At this point I haven't gone too heavily into the history of the O'Neill family of County Carlow. This is a sept of the Ulster O'Neills, one of the three most important families in Ireland.
It seems that my O'Neills originally came from Hacketstown, County Carlow. The entry in the Singleton Pioneers Register states that they came from Coolmanagh, which is 4-5km west of Hacketstown.
My earliest traceable O'Neill ancestor to date is Patrick O'Neill who was born c1795 in County Carlow.
Patrick's death certificate states that his parents names were Patrick O'NEILL, and Mary NOLAN.
As a young man, Patrick seems to have met his bride in in Ballybrack, County Wicklow. This place does not seem to be a township any more, (according to google and google maps), but can clearly be seen in a map of the area from 1820. A recent googlemap of County Wicklow shows Ballybrack as a locality. It looks to be only a couple of miles away, across the county border. If you can spot Hacketstown and Rathvilly in the top right hand corner, you can see Ballybrack close by.
Patrick married Esther O'BRIEN on July 5th, 1820 in the Roman Catholic Church at Ballybrack.
Their first child James was born in the town of Coolmanagh, according to his death certificate.
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Hello, I see your O'Neill's came from Hacketstown,County Carlow as did mine. Not sure if you are still looking into this family but mine were living on the Coolatin Estate-James O'Neill and Anne Murphy. They emigrated to Canada in the 1850's. I believe James' fathers name was James Neale and his mother was Mary Keating. If any of this fits your family tree pls. contact me
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