O'Shea Research Data


Below are files containing O'Shea/Shee related genealogical information. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open some of them. The information in these files has been put together for this for this site by O'Sheas who are actively doing genealogy. Thank you to those who have contributed information. It is hoped that it will help others in their research. If you have any comments or data you would like to add, please contact us using one of the email addresses on the home page.

Maps

Maps showing Freeholders in parts of Kerry circa 1600 (from Carew MSS)

Map of County Kerry showing Baronies (from Index of O'Kief, Coshe Mange)

Map of County Cork showing Baronies (from Index of O'Kief, Coshe Mange)

Map of County Waterford showing the Baronies
Land

PRONI - Some Shea Leases

Kerry Land Commission - Iveragh Shea tenants

Flax growers in 1796
Business and Trade

Shee merchants in the 16th Century, trading between Ireland and Bristol, UK.

Shees/Sheas who were sovereigns of Kilkenny
References from Religious Sources

Mentions of O'Shea (and other forms of the surname) in the Papal register in the Fifteenth Century

Shea & Shees who converted to the Anglican Church in period 1703-1839

Oaths of Allegiance and Catholic Qualification Rolls

List of student Priests and those who were ordained in Maynooth, 1795-1895
Deeds, Wills, Burials

Registry of Deeds: Shea (etc.) as grantors 1708-1799

Index of Wills (Part 1) - Dioceses of Ireland

Index of Wills (Part 2) - Carrigan Manuscripts

Index of Wills (Part 3) - Prerogative, Ireland

Index of Wills (Part 4) - Cork & Ross

Index of Wills (Part 5) - Cloyne

Index of Wills (Part 6) - Ardfert & Aghadoe

Misc. Wills (to be added to over time)

Abstracts of Kerry Wills 1858-1900

Abstracts of Cork Wills 1858-1900

Betham's Will Abstracts for Shea and Shee

Wills from the Prerogative Canterbury Courts

Burials of Sheas & Shees in St. Anne's, Shandon, Cork City

Shea and O'Shea transcriptions from old Dromod Graveyard, Iveragh
Marriage Licence Bonds

Marriage Licence Bonds - Sheas and Shees for Cork & Ross and Cloyne Dioceses in Co. Cork

Marriage Licence Bonds - Sheas and Shees for Cashel & Emly Diocese

Prerogative Marriage Licence Bonds - Sheas

Marriage Licence Bonds for Ossory Diocese

Marriage Licence Bonds - Waterford and Lismore

Marriage Licence Bonds - Dublin
Newspaper references

Newspaper References for Cork and Limerick
Fiants and Annals and Manuscripts

Fiants issued by the Tudor Monarchs 1521-1603 referring to Shee, Shethe Shea etc

References to O'Sheas, Shees etc. in R. J. Hayes Manuscript Sources

Extracts from Various Annals relating to the Corcu Duibhne, O'Sheas, Falveys, Ui Rathach
Census and Census Substitutes

Census for 1659 showing Shea, O'Shea and Shee Surnames for Selected Counties

Shea and O'Shea names on Griffith's Valuations for Kerry

Griffith's Valuations for Kerry, ordered by first name

Number of Sheas in Kerry Baronies - 1659 v 1852

USA Census for 1850 for Shea and variant Surnames

Shea and O'Shea from the 1901 Cork City Census

Shea and O'Shea on the 1911 Census - Kerry

OShea on the 1911 Census - Kerry

1835 Census for part of the Dingle Peninsula
Early 17th Misc. Records

Hearth Rolls for County Kilkenny 1662

References to people/land in 17th Century (O'Harte)
Trinity College, Kings Inns and English Law Inns

Shea, O'Shea and Shee entries in the Kings Inns Admission Papers 1607-1867

Shea, O'Shea and Shee entries in the English Law Inns

A List of Sheas and Shees who were at Trinity College, Dublin between 1595 and 1860
Macroom Poor Law District, Co. Cork - Births and deaths

Births - Macroom Poor Law District and Millstreet Poor Law District (both 1864-1874)

Deaths - Macroom Poor Law District and Millstreet Poor Law District, Co Cork: Deaths 1864-1921
Military and Police References

Sheas & Shees who served in European armies (Wild Geese)

Military references to the surname Shea (and variants)

Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) Index for "Shea" and "O'Shea"
Cork City Directories

Lists of Sheas (and O'Shea) from Cork City Directories
Some O'Shea Poets and Writers

Some Literary O'Shea men and women