Bartholomew O'Shaughnessey,

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, born 1789, alive 1843. O'Shaughnessy was a

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living in

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in the 1840s who was the apparent

to the O'Shaughnessey family. He married and had family, as did his younger brother, Andrew (born 1796). The succession of the senior line after this time is unknown.

References

* D'Alton, John
Illustrations, Historical and Genealogical, of King James's Irish Army List (1689)
Dublin: 1st edition (single volume), 1855. pp. 328–32. * ''History of Galway'',

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, 1820 * ''Tabular pedigrees of O'Shaughnessy of Gort'' (1543–1783), Martin J. Blake, Journal of the

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, vi (1909–10), p. 64; vii (1911–12), p. 53. *

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The Genealogies, Tribes, and Customs of Hy-Fiachrach
Dublin:

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. 1844. Pedigree of O'Shaughnessy: pp. 372–91. * ''Old Galway,'' Professor

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, 1942 * ''Galway: Town and Gown,'' edited Moran et al., 1984 * ''Galway: History and Society'', 1996 {{DEFAULTSORT:OShaughnessey, Bartholomew Nobility from County Galway 19th-century Irish people

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