Murphys
Cully
The Murphys were a farming family from Cully.
Their descendants still farm the land.
In 1900 four Murphy children were enrolled in Coolanarney
N.S.
William: He emigrated to America.
He did'nt marry and never returned to
Ireland.
Thomas:He went to Dublin and
married Elizabeth Doody.They had 7
children.He spent his working life in Guinness's brewery.
Mary:She emigrated to America-married
but had no children.
Hannah:She emigrated to America-married
a man named Spiers -had one child
who now lives in America.
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Prendergast
Ballyfarrell
This was a farming family.
Three of their children attended Coolanarney in 1900.
Michael: married a Molloy from
Roscore. They went to live in Daingean.
Patrick:lived in Cully with his
step brothers Kieran and Ger Conway. He
never married.
Lucy :emigrated to Americaand
never returned. The land is now owned by
Gerry, Jude and Dan Conway. |
Coughlan
Roscore
The Coughlans were a farming family in Roscore.
They farmed the land now owned by Dermot Molly.
One o f their children was in Coolanarney NS in 1910.
Joseph: Joseph carried on farming
the land at Roscore. He was know locally
as the Horseman as he used to breed horses.He was one of the
founding
members of the Killoughy Cumann of Fianna Fail and the Cumann
is still
named after him.He married a lady called Nestor and they had
one son
Timmy.His wife was blind for
a long number of years before her death Their
son Timmy died before both his parents |
Cummins
Curry Gurry
Vincent:became a priest .He was
educated at Mungret and Rome and ordained
in 1916.
The house and some land is now owned by Mary Kingston who
is a grand
niece of Fr Vincent. The farm is owned by Paul O Donoghue
but is presently
up for sale. |
Kelly
Derrymore
The Kellys were a farming family who lived in Derrymore.Four
of their
children attended Coolanarney in 1900.
Michael:emigrated to America.
James:bought a farm in Killooley.He
married Elizabeth Egan and they had
three children.One of his children subsequently taught in
Coolanarney N.S
for a short time.
Martin:lived with his brother
James in Killooleyand he never married.
Katie:married William Ryan and
they lived in Killooley and had two sons
and two daughters.
Derrymore House was the home of the Kelly family.It had a
stone dated 1641
built into the pillar of the entrance gate .This stone is
said to have
come from Cully Friary.The last inhabitant of Derrymore House
was Dick
Kelly a brother of these four children mentioned above. On
his death
twenty years ago the land was sold and the house fell into
ruin.The land
is now farmed by Billy Ryan. |
Bracken
Ballyfarell
The Brackens were a farming family from Ballyfarell. In 1900
three of the
six children of this family were enrolled in Coolanarney.
They were James Edward and Mary.
James, Edward, Mary
All three remained working on the farm in Ballyfarell with
two other
brothers.They. expanded the farm to 365 acres by buying land
in Kilcormac
and Ballinamere
None of the family ever married. James, Edward and Mary are
all buried in
the new Cemetery
In Mountbolus. Their land at Ballyfarell is now farmed by
Leo Feighery and
his family.
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Langtry
Cully
The Langtrys lived very near the school They owned the land
now owned by
Bolands . In 1900 one member of this family was enrolled in
the school.
Thomas --- went to live in Banagher.
He married Catherine Egan and had 4
children. He worked as a blacksmith in Banagher all his life.
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Scully
Kilmore
The Scullys were a farming family from Kilmore. They lived
on the farm now
owned by Johnny Butterfield. Their mother had been married
previously to
an American who had bought the farm Kilmore but died soon
after. She
remaried a Mr. Scully. There were 3 Scully children enrolled
in
Coolanarney in 1900.
Rose A:- married Josie Corcaran
from Bally Farrell. They lived in Rahan
and had seven children.
John:emigratd to America and
never returned.
Patrick :married Kate Doolan
He lived and died in Pallas. |
Morris
(Lowertown)
Mary was from a farming family.She
had two brothers and one sister.She
married Peter Carroll and they had eight children.None of
her three sons
married.The farm she was born on is now owned by Joe Molloy
and the farm
she and her husband worked is owned by Cormac Gonoude,a grandson
-.Son of
her daughter Anne Carroll.
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Whitney
Blueball
The Whitney family arrived in the parish in 1900 from Southport
in
England.The family settled in a house at the Blueball .One
of the
children Oswald was enrolled in Coolanarney in 1900.
Oswald: -married Bridget Whitfield
.He worked as postman in the area and
his wife was post mistress.They operated the post office from
their own
house at the Blue ball. He died in 1969.
He had two children Oswald and Jean ,one of whom Oswald still
lives in the
parish and the other Jean lives in Co.Wicklow. |
Kinnarney
Ballyfarell
The Kinnarney were a farming family.They farmed the land now
owned by
Kilmartins.
Two of this family were enrolled in Coolanarney in 1900.They
were Bridget
and her sister Mary.
Bridget :lived with her sister
Tess and brother Jimmy on their farm in
Ballyfarell.
None of the three were married. Jimmy died in the fifties
and Bridget and
Tess sold the farm and moved to Cappincur. Bridget and Tess
both died in
the 1970'sBridget was the first person to be buried in the
new cemetery in
Mountbolus and the first female.
Mary:We believe Mary emigrated
to the U.S along with other members of the
family.
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Heffernan-Ballycore
The Heffernans were a farming family from Ballycore.Ellen
was enrolled in
Coolanarney in 1900.
Ellen:. She lived in a small
house beside the family farm.She never
married and died in the 1970's. Her nephew Peter Heffernan
now farms the
land.
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Doran
Coolanarney
The Doran family lived down Vincent Keavneys lane.They were
a labouring
family.Two children were enrolled in Coolanarney in 1900.
Ellen:She married Paddy Walshe
and went to live in Screggan. She had 6
children.
James:He married a lady from
Kells, Co. Meath. He continued to live in the
area.
He had no children.
James was a famous thatcher in his time and the following
is an excerpt
from the Irish Folklore Commission writings which refer to
him .
"A long time ago in the townland of Coolanarney there
lived a man by the
name of Jimmy Doran. He used to make baskets. He used to bring
them on
market and fair days to Tullamore. The farmers bought some
of them. He
made them out of hazel rods. He was also a thatcher."
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Conway
Cully
James: Conway was a pupil of
our school in 1900. He married a woman from
Newtown in Rahan and he lived there for the remainder of his
life. He had
two daughters. He is buried in Mountbolus.
The land at Cully is still farmed by Conways; descendants
of the above
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Flanagan
Garbally
The Flanagans were a farming family from Garbally. Three daughters
of this
family were enrolled in coolanarney in 1900.
Margaret:She married Brian Mc.Grane.
they lived in Dublin for eleven years
and then emigrated to England. They had four daughters; two
of whom died
in infancy. Margaret is buried in England.
Mary:She emigrated to Australia
and met and married Joe Dunne there.They
then went to live in America. They had five daughters, two
of whom became
nuns. One of the other daughters married a man called Bill
Flanagan who
was an astronaut with N.A.S.A. Mary is buried in the United
States.
Bridget:She married John Daly
and went to live in Castledaly Co. Tyrone.
She had four children.
The Flanagan land is now owned by Christina Costello and her
husband Joe.
Christina is a niece of the above children. |
Egan
Roscore
There are two farming families of Egans who came from Roscore.
Our research into this family is incomplete and so far we
have not been
able to determine which children belonged to which family.
Thomas:He lived in Mount Pleasant
in the house now owned by Coughlans. He
married Mary Craven. They had no family. He worked with Offaly
County
Council. He died in 1975.
Joseph:brother of Thomas. He
married Maura Scully, Cooldorragh. They
emigrated to America.
John:He was called Jack Egan.
He emigrated to America for some time but
returned.He lived in what is now Carthage Lambe's house. He
worked with
local farmers.He was a brother of "Big Peter" Egan.
Peter: He was nicknamed "Big
Peter". He continued to live in Roscore and
to farm. He didn't marry. His land is now farmed by Francie
Dunne.
Luke:
Peter:He was called "Little
Peter". he lived near John Dunne in Roscore.
John:
A sister of "Little Peter" Egan was married to a
Boland in The Island in
Rahan. Her grandchildren attend Coolanarney at present.
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Gleeson
Ballyfarrell.
The Gleesons were a farming family. In 1900 three children
of this family
were at school in Coolanarney.
Sarah:She married a man named
Clavin and went to Lynally, Mucklagh.
William:He became a priest. He
was educated at St. Finian’s College
Mullingar and Maynooth and was ordained in 1919. He served
in Longwood,
Rathkenny, and Killucan before being appointed parish priest
ofNobber, Co.
Meath.He died there in July 1975.
Mary A. ...
The land is now farmed by Paddy Gleeson and his family who
are descendants
of the above. |
Lenehan
Coalgap.
The Lenehans were a labouring family from Dublin.They settled
in the area
in a house between the Blueball and the Coal Gap. The house
is now
demolished.
Ellen and Jamie:their daughters
attended school in Coolanarney in
1900.They, along with the rest of this family, emigrated to
Australia.
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Leonards
Cully
The Leonards were a farming family from Cully. They had six
children; two
of whom attended Coolanarney n.S. in 1900.
Daniel:He married Maria Lynam
and continued to live and farm in Cully. He
died in 1951 at the age of 54 years and is buried in the Mountbolus
Church
yard cemetery.
Ellen:She married a man called
Mc.Cormack. She lived in Clonony near
Shannon Harbour. She had six children and died in 1969 aged
84 years. She
is buried in High Street, Belmont.
The land is now farmed by Jim Leonard, a son of Daniel and
his wife Kate.
Kate Leonard was also in Coolanarney N.S. in 1900. She, too,
came from
Cully but was from a different family to the above.
Kate:She never married.She lived
in Cully with two bachelor brothers. She
died in 1976.
P.J. Kenna now farms the land which was owned by this family.He
is no
relation of these Leonards. |
Leonards
Cully
The Leonards were a farming family from Cully. They had six
children; two
of whom attended Coolanarney n.S. in 1900.
Daniel:He married Maria Lynam
and continued to live and farm in Cully. He
died in 1951 at the age of 54 years and is buried in the Mountbolus
Church
yard cemetery.
Ellen:She married a man called
Mc.Cormack. She lived in Clonony near
Shannon Harbour. She had six children and died in 1969 aged
84 years. She
is buried in High Street, Belmont.
The land is now farmed by Jim Leonard, a son of Daniel and
his wife Kate.
Kate Leonard was also in Coolanarney N.S. in 1900. She, too,
came from
Cully but was from a different family to the above.
Kate:She never married.She lived
in Cully with two bachelor brothers. She
died in 1976.
P.J. Kenna now farms the land which was owned by this family.He
is no
relation of these Leonards. |
Molloy
Roscore.
The Molloys were a farming family from Roscore. Three of their
children
were attending Coolanarney in 1900.
Lizzie:She married a Dunne and
lived in Ballincanty, Blueball. She had
five children.
Katie:She emigrated to America.
She never returned. We could not find out
if she ever married.
Michael: He emigrated to America.He
never married. He never returned to
Ireland.
The Molloy children mentioned above had a sister Margaret
who also
emigrated to America. She was making a journey home to Ireland
in 1912 on
board the Luisitania when it was torpedoed and she drowned.
The land at Roscore is still farmed by Molloys, who are descendants
of the
above mentioned children. |
Seery
Coolanarney
The Seerys were a farming family.They lived beside the school
in
Coolanarney, on the Cloghan side. The wall of their house
bordered the
school playground. Two children of this family attended our
school in
1900.
Patrick:He was a farmer and also
a tradesman who made traps and carts for
ponies and horses. He was accidently killedat a young age
while out
shooting crows.
Ellen: ......
Vincent Keaveny now farms the land. He is not related to the
Seerys.
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Wynne
Derrymore.
The Wynne family lived in Derrymore in Danny Buckley's old
house. Bridget
was enrolled in Coolanarney in 1900.
Bridget:She married a Brophy
and went to live in Carrigean and reared a
family there.
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