Hi carol,
Thank you for your reply.
We went in 2004 to Cobh, the island in Cork harbour and confirmed that this
was where my Grt Grandfather John was baptised at the church of St.Colman's
Mary
On 6/26/06, Carol Walsh <walsh26(a)frontiernet.net> wrote:
Mary,
Our Callahan/O'Callaghan relatives took a trip back to Ireland in the
1980's.We found the same information over there that you have listed.Wealso
picked up records of birth and Christening at the Church of Donarrile,in
county cork for my great granfather and some of the children.We do in fact
descend from the king of Munster.Carol Walsh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Palmer" <cal.mary(a)gmail.com>
To: <CALLAHAN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 4:24 AM
Subject: Re: [CALLAHAN-L] O'Callaghans: The Beginning?
> Hi Troy,
>
> As I understand it Callahan is an anglizised version of O'Callaghans.
>
> In my own case my Grt Grandfather was baptised John O'Callaghan in
1825
> in Cork and the name was anglizised to Callahan when he joined the Royal
> Navy in 1845, and we have been called Callahan ever since. Also a lot
of
> Callaghans had their name changed to Callahan as they went through Ellis
> island.
>
> On the 'right up' for the Coat of Arms it says "O'Callaghan along
with
its
> variants Callaghan, Callahan etc comes from the Irish O'Ceallachan a
> dimunitive of Caellach......
> they were descended from Murchadh Ua Ceallachan a grandson of the king
of
> Munster who lived in the early 11th century who was the first to
transmit
> the surname hereditarily.
>
> Mary
>
>
> On 6/26/06, Troy wagstaf <troy38s(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I haven't been active in this Callahan group for a long time but I read
>> most
>> of the posts and I don't remember is this question has come up. Has the
>> Callahan line been documented correctly to the beginning of the
>> O'Callaghans
>> in Ireland? I have some literature that talks about the beginning of
the
>> Callahans I don't remember much but it had something to do with Munster
>> and
>> some degree of Nobility etc... I got it off the Internet and I take the
>> story with a grain of salt. It would be interesting if it were proven
>> true
>> or even false.
>>
>> Can anyone shed some light?
>>
>>
>>
>> Troy Wagstaff
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> ----Original Message Follows----
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>> Reply-To: CALLAHAN-L(a)rootsweb.com
>> To: CALLAHAN-L(a)rootsweb.com
>> Subject: [CALLAHAN-L] Callahan Family in GA/SC
>> Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 7:29:18 -0500
>>
>> Looking for information on Robert C. Callahan who was born in SC. Wife
>> name
>> Ada. Only known child is James Robert Callahan born in GA in 1902.
>> James
>> Robert married Stella Wiley then Carrie Proctor.
>>
>>
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