William was born on the 27th of July 1850 in Meanus, Killorglin to Patrick Geehan and Mary Shea. Patrick Geehan (Guihan) married Mary Shea in 1836 and lived in Meanus, Killorglin. Patrick’s brother John Geehan married to Mary Brosnahan lived on the same property.William Geehan immigrated to the US in 1873. William was employed by the Cheeney Silk Mill in Manchester, Connecticut where he met and then married Anna Nihill in 1876. Anna Nihill was born in Co.Clare. They had then ten children together born between 1878 and 1895. William is seen wearing a sash of the Hibernians, an Irish-American organisation. He died on the 9th June 1900. Ref: F400
Photographic
Mary Theresa Foley,early 1900’s
Mary Theresa Foley,early 1900's . She emigrated to America. Ref: F328
Members of the Travelling Community at their camp site during Puck Fair, circa 1950’s
Members of the Travelling Community at their camp site during Puck Fair, circa 1950's. Photographed by Liam Jordan of Main Street, Ballinasloe, Co.Galway. Source:...
Pride of Place Community Exhibition at the KCYMS Hall, Mill Road, July 2013
Pride of Place Community Exhibition at the KCYMS Hall, Mill Road, July 2013. Ref No: F087
Video
Pa Houlihan, Killorglin Historian at 90
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJcyoHf2Fo0]
Puck and its People 1990 – Part 2
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrNA9thNS5Q]
Filmed by Willie Murphy Edited by Mike Foley
St. Patrick’s Day – Killorglin 2011
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HArY0GHIhA&w=560&h=315]
Video by Tim Clifford