Hi. I am the daughter or William O'Malley Henehan (name previously spelled Heneghan). William is the son of Michael Joseph Heneghan who immigrated from County Mayo (Castletown I think) to the New York in the 1920's with his sister Margaret (the "g" was dropped during processing through Ellis Island). Michael married Delia O'Malley and had three children - Margaret, William and Catherine (Cissy). William was born in 1932 and lives in New Jersey. 

hi,just messing on net one night and found this sight,im from mayo in ireland and would love to find out more bout my famaily and history 

Hi, I can't believe that it is nine years since I first posted to this website re ny Heneghans from Belwell, Dunmore, Co. Galway. I've more info now, so if the following sounds familiar to anyone, I'd love to hear from you;
Family of John Heneghan and Catherine Raftery;

John Heneghan
b: 15 Apr 1857 in Kiltullagh townland, Kiltullagh parish
d: 25 Jan 1927 in Dunmore, Co. Galway.
He married Catherine Belwell Raftery 6 Feb 1893 Dunmore RC.
Catherine (Kate) was born about 1869 in Belwell, Dunmore, Co. Galway
d: 11 Dec 1950 in Dunmore, Co. Galway aged 81.

Children;
Mary Heneghan
b: 11 Jan 1895 in Belwell, Dunmore, Co. Galway
d: 02 Dec 1964 in Rahway, NJ, USA.
Married William Joseph Mulrennan b: 18 Jul 1890 in Roscommon d: 10 Dec 1967 in Rahway, NJ, USA

Patrick Heneghan
b: 25 Jan 1896 in Belwell, Dunmore, Co. Galway
d: 08 May 1897 in Belwell, Dunmore, Co. Galway

Anne Heneghan
b: 26 May 1897 in Belwell, Dunmore, Co. Galway
d: unknown, possibly in Castlerea, Co. Roscommon.
Married Thomas Mulligan 1924.
She was living with her uncle Patrick in his shop in Ballinlough at time of 1901 census; although she is listed as Mary, not Anne (I’ve no idea why).

Catherine Agnes Heneghan
b: 26 May 1897 in Belwell, Dunmore, Co. Galway
d: 24 Feb 1975 in Irvington, Essex, NJ, U.S.A.
Husband Edward Cosgrove b: 18 Sep 1891 Annaghmore, Moylough, Co. Galway, Ireland d: 29 May 1927 in 23, Rose Street, Newark, NJ, USA

Bridget Heneghan aka: Delia
b: 17 Sep 1898 in Belwell, Dunmore, Co. Galway.
d: 28 May 1967 in Bon Secours Nursing Home, Tuam, Co. Galway.
Husband Patrick Dyer b: 12 Mar 1884 in Brackloon South, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo
d: 23 Feb 1961 in Derrynacong, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, Ireland. They met in her uncle’s shop in Ballinlough, where she worked for her uncle Patrick.

Margaret Heneghan
b: 20 Nov 1900 in Belwell, Dunmore, Co. Galway
d: 01 Jul 1983 in Community Memorial Hospital, Toms River, NJ, USA
(Previous residence: Irvington NJ, USA)

Elizabeth Heneghan
b: 20 Oct 1901 in Belwell, Dunmore, Co. Galway
d: Unknown Residence: 1967 Dunmore, Co. Galway. Married Richard Kelly (date unknown)

John Heneghan
b: 18 Apr 1904 in Belwell, Dunmore, Co. Galway.
d: 18 Mar 1973 in Southpark, Castlerea, Co Roscommon
Wife Norah Mullaney b: 01 Jan 1909 in Quinaltagh, Dunmore (West), Co. Galway> d: 11 Nov 1988 in Southpark, Castlerea, Co Roscommon John and Norah had four children, including Tom Heneghan, who played football for Roscommon in the 1970s

A note re spelling of the name; John's surname alternated between Henehan and Heneghan on various records , possibly because his first language was Irish, not English. 

My grandmother, Catherine Heneghan/Farrell, emigrated to the U.S. in 1924. I have traced her family history back to her 3rd great-grandfather, James Henehan. My grandmother was born in Lehid, Galway. I have visited my Heneghan relatives in Ireland and have maintained limited contact. I would like to expand the Heneghan branch of my family history. 

Hi, Just came across this site, i'm not a heneghan but have a few in my family tree so was searching for the name, what a cool site will def be bookmarking it and coming back soon ;-) Thanks. Peter. 

Hi, just browsing on the net and saw some questions about heneghans from Dunmore. My gran was Annie Heneghan from Bellwell sent to live with uncle in Castlerea, does that ring any bells. She was a twin of Catherine I think. 

Hi David! How are all the Heneghans at this time of Spring sunshine and colour?I still have not made any connection with my deceased uncle Patrick's family who lived I thinkb near Oldham.He'd be born around 1890's either near Dunmore or in Rathlena ,Ballinlough, Co. Roscommon to John Heneghan and Margaret Donnelan He married in England.and had a family.I would love to make contact with them.Thank you for making this space available for me.I wish you and all the Heneghan Clan good health and many happy days on your journey.Bridie 

My grandfather, Patrick Peter Heneghan, came from Ballyhean and settled in St Helens Merseyside. He was generally called Peter rather than Patrick. Michael Heneghan of Kinturk Ballyhean was his half brother. Two other half-brothers were James and Patrick. His first language was Gaelic, though he was fluent in English.He was a prominent parishioner of Sacred Heart St Helens. He died in 1946. 

My Hene[g]han connection is JOHN J. HENE[g]HAN (1862/1867-1938). Immigrated to USA in 1883/84. He settled, raised family and died in Louisville, KY. He was born & raised in Ballinrobe, County Mayo, Ireland. Father: THOMAS HENEGHAN (?-?); Mother: SARAH SALLY PHILBIN (?-?); Siblings: JAMES HENEGHAN (1851-?), OWEN HENEGHAN (1854-?), MARTIN HENEGHAN (1856-?), SARAH HENEGHAN ROGERS MEEHAN (1859-1933), MARGARET HENEGHAN (1861-?). James and Martin served in British Army. James settled in England.

John J. Hene[g]han married CATHERINE DUDDY (1874-1966). They raised family of four daughters and one son in Louisville, KY. Only son was JOHN THOMAS HENEHAN (1905-1976). Daughters were MARY FLORENCE IRBY (1900-1983), SARAH SCHWEIKLE (1902-1986), LUCILLE HENEHAN (1911-2000), ELISE LANGFORD (1918-2004). 

How great to stumble across this site. Just had a look at the coats of arms and they seemed to be HENEGHAN variants.....is there a specific one for our spelling?
For those of you attempting family trees the Irish National Archive 1911 census material is fantastic. (I expect most of you know this already.) 

My Dad is from Tourmakeady, Co Mayo. Many of his cousin's moved out here, to the Chicago area as well. But there's still a majority of Heneghan's still in that area. The biggest problem is many of people from this area with the "Heneghan" name are not necessarily or extremely distantly related. The best way to figure it out is hearing if there's any nicknames on those families. Our nickname is the "Andy's" named for my great great Grand Father. I know many of the other Heneghan's in the area have nicknames as well like "vidny's" or "timmon's" or "vickileen's".

Also Tourmakeady is name for all the villages in the area. There are only like 4 or 5 house's there now. If you knew the village it would help you on your search ever more. Check out http://www.tourmakeady.ie/ it could be of help!

Good luck! 

Hi, just started to trace my family tree and was googling away and found your site. Thanks, has given me a great starting point and i'm sure i will be returning here often! 

Fantastic site.
Thanks.
Hello fellow Heneghans. 

Great site..........lots of Heneghan's here..........well done to all 

Wishing all Heneghan a happy new year 2010