F/gerald      d.
about 1905                                               m. Margaret [b.1870c]                                                         m. Hanora [b.1876 c. in Co Cork]
|                                                                     |
David   John    Martin                   David    Margaret    John   Catherine
1906    1908    1910                       1907      1909          1909   1910

Notes: 1901 census has David, Catherine, children John, James, David living in household
1911 census has widow Catherine, son James & family, son David and wife.
Son John in own household with wife and children plus Aunt Catherine Lenihan b. 1838 era

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Michael LENIHAN married Hanora Fitzgerald
b. 1835c.  d. 9 Jan 1917     b. 1837 c. died 21 June 1924      83 yrs    living townland of Knockculcare, Mt Collins area
   |
Mary                   John                 Ellen                      Margaret              Hanora             Patrick                Michael                  William
26 Aug 1868       1 Jan 1871        5 Jan 1873             23 May 1875      20 Jan 1878     21 May 1880      22 June 1883          13 Aug 1886
Ml Fitzgerald     Wm F/gerald     Jn Daniher             Kate Lenihan       Cath Lenihan    Cath Lenihan      Hannah Lenihan     Pat & Mary Barrett
B/get F/gerald     Mary Connors   Johanna Curtin     d. 8 Dec 1962                              d. 8 Dec 1960       d. 9 Nov 1920                                                             d. 15 Nov 1910                                                                                                              m. Elizabeth
                                                                                                                                         [d. 7 Jan 1985 age 98]
                                                                                                                 
Notes: 1901 census for K/culcare shows Michael, Hanora, with children Margaret, Patrick, Michael, and William in household.
1911 census had widow Catherine with children Margaret, Patrick, Michael and William.
It says she had 11 children and 7 live.
Local cemetery headstones list with this family also the following -- baby John Lenihan died 1927.  Nora Murphy of Garravane died 10 Jan 1929
aged 89 yrs
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John LENIHAN married Julia Connell
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Philip                         Thomas                    Johanna                    James
19 Oct 1867               5 June 1870             5 June 1870              27 Jan 1872
Jn Sullivan                  Thomas Lenihan      David Lenihan         John P OSullivan
Johanna Lenihan         Mary Connell         Kate OMahoney     Mary Lyons

Note:  this family was in Church records but not on the 1901 or 1911 census
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John LENIHAN             married       Margaret Daly -- lived Mt Collins, Co Limerick
b. 1833 c. d. 14 Dec 1826                b.1840 c. Co Cork   died 1 Jan 1931 age 89 yrs
       |
Margaret                 Hannah (Nora)         Sarah                      Mary                          Martin                             Catherine           Bridget
4 Jan 1870              1 Dec 1871              1 Dec 1873             15 March 1876           Nov 1878                        20 July 1881      1 March 1885
Michael Lenihan     Martin Lenihan       Martin Lenihan      Sarah OMahoney        Mgt Brosnahan               Cath Cahill        John Daly
B/get Daly              Ellen Lenihan           Ellen Curtin                                               d. 25 July 1955                                          Helen McCarthy
                               d. age 58 yrs                                                                               m. Ellen [d. 22 Jan 1958]                           d. 18 Aug 1934
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                                                                                                                                   John M. Lenihan
                                                                                                                                   d. 29 June 1987

Note:  1901 census Mt Collins has John and Margaret with fammily
1911 census has John and Margaret with Martin and wife, &  daughters Nora & Bridget
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Michael LENIHAN married Catherine (Kate) ODonoghue    lived townland Caherlevoy
b. 1840 c.                          b. 1846 c.
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Catherine               Thomas                     Geoffrey                Mary                    Michael                   Johanna                 John                      Margaret
12 Feb 1871           28 March 1873        12 March 1875      23 Feb 1877          7 Feb 1879              1 May 1881          25 June 1883        7 Sept 1885
Thomas Lenihan   Thos Phely                Mgt ODonnell      Mary OSullivan     Hanora OSullivan   Maria Connors     ? Collins                Jn Lenihan
Mgt ODonnel        Ellen Lenihan            d. 1919                                                                                                              d. 4 April 1909    Mary OMahoney
d. 1924                  d. 9 Feb 1947                                                                                                                                                                   d. 19 Nov 1902
                              m. Johanna [b.1878c]

Notes: grave also has listed a James Lenihan who died 3 Feb 1939.
1901 census has Michael and Kate with children Thomas, Michael, Johanna, John and Margaret
1911 census has Thomas and wife

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Martin LENIHAN married May Murphy
|
Catherine
5 July 1872
Dan Casey
Mary Finnegan

note:  no other detail
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Thomas T.  LENIHAN married Hannora Sheehy    Caherlevoy townland
b. 1844 c.                          b. 1842/52 c.
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Thomas                 Catherine           Elizabeth             John                                Mary                   Hanora                 Michael            Ellen
22 March 1872     30 Oct 1873      3 Oct 1875          25 Sept 1877                   24 Aug 1879       2 Oct 1881           11 July 1884    12 Nov 1886
Ml Lenihan           Edm Sheehy      James Sheehy     Cath ODonoghue           Thomas Sullivan   Jn Lenihan            Jerh Sullivan     Ellen Lenihan
Kate Mahoney     Ellen Sheehy     Mary OSullivan   d.                                    Cath Sullivan       Cath OMahoney   Mary Collins   d. 25 Dec 1988
                                                                                    m. Anastasia [b.1876c]
                                                                                        |
                                                                                    John Lenihan
                                                                                    b.1910

AND  Margaret
           30 Dec 1888
           Thomas Lenihan
           Mary Connors
           d. 1 Dec 1918

Note: 1901 census shows Thomas, and Hannora with Thomas, Hanora, Michael, Ellen, Margaret
1911 census shows John with wife Annastasia and son John, and Margaret
Headstone shows Thomas T. Lenihan no date, his daughter Margaret 1 Dec 1918. Nellie 25 Dec 1988 and
Anastasia and JohnT. Lenihan with no dates.
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David Lenihan and Elizabeth Murphy
   |
William
7 Jan 1896
Aeneas Lenihan
David Lenihan

note:  on church records but no other detail on census etc
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John LENIHAN married Catherine  appearing on 1901 census
he born about 1840 Co Limerick, and she about 1845 in Co Cork.
Not on 1911 census and cant see any other detail
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William  LENIHAN married Johanna Leahy on 18 February 1797 with witnesses
Robert Cremin and Martin Murphy.  Records Monagea Parish.
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William LENIHAN married Deborah Gibbon on 25th September 1807.  Witness
Patrick Cahill and Mary Gibbon - Monagea Parish records.
Same records have William LINEHAN & Gobnet Fitzgibbon     
(Gobinet is old Irish for of Deborah)
  |
William Linehan
15 April 1829
sp. Patrick Linehan
Mary Fitzgibbon
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John LINEHAN married Helen McAuliffe -- Monagea Parish, Co Limerick
   |
Johanna
bt 10 Feb 1809 sp Maurice Browne
Mary Donoghue
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Cornelius LENIHAN married Mary Maune 16 February 1830 - Monagea Parish. Witness Michale Green & Denis ?
as Con Linehan and Maria Mann of Glenmore townland
  |
John                           Maria
13 June 1831             17 Sept 1834
Wm Cotter                Michael Mann
Mgt Sheehy               Mary McCarthy
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Following few came from books in Monagea Parish - notice mix and match of surname spellings. Very early records for Tournafulla area  & surrounds are in these old books.
John LINEHAN married Margaret Horgan - lived townland of Glenmore
  | 
Catherine           Cornelius         John                       Margaret
15 Jan 1838      3 Feb 1840       4 April 1842          23 July 1844
Jn ONeill          Pat & Mary    Pat Hartnett            Johanna Linehan
Mgt Reidy        Hartnett          Cath Quilty
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John LINEHAN & Margaret Ahern      Monagea records
  |
Margaret
22 Aug 1831
Stephen Lawley
Ellen Mullane
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Timothy LENIHAN married Bridget Leane 14 Feb 1836 wit. John Leane Patrick Lenihan
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Martin LINEHAN & Mary Sullivan of Gorteenreynard townland - Monagea Parish records
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Mary
24 June 1841
Jn Mullane
Mgt Mullane
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David LINEHAN married Catherine Collins   lived Ballynahown townland
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Laurence                John
4 May 1842            8 July 1844
Pat Cahill                Pat Conway
Mary Cahill             Bridget Denihan
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Patrick LINEHAN married Mary McCarthy -- Arranagh townland
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Mary
24 March 1845
James Nunan
Mgt Kiely
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James LENIHAN married Mary Curtin on 11 October 1843 with witnesses Dan Curtin, Michael Greene - Monagea Parish records
as  James LINEHAN & Mary Curtin
    |
Johanna
7 Oct 1846
Johanna Linehan
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Martin LENIHAN married Hanora Mahony 16 Feb 1858.  Witness John Mahoney & Denis Connell
lived Tournafulla, Co Limerick
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John LENIHAN married Catherine Walsh 15 June 1880 witnesses Maurice Broder & Bridget Lyons
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Daniel LENIHAN married Bridget Donnelson on 18 Feb 1896 - Monagea Parish records
wit. Michael Connell, Mary Doherty
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