o halloran

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Wonderful photo - lot of information in the journal article:
The sisters were named Annie, Sarah and Honoria and – as their brother Frank tells it – they were to the fore of the defence of the family home.

Frank tells how the sisters threw cans of scalding water to ward off bailiffs who tried to attack the corner of the house with picks and axes. Frank and his brother also fought off the would-be evictors. His sister Honoria emerges as a particularly courageous figure.

She managed to grab the “sword-bayonet” of one of the policemen who was trying to come through a window. Frank helped her to fight off that policeman, and says:

My sister was then in full possession of a rifle, bayonet and all, and sure she did use it. She rushed to the window and scattered the police outside right and left, and cleared the ladder outside, which was crowded.

Read what happened next to the family on ClareLibrary.ie. Thanks to the National Library of Ireland for sharing this brilliant photograph. Makes you wonder which one was Honoria, doesn’t it?
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see http://www.askaboutireland.ie/learning-zone/primary-students/looking-at-places/clare/aspects-of-clare/the-bodyke-evictions/the-evictions/ - the photo is there again, this time reversed. The house became known as O'Halloran's fort

Some research you can do:

Check the civil registration indexes on Familysearch.org for any likely marriages in that part of Clare.

Look at the 1901 census in case some of the sisters did not marry.

The Clare Library article mentions that one of them came back from America. There is a good chance that some of them possibly went to America afterwards. Try passenger lists on Familysearch, Ellis Island, Ancestry, etc.

Clare Library is a fantastic resource for Clare genealogy, check their online records.

Local newspapers might also have information from later in their lives, especially obituaries, etc.

Hi there, these people are my ancestors. Great Grand Aunts. What is it you would like to know about them? Feel free to private message me for more info.

The girls did time in Limerick prison following this incident. I have the prison records somewhere. There is a book available on Google books with a lot more info about Fort O'Halloran. I'll try to find the link to it.

After the eviction, they were tried and sentenced on the 18th June, 1887.
Their mother was freed.
Ann Halloran daughter (1 month hard labour in limerick gaol)
Sarah Halloran daughter (Freed)
Honoria Halloran daughter (1 month hard labour in limerick gaol)
Pat Halloran (3 months hard labour)
Frank Halloran (3 months hard labour)


One of the sons stayed the rest of his life in the house with his mother. The girls went to America.

Frank O’Halloran was my maternal grandfather. I knew Honoria (Nora). She and her sisters are buried in NY. I can give you more info. I last visited the “Fort” in 2004 with Fr. Tom OH. I live in USA. - Jim Kennedy