1838 Shea-Sullivan marriage at Allihies (Beara peninsula)

Summary

Roman Catholic parish marriage record from Allihies, west Beara peninsula. **Date is 1838, not 1938** (the inbox filename mislabel led to a quick re-check; original parish register entry is 9 Feb 1838). - Husband: **Timothy Shea** of **Cluane** (Allihies area), RC; father surname Shea (first name not recorded) - Wife: **Margaret Sullivan**, RC; father surname Sullivan (first name not recorded) - Witnesses: **Patrick Shea** + **Denis Neil** - Priest: **James Devine** - Note: "4 et 4 cons grad" = Latin for **4th-and-4th-degree consanguinity dispensation granted** — the couple were related in the 4th degree (i.e., 3rd cousins) and required a Vatican dispensation to marry under canon law. Common in tight rural Catholic communities like 1830s Beara. Relationship to JJM's lineage: PROVISIONAL background-Shea record. JJM's maternal grandmother was Margaret Shea (b. ~1830s Eyeries area). This 1838 Timothy Shea + Margaret Sullivan marriage is **NOT** Margaret Shea's marriage (she married John Sullivan in 1855 per the corresponding 1855 cert; she would have been a child in 1838). But the 1838 marriage could plausibly involve JJM's maternal-Shea great-uncles or great-grandparents' generation. Held at low confidence pending further Shea-family research.

Parties named in the record

• groom
  Timothy Shea(= Timothy Shea (Cluane, Allihies; m. 1838))10

  residence: Cluane

• bride
  Margaret Sullivan(= Margaret Sullivan (m. Timothy Shea 1838 Allihies))10

People — link detail

• Timothy Shea (Cluane, Allihies; m. 1838)(as printed: Timothy Shea)
  role: groom · family confidence: 10 flag

  residence: Cluane

  Background Shea family record from Allihies parish (west Beara, ~10 miles west of Ardgroom). Possibly a great-uncle of Margaret Shea (JJM's maternal grandmother). Not yet directly linked.

• Margaret Sullivan (m. Timothy Shea 1838 Allihies)(as printed: Margaret Sullivan)
  role: bride · family confidence: 10 flag

  Different Margaret Sullivan from the user's family lines — this Margaret was a Sullivan by birth marrying a Shea in 1838. JJM's maternal grandmother Margaret Shea was the mirror — Shea by birth marrying a Sullivan in 1855.

Also mentioned

• Patrick Shea · witness

  Could be brother of the groom Timothy Shea.

• Denis Neil · witness
• James Devine · officiating_priest

  Parish priest at Allihies in 1838.

Places

• Castletownbere, County Cork (primary)
• County Cork (primary)
• Beara Peninsula (primary)
• Ireland (primary)

Themes

• irish_american_community

Story threads

• The Pat-and-Ellen Murphy household — Butte 1887 to LA 1980

Tags

• candidate_family
• source_primary_family

Related sources

• 1855-02-20 — Irish Family History Foundation — Cork South West Roots Ireland (Church Marriage Record) — Margaret Shea's FIRST marriage — to John Sullivan, 20 Feb 1855, Eyeries
• 1865-06-09 — Marriage Returns, Superintendent Registrar's District of Castletown — Marriage of Myles Lyne (widower) and Margaret Shea alias Sullivan (widow), 9 June 1865, Ardgroom

Open questions

• Relationship of THIS Timothy Shea + Margaret Sullivan 1838 to JJM's maternal Shea lineage — needs systematic Beara Shea- family tracking. The Allihies / Eyeries / Ardgroom Sheas were almost certainly all kin within 2-3 degrees.