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Sheahan

D. Sheahan.
He mar M. Savage,
They had issue:

T. Sheahan.
He mar M. Reilly.
They had issue:

1. Michael Sheahan,
   shopkeeper,
   of Buttevant, Co.Cork.
   He mar Elizabeth Costello.
   She was dau of D.Costello [son of D.Costello and M.Power] and K.Oliver [dau of B.Oliver and M.Charters].
   Michael and Elizabeth had issue:
   1. David Sheahan,
      NOT Sheehan,
      David Benjamin Sheahan, born Co.Cork,
      bapt 13 Feb 1846, Buttevant RC church, sp Will Reily and Mrs. Pigot.
      Living Buttevant, Co.Cork, at mar.

[PAT/7, no.1] says David Sheahan was a 1st cousin of the writer priest.
So Michael Sheahan and Patrick Sheehan would be brothers:

1. Patrick Sheehan (thus spelt).
   He mar Joanna Regan.
   They had issue:
   1. Canon Patrick Sheehan,
      the writer priest,
      Patrick Augustine Sheehan (thus spelt),
      born 17 Mar 1852, William O'Brien Street, Mallow, Co.Cork.
      P.P. of Doneraile, N Co.Cork 1895 until his death.
      First novel pub 1895. Wide popularity. Classic works of conservative Catholic Ireland of the 19th-20th centuries.
      D.D. 1902. Canon 1903.
      He is listed in 1911 census at Doneraile.
      He died 5 Oct 1913, Doneraile, age 61 yrs. He was bur Doneraile.
      See his house.
      See [Boylan's DIB] and [Dict. Ir. Writers].

Plaque on birthplace of Canon Sheehan, William O'Brien Street, Mallow.
Photo 2013. From here.

Grave of Canon Sheehan, Doneraile.
From irishgraves.com.

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References

• Papers of Patricia Lavelle. Sheahan tree in no.1 in [PAT/13].

• Canon Sheehan, Rev. Francis Boyle, Dublin, 1927.
• Canon Sheehan of Doneraile, M.P. Linehan, Dublin, 1952.

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Sources yet to be consulted

• The Collected Letters of Canon Sheehan of Doneraile 1883-1913 by James O'Brien, 2013.
• Sheehan papers in the archive of the Presentation Sisters, Southern Province.
• Canon Sheehan sources

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• There is a Canon Sheehan Society.