Annals of Beara Vol II: SEAN (PHILIB) O'SULLIVAN (TAILOR) & NORRY RAHILLY (REENAVAUDE NORTH) — parents of Paddy Tailor O'Sullivan (who m. Kate Murphy of Ballycrovane)

Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume II · Beara peninsula, Co. Cork, Ireland

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Summary

Genealogy of the O'Sullivan family of Reenavaude North — parents of **Paddy (Tailor) O'Sullivan** who married Kate Murphy of Ballycrovane (= the central Hyp B "sibling-web" marriage; see [[_annals-of-beara-vol-ii-p270-seamus-mor-family-and-paddy-tailor-osullivan]]). **Sean (Philib) O'Sullivan**: tailor; born Ballinacarriga, Garnish; his own father Philip O'Sullivan was a tailor from Waterford. Sean came "cliamhain isteach" to Nora Rahilly in Reenavaude North (same Irish "marry-into-wife's-family" pattern as our Pat marrying into Ellen Lyne's Ardgroom Village house). Brother Mort Philib also from Ballinacarriga; married Honora O'Sullivan in Pulleen Ardgroom Inward. **Sean + Nora Rahilly had 8 children**: - (1) Mary → m. Darby Leahy of Reenavaude - (2) **Jack → Butte, Montana** - (3) **Paddy ("Paddy Tailor") → Butte, Montana, returned, settled Ardgroom Village, married Kate Murphy of Ballycrovane** - (4) Philip (Apr 1847) → Reenavaude (Tim Murphy's farm later), m. Nora O'Sullivan, Philip's family went to Butte - (5) Ellen (June 1857) → m. Jim (Crohur) O'Shea - (6) **Danny (Apr 1860) → Butte, Montana** - (7) Nora (July 1863) → m. Jar Riney in Pallace - (8) Dan (Nov 1866) — twice in Butte; settled home farm; m. Mary O'Sullivan of Ballinacarriga **Four of eight Sean+Norry children went to Butte** — major data point for the Reenavaude-to-Butte migration chain that precedes and parallels our Murphy family arc. Paddy Tailor's stay in Butte (item 3) overlaps with our Pat's first decade there. The two men knew each other in Butte and either both returned to Ardgroom (Paddy did) or exchanged news through their respective Murphy connections (Paddy married Kate Murphy of Ballycrovane = our Pat's sister under Hyp B = his cousin under Hyp A). Either way, this is the "sibling-web" page that anchors the Paddy-Tailor ↔ Pat connection.

People

Catherine Murphy Sullivan (b. ~1864; sister of Patrick Murphy; m. Patrick "Tailor" Sullivan 1884; JJM's godmother 1883)(as printed: Kate Murphy. Ballycrovane)
role: wife of paddy tailor · family confidence: 95 certain
Patrick "Tailor" Sullivan (m. Catherine Murphy 1884 Eyeries; tailor by trade)(as printed: Paddy)
role: son 3 of sean and nora · family confidence: 95 certain
John Sullivan of Reenavaud (father of Patrick "Tailor" Sullivan)(as printed: Sean (Philib) O'Sullivan)
role: paddy tailors father · family confidence: 75 strong

Also mentioned

Philip O'Sullivan (Sean's father) · paddy_tailors_grandfather
Tailor; came from Waterford to Ballinacarriga, Garnish — establishes the Waterford → West Cork migration that brought tailoring trade into the area.
Norry / Nora Rahilly (Reenavaude North) · paddy_tailors_mother
Mort Philib O'Sullivan (Sean's brother) · collateral_branch_pulleen
Jack O'Sullivan (Sean+Nora's son 2) → Butte MT · butte_emigrant_1
One of 4 Sean+Nora sons who went to Butte.
Paddy Tailor O'Sullivan (Sean+Nora's son 3) → Butte → returned → m. Kate Murphy Ballycrovane · load_bearing_paddy_tailor
= the Paddy Tailor who married Kate Murphy of Ballycrovane per Vol II p.270. Under Hyp B, Kate is our Pat's sister; this marriage is the central sibling-web evidence for Hyp B.
Philip O'Sullivan (Sean+Nora's son 4, Apr 1847) · another_butte_chain_family
His family went to Butte.
Danny O'Sullivan (Sean+Nora's son 6, Apr 1860) → Butte MT · butte_emigrant_3
Dan O'Sullivan (Sean+Nora's son 8, Nov 1866) · butte_emigrant_4_twice_then_home_farm
Twice in Butte; settled home farm; married Mary O'Sullivan of Ballinacarriga.

Places

Ireland (primary)
Butte, Montana (secondary)

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Transcription

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--- newspaper: unknown date: unknown page: unknown --- # Norry Rahilly Family *(A) SEAN (PHILIB) O'SULLIVAN (TAILOR) & NORRY RAHILLY (REENAVAUDE NORTH) Sean's father, Philip O'Sullivan, was a tailor who came from Waterford to Ballinacarriga, Garnish. Sean himself was born in Ballinacarriga and came over "cliamhain Isteach" to Nora Rahilly in Reenavaude North. A brother of Sean's, Mort Philib, also came over from Ballinacarriga and married in Pulleen, Ardgroom Inward, to Honora O'Sullivan — a grandaunt of the present John Morty O'Sullivan. Sean (Philib) O'Sullivan and Nora Rahilly had 8 children: — (1) Mary married in Reenavaude to Darby Leahy, son of Darby 0 Laocha & Nell Casey; (2) Jack went to Butte, Montana, U.S.A.; (3) Paddy (known as Paddy Tailor) went first to Butte, Montana. He returned settled down in Ardgroom Village & married Kate Murphy. Ballycrovane; (4) Philip (Apr. 1847) moved down to what is now Tim Murphy's farm in Reenavaude and married Nora O'Sullivan. Philip's family went away to Butte, Montana, and the farm had three different owners later; (5) Ellen (June 1857) married Jim (Crohur) O'Shea, son of Timothy (Crohur) O'Shea and Margaret O'Shea, Dreenvodig; (6) Danny (Apr. 1860) went to Butte, Montana; (7) Nora (July 1863) married in Pallace (where Joe O'Sullivan's place is now) to Jar Riney, son of Darby Riney & Ellen O'Mahony Cahirkeem; (8) *Dan (Nov. 1866) was twice in Butte, Montana. He later settled down in the home farm and married Mary O'Sullivan, daughter of Eugene O'Sullivan, Ballinacarriga, Garnish. Source: "Annals of Beara" Vol. 2 - Riobard O'Dwyer NT ## Peripheral items - URL header and footer: Ancestry.com mediaui-viewer webpage metadata (tree/person/media reference); dated 4/21/26, 1:35 PM — not part of original source document.

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