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I am doing some research on my family. Daniel Dennehy is my greatgrandfather on my mother’s side. My mother’s mother was Daniel and Catherine’s daughter, Alice Rose Dennehy who married John Thomas Kotlowski. Through my research I have only just learnt that my greatgrandfather was the first goldminer in Charleston, NZ back in 1866. Any information you may have on him or his parents which I still have to research would be appreciated. Thank you.

Dan Dennehy is my great great grandfather.Hes from Meenskehy,Ireland.I have some information about him and his descendents also a photo of him his wife and all his children

Dan went to the Australian goldfields. He married Catherine McKenna and then moved to New Zealand, Charleston on the West Coast of the South Island. They had 11 children. Dan had a brother Dennis who went to Glen Falls Up State New York along with other relatives. Thats all I know about USA relations. Dan’s parents are burried in Millstreet Drishane I think. They were Francis Dennehy and Julia Murphy. Our name was spelt Danahy but was changed in New Zealand. I have a photo but am having trouble uploading it to this website so I will email it to someone who has requested I load this information up and hopefully he will have success uploading it.

Thank you Paul for that info. I too have a photo of Dan and Catherine with ten children, the youngest in that photo being Nellie, whose son, Dan Byrne lives in Nelson, New Zealand. The info I got off the internet was that my great-grandmother, Catherine sailed with her parents on the “Golden Empire” from Liverpool to Victoria, Australia in about 1864 and she married Dan in Australia in about 1866 when they then went to NZ and settled in Charleston. Keep in touch.