1903/1904 Notre Dame student |
Alamo History Summary, by Carly Riney |
1764 Ship List--names Charles and Catherine Riney |
Oldest known American record of a Riney--Michael, Aug. 20, 1766 |
The Three Forks Railroad, also called the "Riney-B", in Madison Co, KY. |
Some of the settlers from this colony had pledged themselves to migrate to the Kentucky countryside within a specified amount of time. So they traveled through the wilderness to Pittsburgh, then down the Ohio River on flatboats. The first migration was 1785, but the Riney family is associated with the second group, a few years later. They arrived at Falls of Ohio (now Louisville), a settlement of less than a dozen cabins. |
There is a small town in central Kentucky (near Elizabethtown) called Rineyville. Every October they have a Rineyville Homecoming Day. |
Rineys helped found St. Patrick, Missouri, in Clark Co., building the first Catholic cathedral (of the same name) there. Every year on St. Patrick's Day, many people mail letters from there, to receive a special, one-day-only shamrock postmark. |
The surname "Riney" is said to come from the O'Neill clan of Ireland, from Hugh O'Neill, the last great Irish leader. He was the Earl of Tyrone, and linked up with the Spanish in a vain attempt to wrest Ireland from English rule. They were defeated in 1601 at the Battle of Kinsale by Lord Mountjoy. After the debacle, they fled, and it is believed that some of our O'Neill ancestors managed to avoid capture by taking to high ground (the Caha Mountain Range that lies between County Cork--site of Kinsale battle--and County Kerry). According to the oral history that has been passed down all these years, they also changed their surname for safety: "Ri" is the Irish word for "king", and "ney" is an abbreviated version of O'Neill. See also these links about Gleninchaquin (8 miles SW of Kenmare) and the Ring of Kerry. |
There have been several mentions of the Riney name throughout history. |
The surname "Riney" is said to come from the O'Neill clan of Ireland, from Hugh O'Neill, the last great Irish leader. He was the Earl of Tyrone, and linked up with the Spanish in a vain attempt to wrest Ireland from English rule. They were defeated in 1601 at the Battle of Kinsale by Lord Mountjoy. After the debacle, they fled, and it is believed that some of our O'Neill ancestors managed to avoid capture by taking to high ground (the Caha Mountain Range that lies between County Cork--site of Kinsale battle--and County Kerry). According to the oral history that has been passed down all these years, they also changed their surname for safety: "Ri" is the Irish word for "king", and "ney" is an abbreviated version of O'Neill. See also these links about Gleninchaquin (8 miles SW of Kenmare) and the Ring of Kerry. |
Rineys helped found St. Patrick, Missouri, in Clark Co., building the first Catholic cathedral (of the same name) there. Every year on St. Patrick's Day, many people mail letters from there, to receive a special, one-day-only shamrock postmark. |
Rineys in History |
There is a small town in central Kentucky (near Elizabethtown) called Rineyville. Every October they have a Rineyville Homecoming Day. |
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Family tradition says that four Riney brothers came from Ireland, supposedly as part of the Lord Baltimore colonies of Maryland, and were among the first settlers of St. Mary's Co., Maryland. Exact arrival date is still unknown (probably before 1750) and not confirmed. |
Some of the settlers from this colony had pledged themselves to migrate to the Kentucky countryside within a specified amount of time. So they traveled through the wilderness to Pittsburgh, then down the Ohio River on flatboats. The first migration was 1785, but the Riney family is associated with the second group, a few years later. They arrived at Falls of Ohio (now Louisville), a settlement of less than a dozen cabins. |
The Three Forks Railroad, also called the "Riney-B", in Madison Co, KY. |
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1823 Census, St. Mary of the Barrens in MD |
Oldest known American record of a Riney--Michael, Aug. 20, 1766 |
1764 Ship List--names Charles and Catherine Riney |
Alamo History Summary, by Carly Riney |
1903/1904 Notre Dame student |
