About McShea.net

This Web site is a family site to bring together three generations of an extended branch of the Irish-American McShea family. It includes the decendents of Henry James "Harry" McShea Sr (born 1.23.1909) and Elizabeth Gertrude "Betty" McShea (born 10.13.1911). The Web site was launched in 2002.

We use the site to:

• Post information about family events
• Share pictures
• Provide links to small businesses run by members of the family

Our Irish Heritage

From time to time we get contacted by people who share our name and wonder if they are related to our family. We welcome the inquiries and are happy to explore if there is a connection. Here is a summary of our links back to Ireland which might help your quest. It was written by Mike McShea, the eldest living child of Harry and Betty McShea.

"We McSheas are desceded from Mick McShea who emigrarted from Dungloe in County Donegal in about 1872 with his wife and six chidren. Their last child, my paternal Grandfather, was born in the next couple of months. This gave them a total of seven chidren. They worked in the coal mines of Pennsylvania in the USA.

"My grandfather and his wife also had seven children, including my father Henry McShea, who was the youngest. The other six (by age) were John, Roger, Catherine, Florence, Edmund and Joseph. Joseph McShea became a Roman Catholic Bishop in Philadelphia, Pennslyvania before creating a new Diocese in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

"My father also had seven children. I am the oldest surviving child and will be 70 years of age in July."

Last Updated: April 21, 2007