Carrigeen, Newinn, Co. Tipperary

 

Legend has it that the Dunnes fled Antrim in Cromwellian times and started afresh in South Tipperary. Griffith's Valuation of that area, compiled in 1853, shows the following taxable residents in the townland of Carrigeen -

Griffiths Valuation

 

Sundry photographs of family and friends around the ancestral home of the Dunnes.

WRR002 WRR003 : Photographer - T. Hughes, 45 Parnell St., Clonmell ALD319
WRR002R
"Margaret (Dunne) Reynolds" 		WRR003R
Billy Dunne with Gerard Reynolds
Billy Dunne with unknown admirers

 

From Lena Dunne's collection, about 1920.

ALD337 ALD397
Ned Dunne holding Tom the donkey's head,
probably Lena turned to face the camera.
 		 Tom the donkey babysitting Gerard & Lena (Reynolds) (maybe)

Some pictures of Lena for want of a better place to put them. On the left, from her own collection, on the North Bridge, Edinburgh around 1920, on the right, probably in Princes Street about 1935.

ALD450 BFS113 BFS113R

ALD450B BFS113C

BFS269 : Morrison's Studios, 137 Leith Street, Edinburgh, Order No.30316-6 BFS112
Probably Lena,
somewhere on the Firth of Clyde,
about 1935.
= ALD502

BFS132 BFS133 : Walking Pictures
BFS132R
"O'Connell's Bridge, Dublin 9/4/38 H."

[I don't think the wee wumman in front is ours.]


For want of a better idea, Princes Street.

 

1930? Lena and Gerard near Cookstown.

(Staying with a relative of a teacher in the Shotts named Burns.)

BFS047 BFS260
= BFS259
 

BFS067
BFS067R

 

BFS270 : Postcard - Kromocraft Ltd, Dublin ALD473 : Postcard - Practical Series Co., Athboy, Ireland
"From Br. Canise, Christmas 1965"
 		 a postcard from Bab to Lena about 1914

pmk 96 16
BFS261 BFS293
BFS261R
"Dunne's Carrigeen - 10th Aug 35"
"Dunne's Carrigeen - 10th Aug 35"
(with the "New" House on the right) 		BFS293R
BFS262

"Softening the mattress - Sat 10th Aug '35" 		BFS262R
 

Two photos from Lena Dunne's collection, much earlier than the others. The Careys lived up the road towards Cashel and I have included the Slinsbys since they've got a wonderful house. (And I wouldn't like them to feel left out.)

ALD398 ALD400
Jack, Kitty, Paddy (Mr), Greta and Nellie, chez Carey
 		 Mrs & Mr Maurice Slinsby, down the road towards Newinn
But even good little children grow up ...

BFS081 BFS081R
Greta Carey, Willie - Carrigeen 1934?
 
... and, come hay-making in 1935, ...

pmk 10 36
BFS079 BFS108
"Greta Carey, Willie, Nellie Carey" "Jack Carey, Willie"

... when The Big Man from the City comes down to visit his country cousins,

Jim Fahey with ...

pmk 10 59
BFS101 BFS102
... his pipe.
  		... Johnny & Josie Meechan.
BFS103 BFS104
... Lena Dunne.
  		... Kate & Lena Dunne (and a dog).
BFS266
Johnny Meechan, Kate Dunne, Josie Meechan, Jim Fahey, Nellie, Greta & Jack Carey,
Lena Dunne & Kitty Carey
 
pmk 10 73
BFS265 BFS264
... see above.
  		... a subset of the above.
WRR192
... ditto (Kate & Josie).
 
BFS263 BFS110
"Johnny & Josie Meechan" "Jack Carey, Willie, ..., Johnnie Meechan"
with Kate and Lena Dunne almost cut off with the feet.
 
BFS109 ALD831
Mikey Fahey and Gerry Reynolds

This photo was taken during a cycle trip from Dublin to Sligo
round the north coast, possibly at Portrush or Bundoran.

(Mikey lived on the South Circular Road, Dublin. Jim might have been his father and his mother might have been a Carey.)

... Lena Dunne
 

No names on the next group but thought to be the Fahey family in Dublin. There is an interesting photographer's mark on the reverse dated May 31, 1939.

WRR194 WRR195
 
WRR196 WRR197
 
WRR198
 

And finally, prior to renovations carried out in 1992-3, the Church of St John the Baptist, Powerstown, Clonmel had the following dedication on one of the Stations of the Cross —

IN MEMORY OF Reverend JOHN FAHEY OF CARRIGEEN
WHO DIED OF FEVER IN MEMPHIS, USA Aug 6th, 1879, Aged 32 years.
BY HIS AFFLICTED MOTHER. R.I.P.

After which, I'd better add that there is a stained glass window dedicated to the Dunnes in the church in Newinn.

ALD610
Newinn Parish Church
 

Dick & Peg
Reynolds 		Gerry & Margaret
Reynolds 		Willie & Queenie
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