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Eustace Families of Kilmaley Parish,County Clare

By: Terry Shiely Diebel

KILMALEY EUSTACE RECORDS – 1855 to present

Kilmaley Generation I: 

Michael Eustace from Furroor was born about 1813 in Kilrush and was married to Catherine (Kate) Gleeson in the Church of St. John, Kilmaley on February 20, 1841.  They farmed on Catherine’s father’s land in Furroor.  Michael died on July 2, 1881 in Furroor.  Michael and Catherine Eustace had four children.  (Two of their sons, John and Michael, were married to women from Kilmihil so they are listed there in the Kilmihil Marriage Index.) 

Kilmaley Generation II:

The first son of Michael and Catherine Eustace was Michael Eustace born on September 19, 1848. 

He married Honora Eustace (who was a Kilmihil Eustace, possibly a cousin) on February 22, 1887 and they lived in Kilmaley.  Honora Eustace was born in on March 23, 1857 in Kilmihil and died in Furroor, Kilmaley on October 9, 1909.  She was the daughter of Patrick and Anna (Galvin) Eustace of Cahermurphy, Kilmihil.

Michael and Honora Eustace had nine children:  The oldest child was Michael who was born in 1877. He married Mary

Michael Eustace in Kilmaley 1935

Honora Eustace in the late 1870’s

Corry from Lisroe. Michael immigrated to the US in 1900 and settled in New Haven, CT.  He died there in 1965.  Patrick was baptized in 1888 immigrated to the US in 1910.  He fought in WWI with the 4th Division where he was killed in action in France in 1918.  He had no issue.

 

Front to back: Maria Eustace Kelleher,
Richard Eustace, Michael Eustace, John Eustace

Patrick Eustace 1888-1918

Richard was baptized in 1889.  He immigrated to the US where he settled in the Bronx, NY.  He married Margaret Smith and they had three children.  Maria was baptized in 1890.  She immigrated to New Haven, CT and was married to Pat Kelleher.  They had three children.  Margaret was born about 1891.  She remained in Ireland and married Thomas Hehir.  They had two children.   (Timothy) Daniel was born about 1892.  He also remained in Ireland where he married Nora Corry and had seven children.  He died in 1986.  John was born about 1894.  He immigrated to the Bronx, NY in 1923.  According to a 1923 Ellis Island record, John Eustace who was born in about 1896 and he left Kilmaley to visit his brother Richard on East 187th Street in New York City.  John Eustace married Ellen O’Connor and they had two children.  John died in 1989.   Today, John’s son Robert Eustace is living in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Michael and Honora Eustace’s remaining children were: Bridget who was born about 1897 and she married John Reidy.  They had no issue.  Bridget died in 1987.   Another daughter, Catherine was born about 1900.  She remained in Ireland where she married Patrick Murphy and they had a family of eight.  Catherine died in 1993.  According to the 1901 Census, this Eustace family still lived in Furroor, Kilmaley Parish.

The second son of Michael and Catherine Eustace was John Eustace born about 1850.  He married Ellen Thompson on February 7, 1873.  Ellen was from Kilmihil.  John and Ellen Eustace had a son, Patrick who was baptized in Kilmihil on February 2, 1874.  Their other children included:  John baptized in 1879, another Patrick born about 1885, Thomas baptized in 1887 and George baptized in 1889.  According to the Clare 1901 Census, John’s widow Ellen, and her family lived in Furroor, Kilmaley Parish.

The third son of Michael and Catherine Eustace was Patrick Eustace who was born about 1852.  He had six children and owned the local blacksmith shop.  A daughter Bridget Eustace was married to Daniel Crowley from Kilofin on March 1, 1870. 

In 1901 one of the Kilmaley Eustaces, Michael Eustace age 24, is living in Reanagishagh, parish of Kilmaley and Thomas Eustace, age 11, is living in Lisroe, Parish of Kilmaley.

The 1907-1922 Lisroe National School Directories in Kilmaley parish list the following students there:

Patrick Eustace – June 15, 1919, father is a farmer.

Catherine Eustace - June 15, 1920, father is a farmer.

Charlie Eustace - May 8, 1922, father is a farmer.

Dan Eustace - May 8, 1922, father is a farmer.

In the Index for Biographical Notices 1935-1986, the death on May 16, 1986, of Daniel Eustace from Furroor, Kilmaley is noted.  In May of 2006, Michael Eustace died.  He was the jeweler in Kilrush and descended from the Kilmaley family.  His parents were Michael and Mary Eustace from Kilmaley.

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