Anna Mór Ní Chonghaile, aka Big Anna Conneelly, Irish

Ireland

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 criminal and murderer, fl. c. 1820s/1830s.

Biography

Ní Chonghaile lived with her sister and brothers at Teach Leath Bhealaigh near Derrycunlagh, County Galway

County Galway

County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...

. The family are "said to have committed many murders at some period before the Famine". Their names are given as Kathsha (her sister) and her brothers Columb and Breen Dharag ("Red Brian"). The family were criminal associates of Liam Dearg Ó Mainnín, robbing and/or murdering passers-by with him. They were said to have disposed of the corpses in the lake or about their house. Ó Mainnín was murdered by a fellow-thief, Sean na gCannai Ó Labhraí

Sean na gCannai Ó Labhraí

Sean na gCannai Ó Labhraí, aka Sean O'Lowry, Irish criminal, fl. 1820's/1830's.-Biography:Ó Labhraí was a native of Connemara, and a professional criminal. He was an associate of Liam Dearg Ó Mainnín of Loch an Ghadai in Derrycunlagh, Connemara. He eventually murdered Ó Mainnín and hid his body for...

, and at some point afterwards Ní Chonghaile and her siblings were arrested and charged. The siblings' ultimate fate is unknown.

Source

• Listening to the Wind (2008) by Tim Robinson, pp. 42–46; ISBN 9781844880652