Margaret (Peg) Connell nee Griffin (daughter of Patrick (Patsy) Griffin and Mary Barrett) was born on Feb 15th, 1899. On June 24th, 1925 at Glin church, Margaret married Maurice O’Connell son of Patrick O’Connell, Glensharrold, the witnesses being Martin O’Connell and Bella Taylor. Maurice was a creamery manager in Ardagh. They had a son and two daughters as follows – Patrick O’Connell who emigrated to England, lives in Birmingham and two daughters one of whom was Kathleen O’Connell who joined the nuns. The other daughter Moira O’Connell 1935-2009 married Mathew Broderick in Duagh, Co. Kerry. Moira attended Carrickerry National School and Convent of Mercy Secondary School, Newcastle West. She worked for Paddy McCormack’s Joinery Firm in Ardagh where she met her husband the aforementioned Matt Broderick. They married in 1956 and moved to Duagh, Co Kerry where they raised a family of five – Three daughters and two sons. Around 1989 she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis but fought her illness bravely and courageously. Moira died in February 2009 was laid to rest in Springmount Cemetery Duagh. She was predeceased by her husband Matt in 2000.
As already stated, Paddy Faley and I had the pleasure of paying Margaret (Peg) Griffin O’Connell a visit back in 1992. Her daughter Sr. Kathleen was there that day, she having taken leave of absence from her post in Mexico to come home and look after her mother. She is now in her 90″s and she’s back in Mexico and celebrating 70yrs as a nun this year 2017. Jacqui Geoghegan Mangan, Glensharrold has been telling me that Maurice O’Connell and her grandmother Margaret Geoghegan nee Aherne (married to Joe Aherne) were second cousins. Her grandmother’s uncle Master John O’Connell gave Maurice O’Connell’s father that site (pictured above) when he returned from America. They were first cousins to Jacqui’s great grandmother Bridget O’Connell (sister to master John O’Connell) was also his first cousin. Master John O’Connell taught at Carrickerry National School and was the father of the renowned poet and writer Eithne Strong. John O’Connell was married to Kathleen Lennon from Limerick city who was also a school teacher. Eithne Connell Strong 1923-1999 FOR MORE ON EITHNE STRONG See –Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
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Photo taken By Paddy Faley.
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