Miss Sheedy of Killoscully
		by Jenny Fawcett

In 1849 the Ballina Chronicle recorded the suicide of a 'Miss Sheedy' who
lived at Killoscully in County Tipperary.
	
	"BALLINA CHRONICLE"	 Mayo, Ireland
	Wednesday, November 7, 1849

	MELANCHOLY SUICIDE- A very sad occurrence happened at Newport, 
	county of Tipperary,on Friday,the 26th instant. A young woman, 
	named Sheedy, committed suicide, by poison, at Killonscully, 
	within four miles of Newport, under the following circumstances:- 
	it appears that she had been seduced by a young gentleman, Mr. B_____, 
	and was enciente by him. On Friday evening she went into
	a grove adjacent to her father's house, and after remaining there for 
	about the space of an hour, she called a little boy to her and desired 
	him to tell her father that she was dying. The boy immediately delivered 
	the message; the father hastened to the spot, but the daughter had expired 
	before his arrival. No inquest was held on the body, but the doctor gave 
	it as his opinion that he died from the effects of the poison."

The identity of Miss Sheedy has not yet been ascertained. It is with thanks to
Cathy Joynt Labath of "Ireland Old News" that this article was made available:
http://www.IrelandOldNews.com/

Miss Sheedy may be a sister (or relative) of four Sheedy brothers (two of whom migrated 
to Australia and two to America): James Sheedy of Ohio,Michael Sheedy of Quebec,
Martin Sheedy and John Sheedy  (both of Victoria.)

The other known Sheedy families in the region at this particular time are the family
of John & Mary Sheedy of Newport .

A Widow Sheedy had been evicted at Killoscully in 1834


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Notes
* = sighted original record.