I HAVE DEDICATED THIS SITE TO MY PARENTS TERESINA AND BARNABAS F. HOOLIHAN`

Hoolihan is an Irish name deriving from the Gaelic O h-Uallachain, uallach,  meaning proud.  The family name appears to derive principally from the  Southwestern and Western parts of Ireland and is closely related to the names  HOULIHAN and HOLOHAN.    
  Hoolihan, and the variants, are almost certainly an Anglicised version of the  name.  The spelling of the names Hoolihan, Houlihan, Holohan etc. were  probably 
 recorded by clerks acting for landlords who attempted to write the names of  the 
 tenants phonetically.  `Ahan` is Gaelic.
  The Primary Valuation property survey of 1848-64 records indicate that the  Hoolihans came principally from Counties Cork, Kerry and Limerick while  analysis of similar records for Hoolihan variants show that the O h-Uallachain  also had strong representation in County Clare and County Tipperary.   Information on Hoolihan from `Origins of Hoolihan Name`.

`My father was born  in New York City in the year 1920, to a Irish  Catholic 
 family ,his genealogy names are Matson of Boston, Hoolihan of Ireland, and  Boston, Kelly of Ireland,and NYC, and  Farley of  Ireland, England, and NYC.    A little history on 1920, Woodrow Wilson was President and Thomas R.  Marshall Vice-President in 
 1920, bread cost 11 cents, milk 58 cents a gallon and car gas was 30 cents a  gallon, also in 1920 Sinclair Lewis wrote his book `Main Street`.     My father also lived in Phildelphia,PA and the Washington DC area for a  short 
 time growing up, the family then moved back to Jersey City, NJ during the  `Depression` where times were very hard, my father joined the CCC  (Civilian Conservation Corps) when he was a teenager ,then joined the Army  durning World War II,he was part of the 36th Infantry ,while in Africa he was  part of `Operation Tourch`,to stop the Germans , he also served in  France,  and Italy during the war years.
    On his return to the United States after the war he resided with his family  on 19 St.Pauls Ave., in Jersey City, NJ.
         My mothers genealogy names are Foresta from Clabria and Crotone,Italy   and Nerone & Berino from Abruzzi, L`Aqulia, Italy, Aracri from Crotone, Italy.     My mother was born Jan. 16, 1928 , she lived in East Rutherford, NJ all  her life,she has 10 sisters and one brother, her mother Amelia Nerone  Berino/Foresta came from Abruzzi, Italy, her father Domenico Foresta came from  Crotone, Italy my mother is the first generation in America.      Calvin Coolidge was President and Charles G. Dawes was Vice-Prestident in  1928, in this year Irving Berlin wrote this song `How About Me` and Oscar  Hammerstein wrote `One Kiss`, a little history on 1928.

{MY GRANDFATHER WILLIAM J. HOOLIHAN WAS MARRIED BEFORE HE MARRIED MY  GRANDMOTHER ELIZABETH FARLEY-HOOLIHAN, I WAS TOLD HE HAD 
 CHILDREN IN HIS FIRST MARRIAGE, HE MAY HAVE USED THE NAME COLLINS OR HOOLIHAN  WE ARE NOT SURE, ANY INFORMATION ON MY FATHERS STEP-BROTHERS OR STEP- SISTERS WOULD BE WONDERFUL, ALSO MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER HARREIT MATSON  HOOLIHAN REMARRIED AFTER MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER DIED TO A MR. COLLINS  OF BOSTON,ANY CHILDREN FROM THIS MARRIAGE WOULD BE MY AUNTS,  UNCLES,COUSINS THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO NEEDED.
     MY FAMILY LOCATIONS ARE THE SOUTH END OF BOSTON ,HELLS KITCHEN NEW YORK  CITY, NEW JERSEY, PHILADELPHIA ,WASHINGTON DC, ABRUZZI & CROTONE ITALY, SAO  PAULO & RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, IRELAND, ENGLAND, SICILY., STATES & COUNTRIES  LISTED ARE THE HOOLIHAN, MATSON, COLLINS, KELLY, 
 FARLEY, NERONE, ARACARI AND 
 FORESTA LOCATIONS.}

I HAVE PUT A E-MAIL ADDRESS ON THE SITE TO REACH ME,
 I ALSO CAN BE REACHED AT THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS (beckley2@aol.com) IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, I WOULD BE GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU!