KEANE/KENNEDY/ROCHE- CO. CLARE IRL
My direct ancestor Stephen Keane was born c1820 in Drumcliffe, Co. Clare. He married Elizabeth Kennedy in Feb 1841 in Ennis before emigrating to Australia the same year. Stephen's parents were Michael Keane and Bridget Hawkins.
Another family from Co. Clare is the Roche family- James Roche (bc 1851). His parents were Michael Roche and Anne McNamara. James emigrated to Australia in 1865 on the "Star of Brunswick".