PATRICK - born 1845, died 15/5/1922 Dualla, Cashel, Co. Tipperary

Nancy Dwyer, c. 1905, aged 85 years

WILLIAM LONERGAN and NANCY DWYER had 4 daughters and 1 son. Nancy and her children emigrated to the U.S.A. c. 1870. Of these children:-

• Nora - married Jack Cleary and died in 1940. Their children were
  • May - married Dan Daly, no children.
  • Anne - married Pappas. They had a daughter, Nancy.
  • Kathryn (Kitty) was also known by the nickname "Buddy". She married Raymond (Ray) McTeague (whose father, Patrick was from Co. Leitrim). They had 4 children, Bert (dec.), Terry, Dan and Emmett. Terry lives in Connecticut, Dan is in California and Emmett is in Rhode Island.
• William?? - (See reference to uncle of Mary Tierney below)
• Annie - married a man named Roche.
• A third girl - married a man named Hines.
• Jack - married and produced 1 son and 2 daughters.
• CATHERINE - born 1861, died 23/1/1934 - later returned to Ireland with her mother.

Patrick and Catherine resided in Monameigh, Cashel, Co. Tipperary.

The house is shown in the Censes of 1901 and 1911 as being constructed of either stone, brick or concrete with a roof of either slate, iron or tiles. It had 2 rooms with 2 windows to the front of the house. In 1901 the outhouses consisted of a cow house and calf house (called "The Dairy"), 1 piggery, 1 fowlhouse and 1 barn. By 1911 rather than a barn the house is shown as having 1 stable and 1 shed.

The Census of 1901 records Patrick as being a Farm Labourer. (However he is said to have been Head Groom in "The Commons", racing stables owned by the Ryan O'Connors on the Cashel-Rosegreen road.)

Catherine Lonergan

Catherine ran the home, tilled the haggard and sold eggs and vegetables at the market in Cashel. Afterwards it was her wont to drop into the snug in "Feehan's Public House" for a glass of sherry(?) and a chat with her friends.

While waiting for her to return home, her children used to sing a little rhyme they had made up... "Bring her along, bring her along, bring her along. She's at the..." Here they listed, one after another, the names of various landmarks on the way home. When they finally came to the name of Con Brien, their next-door neighbour, they would rush out to see if Catherine was there. More likely than not she was nowhere to be seen! So they returned indoors and started their rhyme all over again!!

Patrick was able to "Read and Write" (1901 Census). Many of his neighbours at the time were illiterate and regularly called to his house to have him read the latest edition of the "Freemans Journal" newspaper.

Both Catherine and Patrick were alive at the time of the 1911 Census (2nd. April, 1911). However Patrick and many of the children were absent from home on the night of the census (possibly working at "The Commons").

Patrick died on 15/5/1922 at Dualla, Cashel, Co. Tipperary. Catherine died on 23/1/1934. Both are buried in Ballysheehan Cemetery, Cashel, Co. Tipperary. Catherine's remains were taken along the avenue to Ballysheehan in a horse-drawn hearse complete with black plume.

The Children of Patrick Tierney and Catherine Lonergan

1. Kit (Katie, Catherine) - worked as a dressmaker in Cashel. She died on 2/5/1958 when she was 74 years old.

2. R.M.S. Cedric

   Mary - was also born c. 1884. She emigrated to the U.S.A. at the age of 20 on board the brand new trans-Atlantic liner, "R.M.S. Cedric", captained by Herbert James Haddock. After a 7-day voyage she arrived in New York on 10th. June, 1904, with $30 in her pocket.

   According to the ship's manifest, Mary's passage had been paid by her uncle, William Lonergan of 69 Flower Street, Hartford, Connecticut.

   Mary married Pat Clair, an emigree from Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare on 29/4/1911. Pat Clair worked at the Pratt & Whitney aircraft manufacturers. He was also a renowned musician. He died suddenly at work in the late 1940s and is buried in Hartford, Connecticut. Mary died on 16/7/1974. There were four children in the family:-

   • John - was a Sales Rep. with "Borden Cheese"(?). He was also an accomplished musician. John was married with 4 children, Patti Anne, John David, Margo and Denis. His wife died and John remarried. He died himself on 13/4/95, aged 83 years.
   • Marie - married Johnny Christie, a Greek-American. He was a restauranteur. They had 5 children.
   • Bessie - married an Italian-American (Ricardi). They had 3 children.
   • Eddie - joined the U.S. army the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He fought in Germany and saw action in the "Battle of the Bulge". He joined the Police Force after the war. He was married with no children.

   Hannie Tierney, c. 1905, aged 17 years

3. Hannie - died on 2/12/1932 at the age of 44 years (possibly of a brain haemmorhage - unable to gain medical attention, her family pressed a wet towel to the back of her head to relieve her discomfort.) She was well-read.

4. Jack - died young from T.B. in 1920. He was a carpenter and unmarried.

5. Ned - was a farmer in Cashel and married Johanna. He died on 5/6/1973 aged 85 years. Johanna died on 5/3/1984. Both are buried in St. Cormacs Cemetery, Cashel. They had five children:-
   • Trudi (?)- married in London
   • Kit - married in Golden, Co. Tipperary
   • Another girl, married to Garda Pat Buckley, lives on the site of the old family home in Monameigh.
   • two boys - one of them, Patrick, when very young, cut his wrist when he fell on some glass. He died in hospital.

6. Bill - was very interested in horses. He was a jockey for "The Commons", racing stables owned by James Ryan O'Connor of Cashel. He rode a number of winners including "Sir Henry" on whom he won the "1500", a major flat race, in the Phoenix Park c. 1910. He later injured a knee following a fall in Leopardwtown Race Course. He retired as a jockey and emigrated to the U.S.A. He joined the U.S. Army during the First World War. However the Truce was declared before his transport ship arrived in Europe. He later worked with horses (polo ponies?) in the U.S.A. He married Helen McTeague (daughter of Ray and Kitty above) in 1950/51. They had no family. Bill died on 27/7/1972.

7. Paddy - employed in "The Commons" and later in Harry Ussher's and Dawson's stud farms in north Co. Dublin. He later worked in building construction before securing employment with the Office of Public Works in Dublin. He lived in Cabra. He married Sadie Burke (Co. Galway) on 15/9/1920 and died in St. Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park, Dublin on 26/2/1984. They had 5 children:-
   • Catherine - married Martin O'Brien (deceased), a fitter with Aer Lingus.
     Catherine lives in Swords, Co. Dublin.
   • Phyllis - is married and living in Galway.
   • Moira - married Paddy Ryan (deceased), a Dublin docker.
     Moira lives in Connaught Street in Dublin.
   • P.J. - emigrated to the U.S.A. He is married and lives in Hartford, Connecticut.
   • Joe - residing in Dublin.

8. Joe - worked with race horses in "The Commons", Ryan O'Connors Racing Stables, Cashel and as a gardener. He married Mary Ellen Hanley on 3/6/1918. He died, aged 75 years, on 16/9/1968 and Mary Ellen died, aged 89 years, on 15/10/1985. They had 3 children:-
   • May - born 26/5/1919, married Mich O'Connor of Cashel.
   • Kathleen - born 28/12/1924, worked as a Nursing Sister in St. Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park, Dublin. She was unmarried and died from drowning.
   • Paddy - born 28/11/1931, resides in Dublin and is employed as a Manager of the Fruit Importing Company. He is unmarried.

9. Tim - was a lieutenant with the 2nd. Battalion, Cashel Company, 3rd. Tipperary Brigade, I.R.A. and served terms of imprisonment in Spike Island, Limerick and the Curragh during the War of Independence. He was Creamery Manager in Fethard for 40 years and also worked for Tipperary South Riding as rent and water rate collector. He was married to Greta. He died on 3/10/1970. There were 3 children in the family:-
   • Rita - emigrated to the U.S.A. - died January, 1999.
   • Aine - she had been a Primary School Teacher in Fethard, married and emigrated to the U.S.A. (?) - no family.
   • Paddy - was a manager in Beechams (manufacturers of Lucozade) and resides in Taylor's Hill, Cork.

10. Phil - worked in Patrick Quirke's drapery store in Cashel (and possibly also in a drapery store in Kilkenny - "Duggans"?). At the time he was courting Bride Carew from New Inn, Cashel. Subsequently it appears that the relationship cooled somewhat. Phil emigrated to the U.S.A. in the 1920s. However the missing of Bride took its toll and Phil sent for her. They married in New York in 1926 on the day she arrived! Phil was a buyer for a large department store - Brown Thompson, Connecticut - and had a successful business career. Bride died on 23/11/1986, aged 89 years and was preceeded by Phil (by 2/3 years). There were 3 children:-
    • David - a marine, stationed in Guam. He died in a car crash on 17/5/1951 at the age of 20 years.
    • Sheila - born in May, 1935 is a nurse, based in Washington, D.C. She is a regular visitor to Ireland.
    • Kevin
    
    

    Frank Hand and Nora Tierney ("Going Away" photograph)

    Nora Tierney and brother?

    
    
    
    NORA MARY - born 24/9/1901, died 28/1/1978.
    She worked in a drapery store in Cashel, Co. Tipperary.
    Married FRANK HAND on 25/8/1925.

    They had nine children.

• Author's Note: Nora Tierney was my grandmother. In 1956, when I was one year old, her brothers, Bill (Willy) and Phil, returned to Ireland from the U.S.A. on holidays. They travelled to Ballymahon where they met Nora. I was also there on the occasion of their visit and was the beneficiary of a £20 gift from Phil, a considerable sum in 1956. It appears that Nora was a bit miffed as she had installed a new fireplace to impress the visitors and fed and watered them during their stay in Ballymahon!