[informant resides Moate Co. Westmeath, writing re: in Co. Galway], Maughan but they are known locally as “Cléirigheas” (Clearys), Ward most numerous. Delaney is in second place with five mentions; Reilly gets four; Donoghue and Cawley three each, Connors, McInerney and O’Brien two each. Coffey – mentioned by every informant who names even one family for the county – is dominant, withSheridan and O’Brien joint second with four mentions each. This was about 21% of all the recorded Sweeney's in the USA. – different place, anyway. Of Sweeney Todd ook daadwerkelijk bestaan heeft, wordt door onderzoekers betwist. The McCeanns [sic] are the sole family named, and they are identified as Gypsy. Maughan “seem to be indigenous to Connaught”, Casey “seem to be indigenous to Connaught”. Todd steelt vervolgens de waardevolle bezittingen van de doden, waarna zijn trawant Mrs. Lovett (in latere versies is zij Todd's vriendin) de lijken verwerkt tot vleestaarten, een traditionele Britse lekkernij. visit in summer in connection with local fair or en route to Galway races. The Sweeny family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. In 1840 there were 34 Sweeney families living in New York. Twelve surnames are listed but three of these are attributed to individual non-Traveller men, only one of whom “married in”. His family disowned him so he moved in with her people and still frequents the area. The following are all local to the Longford-Westmeath-Offaly-Roscommon area, with Ballinasloe their Western limit: QUOTE: “They are locally called ‘tinkers’. Faulkner (with variant forms Faulkiner and Fortner) is mentioned 5 times.

intermarried with Mulrooneys.

Certainly, whatever their origin or history, our tinkers seem to be a very ancient class in the Irish community.”, “The gypsies are a different race of caravan-dwelling hawkers and fortune-tellers.”. There are 9,000 military records available for the last name Sweeny. Co.Offaly (2 entries, only one of which lists surnames), (This is the sole entry in which the surname ”Green” is listed. Coffey “dream tincéirí” (literally, “a crowd of tinkers” – occupational description), O’Brien and Flynn Tralee is “headquarters” for these 2 families. Between 1944 and 2004, in the United States, Sweeny life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1951, and highest in 1996. Het verhaal van Sweeney Todd is sinds de negentiende eeuw een bekend voorbeeld van het melodramatische genre en inspireerde talloze theatervoorstellingen, films en verhalen. Horse doctors. The Murray surname, however common in Kells at the time, was very localised, being mentioned in only one other entry (from neighbouring Cavan). Notes that the surnames O’Rourke, Gallagher and Boyle all suggest dispossession at the time of the Plantation. Informant spoke with 70-year-old Mr. Cawley, a native of Cavan/ Monaghan who has rarely travelled outside this area and then solely to Northern Ireland . p 384 contrasts tinkers who “seldom cause trouble” with “non-tinker tribes” – not named!! Sweeney is a surname that, though closely associated with Ireland, is of Scottish origin, derived from the Gaelic Mac Suibhne meaning "son of Suibhne". one married a Ward and settled at Strokestown Co. Roscommon; the Powers there descend from him. View Social Security Death Index (SSDI) for Sweeny. Only one of the five entries for the County Westmeath confines itself to that county. In 1840 there were 40 Sweeny families living in Pennsylvania.

*We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs. Copyright © Meath Travellers Workshops 2019 | Website Design by Purple Pod. “well-to-do”. Note that, while two of the three link the Sheridans to Rathkeale, no list was submitted from that town.

For the veterans among your Sweeny ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions. The remaining nine are one-offs. Emyvale is on the direct Dublin-N Irl route.
(Two entries, only one of which lists surnames. The respondent also lists, without locating, 6. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sweeney_Todd&oldid=51828021, Creative Commons Naamsvermelding/Gelijk delen. 6. Informants in this smallest of counties treat it as part of a larger (northwestern) region. The Wards and Nevinses are associated through mutual rivalry. Also Sheridan, (Note: “comparatively recently” a man named Jenkins married into the Gradys. Total 13 surnames. wire workers. McGinley Donegal only, esp W Donegal/Gaeltacht. ), [text in Irish but gives Traveller surnames as Béarla, implying that this is the version by which they are known ], He observes: “Na tincéirí a thigeanns chun an cheannntar seo sí an béarla an teanga amháin a labhruigeann [sic] siad. They are not, of course, popular with the people, and the aversion is equally reciprocated by them. McCarthy “changed by local [sic] people to Carty”; intermarries with Donoghue, Donoghue intermarries with McCarthy/Carty, Carty “several Carty families of uncertain relationship” [note, again, insistence that this surname is internally subdivided], Carty The only Traveller family in the district, Soho Used locally as generic synonym for “tinker”, McInerney Former local king [of Travellers], Ó Tuathaigh [Twohey] “an tsloinne is flúisí orthu” (= the most common surname among them], MacCarthy “the tinkers of Cashel, Fethard and Killenaule are all MacCarthys”, McCarthy “ Cashel City is known as the headquarters of the McCarthy tinkers. Generally travel counties Monaghan, Cavan, Louth, Meath, and Westmeath. (By implication, those families not identified as Protestant are Catholic.). No indication of his age, how long married, or if they’d any family. They never spoke a word of Irish…”]. The average life expectancy for Sweeny in 1944 was 48, and 78 in 2004.

1. Sweeney: Meaning, origin, and popularity of the boy's or girl's name Sweeney plus advice on Sweeney and 50000 other baby names from the bestselling nameberry experts. Delaney, McDonagh, Sheridan and Sherlock get two mentions each and the remaining 9 names are all one-offs. Twenty-four surnames are noted; all but five of them are one-offs, and only McDonagh and Ward get as many as three mentions (Crumlish, Mahon and Stokes get two each). Joyce winter in [Albtons?] Todd's kapperswinkel bevindt zich aan Fleet Street in Londen en is via een ondergrondse doorgang verbonden met de taartwinkel van Mrs. Lovett. (four entries, one of which covers a broad border area). Sweeney Todd is een fictief personage dat halverwege de 19e eeuw opduikt in Britse tijdschriften. (NOTE that some families are mentioned in tandem, as closely associated). beyond the list of words enclosed.”. Tinahealy(informant born 1872, aged 81 in 1953), Malone “settled in this country 70 years ago”. Waarschijnlijk is het personage in de verte gebaseerd op historische figuren en als zodanig een broodjeaapverhaal.. Achtergrond. What did your Sweeny ancestors do for a living. This informant gives the following definitions: tramps are walking people who beg for alms Pennsylvania had the highest population of Sweeny families in 1840. also known as the Casógs, Old Coats, Doherty [not listed but mentioned in passing]. The remaining 5 surnames are all one-offs. Much rivalry with Nevinses. The remaining 16 surnames are all one-offs. Several entries note that the surname “(Mc)Cart(h)y” is borne by several quite different families, and one says the same for Reilly. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the USA, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure. ], 7. McMahon surname of last family to visit the area. Ward travel widely especially to the West. Hannify [sic] winter in Ballymahon; name twice mentioned, and spelled this way both times.
Kilbrittan (list compiled at ICA meeting, Kilbrittan Guild, March 1953) Surname “Winter Quarters”, Sheridan, Ryan Limerick, also give specific camp locations in. The Gaelic personal name was also used an equivalent to the unrelated Old Norse personal name … McCawley [sic] Leitrim, Longford, Roscommon, “The first two families move about through Leitrim, Longford and Roscommon. Both very well known in this district. In 1940, Laborer and Teacher were the top reported jobs for men and women in the US named Sweeny. Carthy, Casey, Sherlock, Molloy Local and seem to have originated locally, Sherlock natives of Ennistymon [see above Ennistymon agrees! The Sweeny family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. How unique is the name Sweeney? Joyce and O’Leary are the only surnames mentioned in both entries. Sheridans’ Glen just outside Castleisland attests Kerry presence ( Sheridan = exclusively Traveller name in Kerry). (Respondent resident in Glynn Co. Armagh), Hunter “One group which I know [!] Van 20 mei t/m 20 juni 2016 is de Nederlandse versie van de musical van Stephen Sondheim te zien in theater Het Zonnehuis in Amsterdam. Carthy Shows up in an anecdote from years past. There are 11,000 immigration records available for the last name Sweeny. Waarschijnlijk is het personage in de verte gebaseerd op historische figuren en als zodanig een broodjeaapverhaal. Rathconrath. “about 4 generations back” came from Killoe Co. Longford – evicted. Stokes Tinkers. De tekst is beschikbaar onder de licentie. Barrett “Taffy” Barrett (who made and sold taffy at fairs) was not properly a tinker at all but the son of landless peasants who married a tinker (her name not given). Maughan local; N Mayo, Tineragh Co. Sligo, Ward local; N Sligo, Tineragh, Co. Donegal, McDonagh local; Sligo & N Connacht generally, Cawley local; Roscommon, S Sligo, Tineragh, Twelve surnames in all, only three of them (Cawley, McDonagh and. Discover the unique achievements of ancestors in your family tree, This page needs Javascript enabled in order to work properly. 2. They are a distinct people following their own exclusive way of life. McCeann [sic] “gipsies”. Murphy * another Westmeath entry also lists “Keena”, so this is probably not a misprint for “Keenan”, a surname not mentioned even once in the 1953 data. gypsies travel in caravans. Doherty largest group, with several branches. Travel all South West Donegal from the Rosses to Ballyshannon. “They never participate in public amusements such as athletic sports, football, dances etc. “Most of the older McDonaghs Wards and Dohertys can and do speak Irish among themselves or when so addressed.” It would be interesting to know more about the informant, especially his own familiarity with Irish, as only one other entry makes such a claim and so many others (including the very next entry) specifically note Travellers’ inability to speak this language. Sheridan Gypsies. You can see how Sweeny families moved over time by selecting different census years. The informant who describes the Só-hós as a branch of the Donoghues mentions the Donoghues separately. Some less common occupations for Americans named Sweeny were Clerk and Housekeeper, View Census data for Sweeny | Data not to scale. Ballyhaunis(all named groups present within a 10-mile radius of Ballyhaunis) Ward oldest group and best known locally, for generations. I have recorded information about these people in collections, family names etc.” – but he doesn’t explain how they “approximate”! If they have a good number of waggons or caravans, they are ‘gipsies’. O’Brien, Coffee West Limerick, North Cork, Newmarket, Quilligan, Reilly, Hourigan, Carty, Gammel Croom is their “domain”, O’Brien Mostly West Limerick, North Kerry, Faulkner Clare. How unique is the name Sweeny? Brien, Cash, Connors, Kelly, Berry, Scott. are “said to have come off a wrecked ship”, McDonagh one of the 3 “best known clans” “West of the Shannon”, Ward one of the 3 “best known clans” “West of the Shannon”.

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