Author: Langan George

Ellen (Ella Mae) Mary Quill born April 27^th 1906, baptised April 27^th, Fr. P. Riordan. Godparents; Denis Kelly & Mary Ahearne. (neighbours of theirs) Ella Mae emigrated to Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. on Aug 13^th 1926 to her granduncle Gerald McCoy of Shanagolden (?)  Gerald was on the board of Directors of the Security Trust Co. (Bankers). Ella Mae was a bookeeper in the People’s Wayne Co. Bank, Detroit. Ella Mae got married on Feb 17^th 1931 at the church of S.S. Peter & Paul, Detroit to Liam O’Dwyer son of Johnny O’Dwyer & Ellen Lynch, Caolrua, Eyeries, Co. Cork. Liam & Ella Mae returned to Ardgroom village, Co. Cork in 1935, built a dance hall and later opened a shop there. Ella Mae died Aug 3^rd 1992, aged 86yrs. Liam died 1993 aged 87yrs. 

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.

Morgan Enright  born  circa 1838.  Morgan   was a blacksmith who had his smithy on the old Tullyleague road close to what is known locally as the ‘limestone cross’.  Apparently, the old Tullyleague road went straight on in direction back then just above the said cross at the left-hand bend.  Farmers drawing limestone to their limekilns would drop off half their load at the cross before climbing the hill hence how it got the name ‘limestone cross’. This Morgan Enright married   Kate Hegarty   in 1864   and   had a son John Enright born Dec 4th 1864 and possibly had more children.
John Enright married twice – his first wife was   Brigid Woods as number (7) above.  They had the following two children – Morgan Enright  born Sept 10th 1905   and Patrick Enright   born March 17th 1907.  Brigid Woods died  1907  but we have no record of  her  death, it  could  have  been during  childbirth.

Anyway their son Morgan Enright  married Brigid Bourke on July 5th 1931  in St Josephs Church  Limerick. Brigid was from Glin the  daughter of William Bourke a  Blacksmith. William was married twice, one of his wife’s was a girl of the ‘widow’ Culhane’s from Ballyguiltenane, Glin and the other wife was one of the Connell’s, blacksmith’s in Glin town. Morgan  worked as a Car  Driver  with Mick Adams  driving the  Mail Car Van.  They  had  several children  as follows –  Billy, Johnny and Morgan and seven daughters – Bridie, Maura, Nora, Anna, Eileen, Margaret and Johanna.  The  last  one in Glin was Johnny  Enright   known as Johnny Morgan  who  died Feb 12th 2012 . He lived in  Church St and  worked at  various  labouring  jobs  around Glin  including  grave  digging etc . His  funeral was a quiet affair and  the bereaved names  were not  mentioned in the  death  notice on R.I.P .ie . Billy went to England for a time but returned to Glin where he died almost 20 years ago. Morgan went to England and died there as did Maura. Anna-May married a man from Ballybunion and they are now living in Co. Offaly. Herself and her husband pay a visit to Ballybunion every year and Anna calls to John Barrett, publican in Glin, they are great friends since the time she was living in Glin. Margaret married a man by the name of McKnight and they live in Askeaton, Co. Limerick. Eileen is in England along with her sister Johanna (Josephine) who is the youngest of the family. As far as I know Nora died somewhere in England.

Their other son Patrick Enright married  Catherine (Kitty) McMahon   from Glenagragra Upper . She  was distantly  related to  him  through the Woods/Quill line as follows.  Brigid Woods married John McMahon, Glenagragra whose father was also called John. John and Brigid had 3 daughters in family –  May McMahon,Catherine (Kitty) McMahon (see next paragraph) & Nancy McMahon.May & Nancy got married on the same day in 1933. May married Paddy Hanrahan from Foynes. Her  sister  Nancy married her neighbour John  Dalton,  Glenagragra. John married in there. John & Nancy had two sons  John and Jimmy Dalton and two daughters Josie and Mary. John jnr fell victim to the polio outbreak of the 1950’s and went to his eternal reward March 25th 1991 at the age of 44yrs. Josie married Paddy Wilmott in Askeaton. Mary married to a Boyle in Co. Mayo. Jimmy is alive and well today in the home place. John Dalton snr. died in 1974, his wife Nancy died in 1981.

As stated above Patrick Enright  married, Catherine (Kitty) McMahon and they had  2 boys namely –   John Enright and Patrick Enright, I knew them both. Patrick was a member of the Garda and was a Sgt in the training centre in Templemore when I joined in 1972.  We used to draw turf down to John they lived at the east of Glin towards Cahara just off the Mail Road. This was. around the years 1969/1971. Mossie Langan and myself were into the motor bikes back then and i remember Mossie getting a BSA off John. 

John Enright’s  2nd  wife  was Margaret  Brandon  married on Jan 11th 1908, the daughter of Timmy Brandon a harness maker who  lived  in a cottage in Kilfergus near Dr. Barrett’s . Margaret  was in her late  thirties  or early forties  by then . They  had  3 children one of  whom  died in infancy, the  children that survived were Kate Enright  born 29 August 1909 and  Brigid Enright  born 11 Jan 1911.