KENMARE CONNECTION

From John Conway's family lore, we have reason to believe that Michael and Julia Sullivan came from Kenmare originally.  We are related to John Conway's family through the father of Frank Sullivan, Denis Sullivan b 1849 in Claddanure, Kenmare, County Kerry.

We have reason to believe that many families from Kenmare kept either contact or knowledge of each others families after Michael and Julia immigrated to NYC and their children to Saratoga Springs.  Denis (b 1849 shown as 1845 in tree below) and Cornelius (b 1842) Sullivan, both born in Claddanure, Kenmare, County Kerry, immigrated to the U.S. and settled in Saratoga Springs.  The Saratoga Springs directory first mentions Denis in 1876.  He was a grocer.  Cornelius was first mentioned in 1880.

Julia O'Connell's father would have been named John.  I found a Griffiths Valuation record for a John O'Connell in

Dromcunnia, Templenoe, County Kerry.  See map for the proximity of Dromcunnia to Claddanure.

John Conway's family lore says that "Flynn's and Sullivan's came from area known as Beara Peninsula on the border of County Kerry (East of Kenmare) and County Cork.  McGillicuddy's from west side of Kenmare near Ring of Kerry." 

Question: Did Michael originally come from the Beara Peninsula, then lived in Kenmare, then left from Glengariff to come to NYC?

Question: Are we from the Sullivan Mor or Sullivan Beara clan?