MICHAEL WHELEHAN FARMED 15 ACRES IN ULLARD, QUEENS COUNTY, IRELAND IN THE EARLY 1800'S. BERNARD "BARNEY" WHELEHAN INHERITED THE FAMILY FARM UPON THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER.

BARNEY'S BROTHER, MICHAEL WHEELAHAN, EMIGRATED TO AMERICA IN 1846.

BARNEY'S SON, CHRISTOPHER "CHRISTY" WHEELAHAN, EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA IN ABOUT 1880, AND BARNEY'S GRANDSON, CHRISTOPHER "IRISH CHRIS" WHEELAHAN, EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA IN 1926.

THE AUSTRALIAN DESCENDANTS OF MICHAEL WHELEHAN INVITED SOME AMERICAN DESCENDANTS OF MICHAEL WHELEHAN TO ATTEND A WHEELAHAN FAMILY REUNION IN AUSTRALIA.