Thomas (1801?-1892) and Ellen Cahir (nee Liddy) were married in 1838 in the townland of Martyr, near Kilfenora. They came to Geelong from Corofin in County Clare on the Cambodia in 1852 with their three children Bartholomew, Margaret and Mary (Thomas born here) - listed below. Both buried at Buninyong.
There is a town named Cahir in Tipperary. Cahirs still live at Ennis in County Clare.
(Did the Cahirs know the Mulqueeny's in Ireland? Both had relatives in Ennis, County Clare, and both dis-embarked in Geelong in 1852).

Bartholomew ---(Bat) Cahir (1838-1924) Born in County Clare. Bat bought a farm at Lal lal, 40 kms south of Ballarat. Married Bridget Delaney (1848-74). No children. Bridget died while giving birth to a still born child. After Bridget's death, Bat married Mary Mulquiny 1846-1928). Both buried at Clarendon, near Buninyong. Bartholomew and Mary had eight children:

Clara Ellen 'Nellie' Cahir (4/3/1920/21)
married James Laurence OMeara (?-16/3/1936)
Married on 9/6/03 at Lal lal by Fr. Murphy. Moved to Galong (north of Yass) NSW. There is a photo of her wedding, with Tom Cahir and Annie Cahir. After Nellie's death, James married Evie Osler, daughter of Edward Osler and Ann Mulquiny. Children:.

John OMeara (died 4 1/2 yrs old)
Eugene OMeara (died young)
James (Jim) OMeara (7/2/1909-7/1/1991)
married 1946 Catherine Mary (Kit) Carden) (Mudgee, north of Blue Mountains, NSW) (no children)

Thomas Francis (Tom) Cahir. (1878-1911) Went to the Boer war, 1901-1902, a Private in the Fifth Mounted Rifles Contingent. Buried Clarendon.
Maria (Annie) Cahir married Brian Dillon. (Tyremaker,- Ballarat) Brother of Pat Dillon, who married Louise Osler, daughter of Edward Osler & Anne Mulquiny. When Annie died, Brian married Alice Kift. Children:

Eileen Dillon (dec.) Worked in Myers, Melb. (single), Roger Dillon (dec.), Vincent Dillon (dec.)
Bryan Dillon (Brighton) (barman at Orrong Hotel) (married, no children?), Jack/John Dillon (Sth Melb)(no chn)
Carmel Dillon (Beaumaris) (m. M. Kerley)

Theresa Jane Cahir
John Patrick Cahir (1884-1913) Witness to Isabella's marriage. (Boer war?) Went to NZ?
Isabella Mary Cahir (1885-6/5/1962). Born Lal lal.----
married Michael Green (1870-1953) in 1912. (see tree for details) Children:

Helena Frances, William Vincent

Helena Margaret Cahir (1892-1919) (painter) (died of TB) Buried at Clarendon. Witness to Isabella's marriage.
Bartholomew (Barth) Cahir (1890-1929)
Married Mary Veronica (Vera) Barry (1899-1975). Ran the Cahir's farm at Lal lal. Worked at an orchard near Swan Hill. Buried new Ballarat cemetery. Children:

Bartholomew (died in infancy)
Jack (John) Cahir (1916-) married Edna Daisy Benton (dec) (Riverdale, 5 kms south of Echuca)
Thomas Edward Cahir (dec) married Honora (Honnie) Barnes. (Yarra Weir, then Cobram)
Jim Cahir (dec) married ? (Ballarat)
Bartholomew Cahir married Dawn ?
Theresa Cahir married Michael Murray (WA)--------
Eileen Cahir married Robert (Bob) Scott (no children) (Geelong)
Maureen Cahir married Jim Ingham (NSW)

Margaret (1844---1878) Born in County Clare.
Married Anthony Hayes in Australia. Died of epilepsy. Buried Buninyong. Children:

Ellen, Mary Ann, Thomas, Patrick, Jane & Austin (descendants not recorded here)

Mary (1852-1897)- Born at sea. Married Austin Flanagan.

11 children (spouses of the Flanagan girls include ODonnell, Tregonning, Imbrey, Burke and Walsh - mainly from Victoria) (descendants not recorded here)

Thomas (1855-1912) Born in Australia. Married Mary Jane Gleeson in 1886 in Ballarat. Children:

Eileen
Francis
Vincent
Gerard

Children: Francis Shamus (Jim) Cahir (Essendon),
Patrick Thomas, who married Eileen Hookins (Preston), and Vincent Brendan Cahir (dec)

(not all descendants recorded here)