Ahh a day to think about the Irish side of the family. The Phelan side of the family was from County Leix, Ireland. Family stories have it that my great great grandparents Michael and Mary were first cousins who married, for some reason angering the family, at least Mary's family. I'm not sure why, I think cousins marrying was far more common then. Anyway they ran away to Liverpool (not sure if that's where they married) and according to a family story found the going tough. They returned to Cappalinnan and demanded a dowry from Mary's brother John. Shots were fired, and the case came up for trial in Thurles, Tipperary. Apparently Michael lost and Michael and Mary fled to the U.S. First to Michigan where they had an Uncle and then on to California where Mary's brother Kyran was already mining gold. How fun would it be if there were a journal!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Michael Phelan and Mary Phelan Phelan
Ahh a day to think about the Irish side of the family. The Phelan side of the family was from County Leix, Ireland. Family stories have it that my great great grandparents Michael and Mary were first cousins who married, for some reason angering the family, at least Mary's family. I'm not sure why, I think cousins marrying was far more common then. Anyway they ran away to Liverpool (not sure if that's where they married) and according to a family story found the going tough. They returned to Cappalinnan and demanded a dowry from Mary's brother John. Shots were fired, and the case came up for trial in Thurles, Tipperary. Apparently Michael lost and Michael and Mary fled to the U.S. First to Michigan where they had an Uncle and then on to California where Mary's brother Kyran was already mining gold. How fun would it be if there were a journal!
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