| 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
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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 Dromod (Old) Graveyard, Iveragh |
Shea and O'Shea transcriptions from Dromod (New) 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
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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
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Military and Police References
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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 |