Compiled by Noeleen.......
Thomas (b1821) and Bessie (nee Eliza Mahony b1841) Leahy had 4 sons - James, Thomas, Michael and Patrick, and one daughter Eliza.
Thomas (b1821) and Bessie (nee Eliza Mahony b1841) Leahy had 4 sons - James, Thomas, Michael and Patrick, and one daughter Eliza.
The 1901 Census of Ireland provides the following information.......
On 31st March 1901 Thomas Leahy (father of Patrick James) was
living in the town land of Newtown, in the district of Hospital, Co Limerick, with his wife Bessie. (Bessie was
registered as Eliza on the Baptismal records for their children).
Thomas was 80 years old and Bessie was 60
years old. Their sons Michael, 30, and Thomas, 28, were living with them. All were
registered as agricultural labourers although I imagine Thomas Snr and Bessie
were retired. All were registered as Roman Catholics.
They appear to have lived in a small thatched house
with no outhouses. The walls were made of wood or mud, or another perishable
material. The house had three rooms with two windows to the front.
By the 1911 Census, both Thomas Snr and Bessie are not registered, we can presume they were deceased. The home in Newtown was then occupied by Thomas and Bessie's son Michael and his family: wife Kate 36yrs, son Thomas 6yrs, Lizzie 3yrs, and Kathleen 2yrs. Kate is registered as being from Co Cork. They also had a boarder living with them - Sarah Franklin aged 30yrs from Co Tipperary. She is registered as a scholar.
The home now had an additional out building - a Fowl house.
In the 1911 Census, Thomas Leahy Jnr, now 38, was married to Katie, also 38yrs, and they lived, still in the family environs, but in Fantstown, Bulgaden, Co Limerick. They had 4 sons - Patrick 5yrs, Thomas 4yrs, John 2yrs, and Michael 9months. They shared their home with 3 servants.
Their six room home was built of solid walls, stone or brick, with five windows to the front.
The farm had eight out houses - a stable, a coach house, a cow shed, two calf houses, a dairy, a piggery, a fowl house. This would be the reason why Thomas had one farmhand and two general servants living on his farm.
By the 1911 Census, both Thomas Snr and Bessie are not registered, we can presume they were deceased. The home in Newtown was then occupied by Thomas and Bessie's son Michael and his family: wife Kate 36yrs, son Thomas 6yrs, Lizzie 3yrs, and Kathleen 2yrs. Kate is registered as being from Co Cork. They also had a boarder living with them - Sarah Franklin aged 30yrs from Co Tipperary. She is registered as a scholar.
The home now had an additional out building - a Fowl house.
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In the 1911 Census, Thomas Leahy Jnr, now 38, was married to Katie, also 38yrs, and they lived, still in the family environs, but in Fantstown, Bulgaden, Co Limerick. They had 4 sons - Patrick 5yrs, Thomas 4yrs, John 2yrs, and Michael 9months. They shared their home with 3 servants.
Their six room home was built of solid walls, stone or brick, with five windows to the front.
The farm had eight out houses - a stable, a coach house, a cow shed, two calf houses, a dairy, a piggery, a fowl house. This would be the reason why Thomas had one farmhand and two general servants living on his farm.
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In 1901 a James Leahy lived in the town land of Gortyknaveen, in Newcastle West District of Co Limerick, Monagay Parish with his wife Mary and their children -
Margaret 9yrs, Mary 7yrs, Thomas 5yrs, Ellen 3yrs, and Maurice 1yr. They had one female servant. The four roomed house was built of solid walls, had a slated roof, and 3 windows to the front.
The farm had four outhouses - a stable, a cow house, a calf house, and a piggery.
By 1911, James and Mary had two more children - James and Hanoria - but sadly Thomas is no longer listed, he must have died.
The farm now no longer has a calf house but does have an additional dairy house and a fowl house.
I assume this James to be the son of Thomas Snr and Eliza (Mahony), Newtown, Hospital
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I cannot find any information on their daughter Eliza. Presumably she married and is not traceable under the Leahy name.
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In 1901, 23 year old Patrick James Leahy was boarding in the Post Office in the town land of Derry, district of Rathcabbin, Co Tipperary and is registered as a National School Teacher. The Post Mistress is Ms Anne Coonan 30yrs old and there is also a servant Ellen Gill. The Post Office closed in 2003, see here for news report. Presumably Patrick James was teaching in the local Rathcabbin National School. see here for the school on Google maps
There is an interesting story to tell about where he was in 1911............
There is an interesting story to tell about where he was in 1911............
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