Michael O'Neill (d. 1961) was born in Tourmakeady, County Mayo, and his wife, Mary Walsh (1905-2001) came from the same county. They both immigrated to the United States independently of each other in the 1920s. Mary made Chicago, Illinois, her home, and Michael settled in Cleveland, Ohio. Mary met Michael while on a visit to Chicago. In the late 1930s, they relocated to Cleveland, Ohio, for employment purposes, and made this city their long term home. The O'Neills raised their family in the Irish tradition, instilling in them a love of the Irish culture.
The Michael and Mary Walsh O'Neill Family Papers, 1901-2000, consist of certificates of birth, marriage and naturalization, an essay on the life of Mary O'Neill, memorial cards, photographs and two poems.
This collection is of value to researchers studying Irish American history in northeast Ohio. It will be of particular interest to genealogists seeking information about the O'Neill and Walsh families who originated in County Mayo. Those interested in the life of a first generation Irish woman will find the essay on the life of Mary to be insightful. Those interested in Irish poetry will find the poems authored by Mary to be of interest.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by document type, and then chronologically.
A video The Life of Mary Walsh O'Neill has been removed to the film collection.
Processed by Regina Costello in 2003
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[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4896 Michael and Mary Walsh O'Neill Family Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Peggy O'Neill, 2002
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.