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Newsletter

2024 Cassidy Clan Newsletter – Beannachtaí an tSéasúir / Seasons Greetings

Dear Cassidys and Friends,

It’s my pleasure to share with you the 2024 Cassidy Clan Newsletter. The newsletter includes research by Veronica Williams from Australia. Veronica is a member of the Cassidy Clan Executive Committee and our expert on DNA research. She has written a fascinating article on her Cassidy ancestors from County Fermanagh (where all Cassidys originated) and their lives in Australia.

The newsletter also contains further details on our July 2025 Clan Rally in Ireland, the Cassidy connection to Devenish Island in County Fermanagh, a bit of craic from Benny Cassidy and recent photos of Dublin with Christmas decorations.

Please share the newsletter with family and friends.

We hope you have a Merry Christmas, 2025 brings peace, joy, prosperity and good health to you and your family and that you join us in Ireland next July for our rally.  Thank you to everyone that has already informed us that they will be attending the rally. 

Beir bua/Best wishes,

Stephen Cassidy

Cassidy Clan Chieftain

Irish Culture

Dublin at Christmas

On behalf of the Executive Committee of the Cassidy Clan, I wish all Cassidys and your families a holiday season filled with joy and the comfort of family and friends, and peace, good health and prosperity in 2025.

Recently my wife Amy, daughter Maeve and I flew to Dublin, Ireland, to see our daughter Fiona who is a student at the University College Dublin. This was my 15th trip to Ireland! Here are some photos I took during the visit.

Stephen Cassidy, Cassidy Clan Chieftain

An Irish Christmas Blessing

Cassidy Genealogy

From County Fermanagh to Australia

“The Cassidy brothers, Thomas, Phillip and Edward were convicted and transported for life, for reputedly throwing a horse over the precipice at Cullaigh, Belmore Mountain, Fermanagh. They were sent to Australia on board the Hercules II in 1830.”

Hercules II 1830

As part of the clan’s goal of promoting kinship among all Cassidys and their descendants, we would like to create an internet library of family histories and stories, including emigrant tales. We also welcome your articles, observations, and humor from Cassidys and friends for inclusion in our newsletter and/or posting on our website.

We wish to highlight the work of Veronica Williams from Australia. Veronica is a member of the Cassidy Clan Executive Committee and our expert on DNA research. She has written a fascinating article on her Cassidy ancestors from County Fermanagh (where all Cassidys originated) and their lives in Australia.

Click here to read Veronica’s article