When Mary Bridget McCarthy was born in 1804, in Brigown, County Cork, Ireland, her father, Denis McCarthy, was 29 and her mother, Johanna Dillon, was 22. She had at least 2 sons and 3 daughters with Michael Torpey. She immigrated to Quebec, Canada in 1825. She died in 1843, in Ontario, Canada, at the age of 39, and was buried in Saint Joseph's Cemetery, Douro, Douro-Dummer Township, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
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The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Donal, Liam, Cormac, Niall, Aileen, Brigid, Conor, Declan, Dermod, Dermot, Finbar.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cárthaigh ‘son of Cárthach’, a personal name meaning ‘loving’. This was the name of a ruling family in Munster. In Ireland major branches were distinguished by the following epithets: mór ‘great’ in Kerry, riabhach ‘brindled’ in Carbery, west Cork.
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