THE CHILDREN OF
JAMES HARRIGAN AND ANNE KENNEDY
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James
Harrigan of Tipperary married Anne Kennedy 16 February 1833 in Tipperary,
County Tipperary, Ireland. Anne Kennedy, the daughter of James Kennedy
and Judith Anne Duane, was christened 17 October 1808 in Tipperary
town.

Griffiths Valuation, Bohercrow townland, Tipperary town, 1850
James
Harrigan can be found on Bohercrow Street in Bohercrow townland,
Tipperary
town, in 1850 in Griffith's Valuation. He had a house and yard, but no
acreage, so was not a farmer. His home had less than an acre of land.
He was a town dweller, and must have had
an occupation, although none is known. The Kennedys who were Anne's
relatives in Tipperary lived on similar sized properties, and were
grocers, bakers, butter merchants, and shoemakers. James may have been
of the merchant class, which explains his daughter Mary's assertion
that she was of higher class than her husband, who was descended from
tenant farmers and cottiers. James Harrigan's next-door neighbor was
Timothy Kennedy,
perhaps a brother of Anne's.
Tipperary
is a market town and a parish in the county of Tipperary. It is a place
of great antiquity, and is supposed to have derived its name,
Tipra-Rae,
from the Irish for "the well of the plains". In 1831 the town had 1,042
houses. It was a market town. Michael Hourigan, who appears as a
sponsor of James' first son,
is found in Griffith's Valuation in the townland of Carrownreddy in
Tipperary town. Michael may be James' brother.

From www.irelandgenweb.com
The Harrigans, often called "Hourigan" in Ireland are mainly
from
Shronell and Lattin in County Tipperary. The cemetery in Shronell
Cross has many Hourigans buried there.
James
and Anne had the following children:
1.
Patrick
was christened 13 January 1834 in Tipperary parish. One of the sponsors
at his christening was Michael Harrigan, who may be a brother of James.
The sponsors were Michael Harrigan and Catherine Heffernan.
Patrick fought in the
Civil
War with Confederate forces, in Company B of the Virginia Infantry, and
was never heard from by the family. In a letter, his niece Anne Carey,
daughter of Mary Harrigan records: "Pat
fought in Civil War with the Confederate army. No word was ever
received from him. Mother often thought perhaps he was the father of
Dr. Harrigan who looked much, very much like the Kennedy men. (Ed and I
were the redheads in our family).: Parrick enlisted in Covington
on May 14,
1861. The muster roll for Patrick (dated Feb 28 to June 30, 1862) shows that he was "absent sick
since July 1861" He returned to action, and Patrick was wounded in
action, and
died in Richmond, Virginia on 23 March 1862.
The muster roll for Patrick (dated June 30 to December 31, 1862)
states: "Wounded in action on 23
(March 1862), and left on the field." Patrick is buried in
Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. The Oakwood Restoration
Committe says that "I did find a
Patrick Harrigan, Company B, 1st Virginia Battalion, born 1-13-1834,
died 3-16-1862, at Hollywood Cemetery in Section SS B, Lot 308. Since
he was a Virginian, I was able to go to the Virginia Regimental Series
for the 1st Virginia Battalion by Robert J. Driver and Kevin C.
Ruffner. This is the information they show on him: "Harrigan, Patrick,
Pvt, Co. B, Enlisted Covington 5/14/61. Absent sick in Richmond
Hospital 7/19/61 until he died 3/62."
The 1st Virginia Battalion was known as the Irish Battalion. It was
organized in May of 1861, the month that Patrick enlisted. Patrick
became ill and was absent by July 19, 1861, as the battalion drove
towards the First Battle of Bull Run, which took place two days later,
on July 21. He must have recovered and returned to action, as a
subsequent
muster roll shows him being wounded in action. Patrick was wounded in
action on March 23, 1862, which was the day of the First Battle of
Kernstown in Virginia, under Stonewall Jackson. Jackson received
incorrect intelligence that a small Union force was vulnerable, but it
was in fact a full division, more than twice the size of Jackson's
force. This was the only defeat of Jackson's career. In the battle, 80
soldiers were killed, and 375 were wounded on the Confederate side,
including Patrick Harrigan, who was wounded in action and left on the
field. The muster roll shows that he died at Richmond March 1862. He was buried in Hollywood
Cemetery in Richmond, and his family never knew what happened to him.
In 2010, Michelle Boyd, a descendent of Mary Harrigan Carey, visited
the cemetery, but the grave is unmarked.

Muster roll for Patrick Harrigan
2.
John
was christened 17 March 1836 in Tipperary parish.
3.
Johanna
was christened 25 November 1838 in Tipperary parish. The sponsors were
Edmund Kennedy and Mary Burke. Johanna, or Anne, married
William
Lynch in about 1860, and settled in Clinton, Iowa. They had the
following
children: Francis (1861), William (1864), Annie (1866, who married Mike
McBride, and lived in Terre Haute), John (1868), Philip (July 1869),
Mary
(1872, called Josie, who became Mrs. Moore, and lived in Texas), Joseph
(1874), and Francis (1876).
4.
James
was christened 16 May 1841 in Tipperary parish. The sponsors were
Michael Kennedy and Judith Sheehy. He married Mary
Shanahan
in about 1868 in Brooklyn, New York, and had the following children:
Mary
Ann (1869), John (1870, who died in Chicago), Margaret (1873, Mrs.
Gredin
of New York City), Anne (1876), and Ella (1879). James worked in an
iron
foundry.
5.
Mary
was
born 28 December 1846, and christened 29 December 1846 in Tipperary
parish.
She married John Joseph Carey 13 July 1866 in St. Mary's Church in
Chicago.
They had fourteen children. She died 23 November 1923 in Chicago, and
was
buried 26 November 1923 in Calvary Cemetery.
6.
Michael
was christened 4 April 1850 in Tipperary parish.
7.
Edmund
was christened 6 February 1852 in Tipperary parish.
James is still found on Bohercrow Street in the valuation of
1858-1860.
The record shows James Harrigan on Lot 70, leasing a house and yard
from
William King. The house is valued at twelve shillings.

Valuation List, Bohercrow, Tipperary parish, 1858-1860
In 1865, James is on the same lot, which has been renumbered to Lot
74, and the house and yard are valued at ten shillings.

Valuation List, Bohercrow townland, Tipperary parish, 1865
In 1868-70, James is still on Lot 74, leasing a house and yard
valued
at ten shillings from William King.

Valuation List, Bohercrow townland, Tipperary parish, 1868-1870
In September 1872 James' landlord changes from William King to
Edward
O'Leary.

Valuation List, Bohercrow townland, Tipperary parish, 1872
In 1885-87, the property changes from James to his wife Anne, then
to
John Hayes, then John Lynch. This most likely means that James died in
about 1885, then Anne died soon after, within the two years. In the
1890s
the property is leased by John Lynch.

Valuation List, Bohercrow townland, Tipperary parish, 1885-1887
SOURCES: Tipperary parish registers by corresp.; Griffiths
Valuation;
Valuation Lists, FLH #855433-4; letter
from Joe Wright, Oakwood
Restoration Committee; muster roll for Patrick Harrigan, Company B, 1
Battalion, Virginia Infantry.
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Harrigans
of County Tipperary
No
christening records have been found for James Harrigan. There are very
few other Harrigan/Hourigans in the town of Tipperary. One possibility
is Richard Harrigan, who is found in Tipperary in the Tithe Applotment
of 1828 in Barronstown Laffan, in Tipperary town. Michael
Hourigan/Harrigan is found in the townland of Carrownreddy in
Griffith's Valuation, and is also a sponsor of James Harrigan's oldest
son, Patrick. He has a house and yard, and lives next to Morgan
Kennedy. Another Hourigan found in Griffith's Valuation in Carrownreddy
in Tipperary town is John Hourigan. He has a house with no yard. He may
be another brother. One other Hourigan is found in Tipperary in
Griffith's Valuation - Honoria Hourigan on Gaol Lane in Tipperary town.
She has a house with no yard.
There are several Hourigans found in the
nearby parish of Shronell. James may be the son of Richard, or he may
be descended from one of the Shronell Hourigans, and have moved to town
for work.
The research below shows the locations of Harrigans in the South
Tipperary area:
On the www.irelandgenweb.com website index to surnames, the name Harrigan or its variants shows up in the following parishes:
Tipperary Town
Tithe Applotment – In the Tithe Applotment for Tipperary town, taken in 1828, only one Harrigan is listed:
Barronstown Laffan
Richard Harigan 2-0-0 0-4-2&half
Griffiths Valuation – In the Griffiths Valuation for Tipperary town, taken in 1851, these Harrigans are shown:
Tipperary
Shronell
In the Tithe Applotment for Shronell parish
(near Bohercrow), taken in 1834, the following Harrigans are shown:
In the
Griffiths Valuation for Shronell parish, taken in 1851, the following
Harrigans
are shown:
The
following Harrigans are found in the Shronell gravestone inscriptions:
Christening Records
No
christening record has been found for James Harrigan in Tipperary. The
Bru Boru
Heritage Center website shows christening records for only two James
Harrigans
in Tipperary:
Only two other Harrigans are shown in the database: John in 1786 and John in 1808.
SOURCES: Griffiths Valuation;
Tithe Applotment; Shronell Graveston Inscriptions;
www.irelandgenweb.com; christening records on
http://tipperarysouth.brsgenealogy.com.
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family,
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