Many thanks to Kevin McDermott for the above photo which shows his wife Noreen’s Grandfather and Grandmother -John and Katherine Cronin. John Cronin was the Railway Gatekeeper at Dooneen, Millstreet, and lived in the Gatekeepers cottage at the time. He’m thinking that the photo was taken early in the nineteen hundreds probably around 1910. Noreen (née Cronin) was formerly from Murphy’s Terrace.
The house is still there, but is currently being refurbished [Google maps] [1890 map]
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Catherine (Katherine) O’Leary was from Milleens. Her mother was Denis O’Leary and Honora Sweeny
- Baptism of Nora O’Leary of Milleens – 2nd August 1861
- Baptism of BRIDGITTA (BRIDGET) LEARY of MILLANE – – 19 December 1863
- Baptism of CATHERINE LEARY of MALINE – on 22 June 1866 [civil birth register]
- Baptism of PATRICUS (PATRICK) LEARY of MILLEER – 25th August 1870 [civil birth register]
Marriage of John Cronin, Dooneen, Millstreet and Catherine O’Leary, Milleens – 16th Feb 1901 [civil marriage registration] (the couple in the photo above)
1901 census: Residents of a house 5 in Dooneens (Drishane, Cork)
| Surname | Forename | Age | Sex | Relation to head | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cronin | John Cronin | 33 | Male | Head of Family | Roman Catholic |
| Cronin | Catherine | 31 | Female | Wife | Roman Catholic |
| Cronin | Johanna | 68 | Female | Mother | Roman Catholic |
1911 census: Residents of a house 4 in Dooneens (Drishane, Cork)
| Surname | Forename | Age | Sex | Relation to head | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cronin | John | 48 | Male | Head of Family | R Catholic |
| Cronin | Catherine | 44 | Female | Wife | R Catholic |
| Cronin | Hannah | 9 | Female | Daughter | R Catholic |
| Cronin | John | 7 | Male | Son | R Catholic |
| Cronin | Denis | 5 | Male | Son | R Catholic |
| Cronin | Johana | 73 | Female | Mother | R Catholic |
Birth of Patrick Cronin at Dooneen on 5th July 1911
John died on 1st February 1938, at Dooneen, aged 70 [register]
Catherine died on 2nd February 1946, at Dooneen, aged 77, Patrick Cronin son present at death [register]
Their son John (b. 1903) went to Canada, was in the army for WWII in Hong Kong, and was a prisoner of war there from 1941 to 1945 [TODO: article on John]
