HEAPHY GENEALOGY
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The Heaphy families have a long history in Ireland with records dating back to 1601. Its family members have had illustrious careers from British Army Officers, Police Officers, Land Stewards, Gardeners, Farmers, Artists, Gentlemen, Housekeepers, Publicans, Teachers, Marine Divers, Lithographers, Merchants, Ladies, Actors/Actresses, Theatre Managers, Factory Owners, and more.
This site is intended to assist in genealogy research, with a focus on the Heaphy family of CLARINA, Limerick, and to provide a legacy for families. Several family lines are under research and work is ongoing in an attempt to connect these branches.
You can search for any name using the search feature at the top of the website, along with viewing early court records, member features, Griffith valuation, wills, military & police records, and newspaper mentions at the top of this site. Below you will find links to each branch of study along with a marriage listing.
This website is a working research website and should you wish to add/adjust any family or family member, please do get in contact by using the following email - heaphygenealogy@gmail.com
Last Updated December 2025, by B. T. Heaphy - Member of Irish Genealogical Research Society
Origin: LIMERICK & KILORGLIN, Kerry (1689) Daniel Heaphy & Rachel Blennerhassett and John Heaphy
Associated Families: Ahern, Alley, Blennerhassett, Conway, Daly, Dawson, Doyle, Evans, Ferris, Fisher, Fluder, Holland, Horan, Hume-Franks, Keating, Mason, McNamara, O'Brien, O'Callaghan, O'Keeffe, O'Meara, Prestidge, Shoemaker, Sullivan, Sparrow, Studdert, Wall, Warren, Williams, White
Origin: CLARINA, Limerick (1776) John Heaphy & Frances (Unknown)
Associated Families: Barry, Boyd, Brew, Capece, Clohessey, Conway, Cosford, Cox, Cummings, Donoghue, Drew, Freeman, Foley, Golds, Hartnett, Harvey, Healy, Hurley, Jones, Langley, Lecacheux, Lindberg, Loughlane, Lynch, Meadows, McMahon, Middleton, Morris, Mullins, Parkinson, Piper, Pierce, Potter, Purdon, Scroggs, Sharman, Torr, Vokes, Watson, Wallace, Waterland, Webster, Young
Origin: LIMERICK CITY, Limerick (1730) Thomas Heaphy & Elicia Holliday
Associated Families: Barrington, Bourke, Carroll, Clune, Connors, Cooney, Connell, Conway, Cusack, Darcy, Doyle, Eyres, Finn, Gibbs, Hartigan, Healy, Holliday, Kenny, Kennedy, Leonard, Lynch, O'Brien, O'Kelly, O'Shea, O'Sullivan, Taylor, Thomson, Welsh, Woodruff.
Marriages in date order and coloured to connect the three branches under study.
Peerage Registers
SELECTION OF ASSOCIATED FAMILY LINES
OTHER HEAPHY BRANCHES UNDER RESEARCH
Further information is available on the following branches if required.
Origin: DUBLIN & KILDARE (1716) Baptisms, Marriages, Burials records (1716 - 1883). Associated families: Bailie, Brady, Cabana, Carter, Clarke, Dark, Dunn, Dwyer, Edwards, Ernest, Fitzgerald, Geoghegan, McCormick, McNulty, Mowlin, O'Donohue, Potter, Roche, Rock, Scanes, Southie, Sullivan.
Origin: KILMALLOCK, NEWPARK & KNOCKLONG, Limerick (1780) Associated families: Carroll, Collopy, Corbett, Connors. Cushan, Daly/Darby, Danaher, Dea, Donovan, Donoghue, Downes, Harrington, Hennessey, Hogan, Kelly, Kiely, Lyons, Magner, Maguire, Neill, O'Brien, O'Connor, O'Donnell, O'Rourke, Quinlan, Riordan, Ryan, Sheehy, Tobin.
Origin: ADARE, Limerick (1781) Associated families: Gleeson, Moloney, Naughton, Reidy.
Origin: KILRUSH, ENNIS, PARTEEN, Clare (1800) Associated families: Aherne, Cartney, Cusack, Fitzgerald, Galvin, Glynn, Griffey, Hogan, Hutch, Lynch, Mahoney, Mason, McDonnell, McMahon, McNamara, Morrissey, Normoyle, O'Brien, Rea, Sexton, Williams.