Margaret Sweeny's relatives- Catharine Sweeney Fitzsimons

Catharine Sweeney

Catharine "Kitty" Sweeney married Andrew Fitzsimons in February, 1819, at the church in Dangan.

Ireland, Select Catholic Marriage Registers, Meath, Summerhill, 1812-1854, p. 9

Andrew leased 12 acres of land in Clonmahon - a townland about 2  1/2 miles south of Dangan. Clonmahon was just outside of the village of Summerhill. His landlord was the Honorable Hercules Rowley- the owner of Summerhill Demesne. Unlike the ruins at Dangan, Summerhill house was a magnificent structure- one of the finest country estates in all of Ireland.

Ireland, Griffiths Valuation 1847-1864, Meath, Laracor p 3

Clonmahon (top left), the Village of Summerhill, and the Summerhill Demesne- Ireland Ordnance Survey 1824-1846 p 44

A visit to Margaret's sister Catharine and the Fitzsimon's cousins would have likely meant an exciting visit to the village of Summerhill, which sat in the shadow of the great house and estate at Summerhill.

The children of Catharine Sweeney and Andrew Fitzsimons were:
1-Christian baptized December 1819- sponsors Ratican and Gallaher
2-Catharine baptized February 1824- sponsors Michael Dunn and Alicia ?
3-Mary baptized May 1826- sponsors Pat Keeman and Mary Blake
4-Edward baptized February 1828- sponsors John Duff and Margaret Kennan
5-Margaret baptized April 1833- sponsors Richard Allen and Margaret White
6-James baptized February 1837- sponsors White and Kiernan