Researching Patrick Cahill
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1378 people with the Cahill surname? In that year Cahill was ranked number 2264 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Patrick means "nobleman" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Patrick Cahill on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Patrick Cahill and the Cahill Genealogy
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Look at Parish Records for Patrick Cahill at Find My Past.
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| Did you know that there are currently 4544 people with the Cahill surname in the UK? Cahill is now ranked number 1287 for popularity in the UK. |
Cahill Family History Databases
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Cahill Forums
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Miscellaneous Cahill Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Patrick Cahill. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Patrick Cahill
Patrick J. Cahill (11 September 1884 – 12 November 1946) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician and newspaper editor.
He played with the Kerry team which defeated Dublin in the 1904 All-Ireland Final, and in the Kerry team which lost to Kildare in the 1905 Final.
He was leader of the Kerry 1st Brigade of the Irish Republican Army. His units operated in and around Tralee during the Irish War of Independence. Due mainly to his status in that organization, he was chosen to run unopposed as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) to the 2nd Dáil at the 1921 elections for the Kerry–Limerick West constituency. He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted against it. He was re-elected unopposed as an anti-Treaty Sinn Féin TD to the 3rd Dáil at the 1922 general election though he did not take his seat. He was elected as a Sinn Féin TD at the 1923 general election for the Kerry constituency. He did not stand in the June 1927 general election.
Source: Patrick Cahill, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cahill
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