Moynahan Scrapbook

I have collected A LOT of "Moynahan" stories over the years and the stories where I have not yet established a DNA or paper trail linking them to MY Moynahan roots, I file here in my "Moynahan Scrapbook". 

Through the years of researching Moynahans from Kerry, Ireland, I have come across so many different surname spellings:

Moynahan, Moynihan, Moynehan, Moynaghan, Monahan, Monaghan, Monahan, Monaham, Monihan, Monehan, Moinahan, Moinahen, Minihane, Minahan, Minihan, Minehan, Monyhan, Moneyhan, Mynahan, Mynihane, (and many other spelling variants) 

An Irish surname of great antiquity, "Moynahan" originates from the Irish language Ó Muimhneacháin, which literally translates as "male descendant of the Munsterman". The surname is most popular in Counties Cork and Kerry, in Ireland which form part of the province of Munster.

Source: Library of Congress:   The Blot Book (1915) https://loc.gov/item/15024913/

While viewing my "Moynahan Scrapbook" (filed by State/Province then surname), if you come across a relation, I would love to hear from you. Please leave a comment in the comment section below.

• COLORADO, MOYNIHAN, Malachi D. : Malachi's story takes place in Canon City, Fremont, Colorado and involves a mule, a murder and a mean-spirited railway section boss named Fitzpatrick. https://moynahangenealogy.blogspot.com/2020/07/malachi-d-moynihan-escaped-noose-twice.html
  

  

  Malachi D. Moynihan - Escaped The Noose Twice!

• COLORADO: MOYNAHAN, T.J. This photo was taken in Colorado (probably at Garden of the Gods early 1900's) Barbara’s great-aunt Ollie & her father-in-law T. J. Moynahan The girls were T.J.’s nieces Kay O'Brien and Annie & Marguerite Moynahan 

• ILLINOIS: MOYNAHAN,  John J Artist John J. Moynahan was born (1876–1939) in Chicago, Illinois and died in Brookline, Massachusetts. He married one of the notorious Mary Louise Cecilia "Texas" Guinan Read more https://moynahangenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/08/texas-guinan-give-little-girl-great-big.html

• KENTUCKY: MOYNAHAN, Eugene: "Mr. Moynahan was born of poor parentage and he found it was necessary to fight his own way thro' life ...."  and in 1921 - Eugene Moynahan Deserves Your Vote

• MASSACHUSETTS: MOYNAHAN, Cecelia and Jeremiah: The Moynahan Postcards: Family historians regularly use the popular internet auction website eBay as a source for genealogical records and books and many years ago I set up an eBay alert for "Moynahan -Bridget". I was delighted when I was alerted that this group of "Cecelia Moynahan" postcards ( 309 Broadway, Cambridge Massachusetts) were for sale!

• MASSACHUSETTS: MONAHAN, Edward:  Dr. Edward J Monahan who extracted a crucifix from a woman's throat in Boston Massachusetts in 1923! Read more: Dr. Edward J Monahan

 

• MICHIGAN: MOYNAHAN, Jeremiah I know that Jeremiah is related even though many pieces of the puzzle are still missing. He is buried in the same cemetery plot as my 2nd great grandfather and Jeremiah Moynahan was a veteran Detroit Expressman (1849-1905)

• MICHIGAN: MOYNAHAN, Patrick: I was curious about Special Officer Timothy Moynahan who was robbed in Detroit in 1911 while delivering the payroll to Detroit city garbage workers.

• MISSOURI: MOYNAHAN, Jeremiah  Jeremiah Moynahan - The "Millionaire Ragman" I accidentally stumbled across a DIFFERENT Jeremiah Moynahan who lived in St. Louis, Missouri and had a VERY interesting story! The story of Jeremiah Moynihan goes something like this: Jeremiah died in St Louis, Missouri (1910) and was destined for a pauper's grave until a key was found that led to a safety security vault. Who would the courts believ? Rathmore, Kerry cousins or a Canadian son? 

• NEW YORK: MOYNAHAN, James J. James J. Moynahan was a civil engineer (class of 1905 at Harvard University) born in 1881 Edenburn Co. Kerry, Ireland and he died in 1916  (Source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · 30 Jan 1916, Sun · Page 5)

• NEBRASKA: MOYNAHAN, John: was a Colonel, an actor, a manager and discoverer of theatrical celebrities like famous boxer John L. Sullivan. He  "spent a fortune being a good fellow and died poor and friendless" ... but he is NOT forgotten and is fondly remembered here: https://moynahangenealogy.blogspot.com/2020/11/great-sport-john-moynahan-1849-1904.html 

• NEW YORK: MOYNAHAN, Col. Timothy J. I learned that Col. Timothy J. Moynahan  (1870-1935) was born in Ireland (died in NY) and  was a World War 1 war hero and a prominent figure in Irish-American affairs 

• NEW YORK: MOYNIHAN, Daniel C Capt. Daniel C Moynihan was born in Killarney, Co Kerry, Ireland and came to America at a young age. He was a Civil War soldier, a Fenian and a New York policeman. After the Civil War, Daniel returned to Ireland (1866) and was incarcerated along with many others in Mountjoy Prison in Dublin where he was photographed below. 

• NEW YORK: MOYNAHAN, Mortimer had a profound impact on the Fenian movement. He was a founder of the Phoenix National and Literary Society in Skibbereen. He was core to the expansion of Fenianism from Skibbereen and was arrested in 1858 and in 1865. Sadly, his life ended tragically and Mortimer Moynahan has been omitted from the history books and largely forgotten today.

• NEW YORK: MINAHAN, John owner of the Wendell Hotel at Sand Lake in 1914
  

• ONTARIO: MOYNAHAN, Maggie Ancestor Problems: When I found this story about waitress Miss Maggie Moynahan, I had to create a cartoon! 

• WISCONSIN: MINAHAN, Dr. William E. purchased a ticket in Cobh, Ireland to get his wife and sister back to America. Read "The Minahan Titanic Story"