Things to do - O'Connell theory

• Theory of O'Connell descent

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Start again with docs

Go back to basics and search docs everywhere for O'Connell.

• Henry Blennerhassett will 1816
• Ellen Blennerhassett will 1836

• Flesh out more descendants of:
  • Daniel O'Connell's father
  • Daniel O'Connell
  • Jeremy Leyne, MD
  • Thomas O'Connell, MD
  • Henry Blennerhassett

• The only O'Connell in Cashel records:
  • Witness of Agnes Cashel marriage 1870 is Bridget A. O'Connell.
  • A Cashel cousin invited in from another county? Not necessarily. She might be witness from the groom's side (Sheahan) since one already exists from the Cashel side.
  • Cannot find her in O'Connell tree.

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NLI

• O'Connell papers at NLI

• Events:
  • Richard Francis Blennerhassett duel with Daniel O'Connell's brother, John O'Connell, Jan 1813.
  • Rowan Cashel trial, Mar-Apr 1816. Defended by Daniel O'Connell.

• Leyne sources

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UCD

• O'Connell papers at UCD

• Events:
  • Richard Francis Blennerhassett duel with Daniel O'Connell's brother, John O'Connell, Jan 1813.
  • Rowan Cashel trial, Mar-Apr 1816. Defended by Daniel O'Connell.

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LR

Maybe hopeless since Thomas O'Connell family had no land.

• O'Connell to O'Mara deeds
• O'Connell to Cashel deeds
• O'Mara to Cashel deeds

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In general

• Search in Blennerhassett history for:
  • O'Connell
  • Leyne
  • O'Mara

• Search in O'Connell / Leyne history for:
  • O'Mara
  • Blennerhassett / Hassett
  • Cashel

• Cashel is an invented surname?
  • Maybe the couple had some link to Cashel, Co.Tipperary?
  • Search for Cashel, Co.Tipperary, in Jehan.
  • DONE: All entries for Cashel, Co.Tipperary, in [Correspondence of Daniel O'Connell].