Thomas (Tom) GORDON [Parents] was born 9 Jul 1914 in Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. He died 28 Apr 2001 in Roscommon and was buried in Fairymount Cemetery, Co. Roscommon. Thomas married Frances MORRIS on 1947.

Tom ran the Gordon family farm in Kilgarriff.

Frances MORRIS [Parents] was born 1918 in Co. Roscommon. She died 2 Jun 2001 in Dublin and was buried in Fairymount Cemetery, Co. Roscommon. Frances married Thomas (Tom) GORDON on 1947.

Frances and her husband, Tom, were second cousins once removed; Frances's great-grandmother Bridget Gordon was a sister of Tom's grandfather Thomas Gordon.

Patrick (Paddy) GORDON [Parents] was born 6 Jul 1919 in Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. He died 9 Jan 1984 in Dublin and was buried in Esker Cemetery, Lucan, Co. Dublin. Patrick married Nora HARRINGTON.

Paddy was a bank manager in Lucan, Co. Dublin.

James (Big Jim) SULLIVAN [Parents] was born about 1847 in Caheraveelane, Kilshannig; or Glynn, Mourneabbey. He died about 1902 in prob Glynn, Mourneabbey, Co. Cork and was buried in Donoughmore Cemetery, Stuake, Co. Cork. James married Julia DOODY on 1 Mar 1881 in Galbally, Co. Limerick.

The exact year of Jim's birth is uncertain: his age at the time of his marriage in March 1881 is given as 30 (b. abt 1850) but his age on the 1901 census return is given as 53 (b. abt 1847).

Jim and his brother, Dan, were well-known locally for their great strength and athletic prowess. Jim farmed in the townland of Ballyknockin (also spelled Ballyknockane) in the parish of Mourneabbey (or Mourne Abbey). He rented land from a man by the name of Weir or Ware who was the main landlord in Ballyknockin at the time. Sometime between October 1886 and October 1887, Jim and his family were evicted. Apparently the landlord wanted to sell the land to a man by the name of Love and therefore raised the rent so much that Jim couldn't pay. Jim was in hospital at the time - it's said he had got a kick from a horse - and apparently when he came out of hospital, he cut furze (for fuel) on his former property and was jailed as a result.

Following the eviction, Jim's brother Dan gave them shelter. The county council eventually built a cottage for Jim's family in Glynn on an acre of land given to them by Dan. The cottage is still there, but is now derelict and obscured from view by vegetation. It's located on the roadside near the laneway to the farm now owned by Dan's descendants.

Julia DOODY [Parents] was born about 4 Jul 1858 in Ardnamoher, Galbally, Co. Limerick and was christened 4 Jul 1858 in Galbally, Co. Limerick. She died 8 Sep 1933 in Waterford and was buried in Donoughmore Cemetery, Stuake, Co. Cork. Julia married James (Big Jim) SULLIVAN on 1 Mar 1881 in Galbally, Co. Limerick.

Sponsors at Julia's baptism were John Doody and Catherine Quirke.

The family's address on the baptismal record is Ardnamoher, a townland in Galbally. Presumably this is where Julia was born and where the family farmed. Ardnamoher is also given as Julia's residence on her marriage certificate. Witnesses to the marriage of Julia and her husband, Jim, were Jeremiah Herlehey (James Henebry in the church register) and Elizabeth Doody.

According to a family member, Julia was a tiny woman and extremely active. She and Jim had 12 children, nine of whom survived to adulthood. Their children would have gone to school in Analeentha National School, next to Analeentha Church in Mourneabbey.

Julia died in Waterford in the home of her son Jimmy. She was buried in the Sullivan plot in Donoughmore Cemetery, Co. Cork. Note that there are two Donoughmore cemeteries, one in the centre of the village, and a newer one outside Donoughmore next to a church built around 2000. Our O'Sullivans are buried in the newer cemetery.

Thomas TREACY [Parents] was born poss abt 8 Nov 1821 in Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary and was christened poss 8 Nov 1821 in Solohead, Co. Tipperary. He died 24 Dec 1895 in Murgasty, Co. Tipperary. Thomas married Mary CAREY / CAREW on 25 Feb 1873 in Solohead, Co. Tipperary.

Although it's known that Thomas was born in Soloheadbeg to a father named John Treacy and a a mother named Mary, we're unable to say for definite that he was a son of John Treacy and Mary Looby who married in February 1818. If he was indeed a son of John Treacy and Mary Looby, then he was born in November 1821 because a record of his baptism (on 8 November 1821) has been located (sponsors were John Hanley and Winifred Connors). Unfortunately this birth date doesn't tie in with the age given on his marriage certificate from February 1873, which looks like 37 (indicating he was born around 1835), but the age on the certificate is difficult to make out and could also be deciphered 50 or 51 (indicating he was born around 1822 - a nice fit with the baptismal certificate). However Thomas's death certificate from December 1895 gives his age at 54, indicating he was born around 1841.

It's known that our Thomas had a brother named Denis. Unfortunately no baptismal record for a Denis Treacy born in Soloheadbeg to a father named John and a  mother named Mary was located.

At the time of his marriage, in 1873, Thomas's occupation was a farmer (according to his marriage certificate). At the time of the birth of his son, Thomas, in 1881, he was the superintendant of a coal yard (according to the birth certificate), and at the time of his death in 1895, he was a labourer.

Interestingly, among the all the sponsors at the baptism of Thomas's and Mary's children, there's not a single Treacy; the sponsors are mostly Carews.

Mary CAREY / CAREW [Parents] was born about 29 Apr 1851 in poss. Newtown, Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary and was christened 29 Apr 1851 in Solohead, Co. Tipperary. She died prob bet 1901 and 1911. Mary married Thomas TREACY on 25 Feb 1873 in Solohead, Co. Tipperary.

Sponsors at Mary's baptism were Michael Carey and Margaret Hanley. Mary's surname appears as "Keary' in the baptismal register.