William Foley

• Name	William Foley
  Birth	of Cahersiveen, Kerry, Ireland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I30921	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2020

  
  

  Family	Catherine
  Children	1. John Foley,   b. Abt 1835, Cahersiveen, Kerry, Ireland d. 8 Oct 1915, Santa Clara County, California (Age ~ 80 years)
  Family ID	F18359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Cahersiveen, in Kerry, is alternately spelled Cahirciveen or Caherciveen; in Irish, Cathair Saidhbhín, meaning "little Sadhbh's stone ringfort." It is where the first shots of the Fenian Rising were fired in 1867. A village of only slightly more than a thousand people in 2016, it is notable for its disproportionately large Catholic church, the only one in Ireland named after a layperson, the crusader for Catholic emancipation Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847) who was born in Cahersiveen. Cahersiveen is also given by Patrick O'Brian as the childhood home of his novels' co-protagonist Stephen Maturin. From Post Captain (1972): At present two Highlanders were talking slowly to an Irishman in Gaelic...as he lay there on his stomach to ease his flayed back. "I follow them best when I do not attend at all," observed Stephen, "it is the child in long clothes that understands, myself in Cahirciveen."

  
  

• Sources

  [S4889] "Jack Foley's Family", research draft by Patrick Foley, shared with ASF and PNH 1 Dec 2020.