Mick ‘The Bram’ Enright, on his return from the U.S. bought the original house in Clounleharde where Martin Dillane & his wife Ellen lived (which was one of the brick houses) from a family of the O’Callaghan’s who emigrated to the U.S.A. Martin, later built a new bungalow close to the schoolhouse.
Mick ‘The Bram’ Enright was born at Clounleharde on Sept 27th, 1867, son of John Enright & Margaret Ahern. On Jan 20th, 1889 at Ballyhahill church, Mick who was aged 22 years, married Catherine Walsh, Clounleharde, daughter of labourer John Walsh, the witnesses being – Thomas & Bridget Enright. Following their marriage, Mick and his wife went to live in Knockdown in the cottage by the side of the road where Ned O’Shaughnessy lived in my time. Mick ‘The Bram’ had a twin sister, Johanna Enright who died from the fever on July 28th, 1876, aged 8 years.
Ned Enright, who was no relation bought the John Enright farm which was approximately 30 acres in size. Ned’s son Jack Ned Enright who farmed there, subsequently sold the farm to Tom Enright from Templeathea, Athea. Following the sale, Jack Ned Enright moved to Ballaugh, Abbeyfeale. Tom Enright’s daughter Nora (Nonie) Enright married Richard (Dick) Wallace, Tullyleague, Glin. Dick, who married in there, built a new house in 1987 at the opposite side of the road. (I knew Dick Wallace well)
Mick ‘The Bram’ had a family of 6 as follows, and as outlined by James Harrison hereunder, all whom emigrated to the U.S. They were – Paddy, Jack, Mick, Catherine, Bridget and Ellen Enright.
Mick’s wife Catherine was born on Sept 13th. 1867 and died at Clounleharde from heart disease on Sept 18th, 1904, aged 37 years. Mick worked as an engine driver at the branch of the Cork and Kerry creamery in Crough, Turraree, Glin. After the creamery was burned down Mick sold his house to Con O’Shaughnessy and along with his youngest daughter Ellen, followed the rest of the family on the emigrant ship to the U.S. As alluded to above, on his return from the U.S. Mick bought the O’Callaghan home in Clounleharde. Ellen had returned with him and subsequently married Martin Dillane from Kinard, Glin.
More on Mick ‘The Bram’ as follows, given to me by James Harrison, great great grandnephew of Mick.
”Very handy George, as Dad is the great nephew of Mick and this part of the family were a bit of a mystery (due to the return to Ireland after the US). Mick also had several other siblings, all born at Clounleharde: Honora b.1872 who probably emigrated to Wiltshire, d.1952, Michael (another one) b.1875 d.1875, James b.1876 d.1878, Margaret b.1880 d.1882 and Bridget b.23/12/1884 who I can find no death or marriage for so may have emigrated west. Childhood mortality was pretty hard back then. His other sister, Mary b.1871 d.1952, married Jeremiah Hartnett son of Daniel Hartnett and Ellen Connors of Knocknasna (Abbeyfeale) at Ballyhahill on 30/11/1901. The lived in Limerick on the 1901 Census and in Glenbaun on the 1911 Census, but emigrated to the US too and ended up around New Jersey.”
”Dad descends from Patrick Joseph Enright (Mick’s younger brother) baptised 25/03/1869 civil 10/04/1869 at Clounleharde, who emigrated in about 1892 to Wiltshire, England, met a Devon girl called Emily Louise Matthews (b.28/07/1872 West Alvington, Devon; d.16/04/1958 Salisbury Wiltshire, daughter of Jacob and Susannah Matthews) when buying his tobacco at her mother’s shop in Swindon and married her in Swindon in 1896. He had 12 children (all of whom lived to adulthood) and worked as a rural police constable in Wiltshire until 1920, then ran a garage in Whaddon, Wiltshire with his sons until he retired to Quidhampton, Wiltshire and died in 1952. His descendants still live in Bristol (UK) and Australia.”
”Mick’s remaining brother, John (b.1876) also emigrated to Wiltshire and was a Wiltshire Constable too until his disciplinary record caused him to resign (several bottles of whisky are mentioned at various points, but who begrudges a little drink at Christmas? The Chief Constable of Wiltshire, apparently). He had returned to Abbeyfeale and on 23/04/1906 married a Bridget O’Connell of Knocksentry (Annacotty, daughter of Michael and Hanorah possibly Richardson). After the Police he ran a shop in Abbeyfeale on the 1911 Census, but went west before 1914. His wife joined him, but sadly John died 15/01/1916 in Manhatten. His wife, back to Connell, did found a dynasty in Brooklyn and New Jersey, however.”
”Mick’s other kids (who appear not to have returned from the US) ended up settling around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.”
”Mick has a tree on FamilySearch if anyone wants to investigate https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/MZ5Z-XPW (free to register and access). That tree has attached most of the sources and links to transcripts of most of the documents etc and has some of his descendants, more descendants of relations, and a few ancestors.”
”I’ve only managed to find his father (John ‘Michael’ Enright, son of Michael Enright and possibly either Ellen Gayson on 28/10/1835 or Mary Walsh on 10/06/1837 if his baptism was in Shanagolden, and who died 09/03/1918 of old age at Clounleharde) and his mother (Margaret Ahern of Rooskagh, Ardagh, daughter of James Ahern, farmer, Rooska/Rooskagh and probably Margaret Lane, but Margaret’s census birthdate is before the Ardagh RC baptisms started; she died at Clounleharde on 25/04/1919 also of old age). Margaret, incidentally, must have been pregnant at her wedding as she had another child called James Wolfe mere months after her marriage (on 03/02/1866, at Ardagh) with an Edward Wolfe, farmer of Ashgrove (Newcastle), (b.15/05/1866 at Clounleharde), although he appears to have died in infancy (either on the day of birth or at age two, there are two civil records which don’t have much info on them).”
”I’ve struggled to positively identify which Michael Enright (senior) was John’s father, or which of the two options in Shanagolden (which then seems to have covered the current RC parish of Loughill/Ballyhahill) is his baptism (there is a lesser chance it was also Catherine Dalton, but that was in 1848 and doesn’t fit so well with the census dates).”
”I’ve also been trying to identify where exactly the family’s farming happened in Clounleharde, so if anyone has any local knowledge, I’ll monitor replies to this post. It’d be nice to know if any family took over the farmland (which was probably rented). It doesn’t look like they were immediate relations of the ‘Ned’ Enrights who later farmed there, and I can find no link to the John/Patrick/Bridget/Hanora Enright siblings who farm there on the 1901/1911 censuses either. Are these the Johnny Paddy Enrights referred to?”
”John Enright and Margaret nee Ahern are on the 1901 and 1911 censuses as retired farmers at Knockaclugga (a townland just south of Clounleharde) but seem to have been back in Clounleharde at their deaths in 1918 and 1919.”
”I’d also love to know what ‘The Bram’ signifies (and promise not to be offended!)”
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