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Tuohy (miscellaneous)

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Tuohy of Tralee

The following Tuohy are found at Tralee.
May not be our family.

• David Tuohy,
  mar Margaret Davac,
  had issue:
  1. Margaret Tuohy, bapt 18 April 1778, Tralee RC church, sp David Tyter and Mary Dundon.

• David Tuohy,
  mar Ann Hartnet [or Harnet or Harnit],
  had issue:
  1. Catherine Tuohy, bapt 28 January 1785, Tralee RC church, sp John Tuohy and Fany Teagan. Must have died young.
  2. Ellen Tuohy, bapt 26 July 1789, Tralee RC church, sp William Bullin and Ellen Tuohy.
  3. Catherine Tuohy, twin, bapt 12 June 1792, Tralee RC church, sp John Tuohy and Ellen Tuohy.
  4. Mary Tuohy, twin, bapt 12 June 1792, Tralee RC church, sp John Tuohy and Ellen Tuohy.

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Charles Tuohy, Bishop of Limerick

Basil O'Connell in letter of 21 July 1969 thinks our Tuohy family might be related to Charles Tuohy, Catholic Bishop of Limerick.
Not sure what his evidence is.
The Bishop's family starts with:

• Darby Tuohy,
  or Derby.
  He was a vintner, in Main St, Limerick city. Listed as such in [Directory of Limerick, 1769].
  He died pre-1793.
  His wife died Wed 25 Sept 1793, in Nicholas Street, Limerick.
  Darby and his wife had issue:

  
  

  1. Charles Tuohy,
     born 1754, Limerick.
     See wikipedia and catholic-hierarchy.
     He was educ in France.
     Returned to Ireland.
     PP of Rathkeale, Co.Limerick, 1808 to 1812.
     RC Bishop of Limerick 1814 to 1828.
     He died 17 March 1828.
     He was bur at St. Patrick's Church, Clare St, Limerick (built in 1816 during his tenure).
     He is not mentioned in The Diocese of Limerick, ancient and medieval, by John Begley, 1906.

Darby Tuohy listed on p.18 of [Directory of Limerick, 1769].

Death of the widow of Darby Tuohy.
From Limerick Chronicle, Sat 28 Sept 1793.