MCKENNA FROM OGONNELLOE, CO CLARE
My gggrandfather was Thomas McKenna from Ballyloughnane, Co Clare and my ggrandparents were Michael McKenna and Annie St Laurence of Ballyloughnane, Ogonnelloe, Co Clare.My grandfather Edward and his brothers James and Michael emigrated to NZ in 1873 and settled in Patea, NZ.Children of Michael and Annie were Thomas b. 8 Dec 1848 (married Winifred Carroll), Michael b. 6 Nov 1853, Edward b. 5 Jul 1855 (married Brigid Reynolds), James b. 25 Mar 1857 (married Annie Quinn), Mary b. 13 Aug 1860 (married Matthew O'Brien), Ellen 25 Feb 1863, Denis 23 Feb 1865 (married Mary Ann Unknown -a daughter May was well known as Mother Mary Lelia McKenna, the Superior of the Sisters of Mercy Convent in Ennis), Ann b. 15 May 1867, Timothy b. 29 Dec 1869 (married a girl surnamed Sammon).Kevin McKenna