Hello, Ron -
I am a fellow descendant of Hugh and Deborah
O'Neill, through their son William, as follows:
Hugh O'Neill >
William O'Neill > Mary Ann O'Neill Crawford
> Forest Lily Crawford Long > Lawrence Long
> Marjorie Long Freidline >
Bill Freidline > Blaine Freidline
Bill Freidline > Blaine Freidline
I live in Overland Park, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas
City. My family has lived in Kansas since William O'Neill came to Kansas
Territory a year or two before statehood. (And as you can see above, Mary
Ann O'Neill married a Crawford, from an Ulster Scot family also in Kansas
Territory.)
A thousand thank-you's for your detailed essay
"The Hugh O'Neill Family: From County Carlow to Ohio"! I have
learned a great deal about our O'Neill roots from it (and I knew very little
before reading it). I am grateful for all your hard work on this and the
rigor you applied.
My wife, daughter, and I will be travelling to Ireland
in late September and will visit County Carlow. Any suggestions as to
people to see or places to visit? We will certainly go to the small towns
and countryside in the Leighlinbridge/Bagenalstown/Fenaugh area. I saw
the article by Niall Green on your blog about the graves of John and Esther
O'Neail in Fenaugh. Do the graves still have the inscriptions that you
record elsewhere on your blog? Any other info on those graves? Do
you know where in Kilkenny Hugh and Deborah were married in 1794? Do you
know any more of the participation of Hugh and his brothers in the Rebellion of
1798?
When you get a chance, I'm all ears to any suggestions
you have on things we can learn about the O'Neills in Ireland. I do have
some info on William O'Neill and his descendants in Kansas.
Thanks again. You've certainly enriched my
understanding of my O'Neill ancestry.
Your distant cousin, Blaine
