Descendants of John DORE

Second Generation

2. Ellen DORE (John ) was born about 1850 in Moyvane South (Shronagraga), Co. Kerry.

They had the following children:

+	5	M	i	Jerry KENNELLY was born about 1883 and died date unknown.
	6	F	ii	Bridget KENNELLY was born about 1885 in prob Gortdromagowna, Knockanure, Co. Kerry.
	7	M	iii	Ellen KENNELLY was born about 1887 in prob Gortdromagowna, Knockanure, Co. Kerry.
	8	F	iv	Bessie KENNELLY was born about 1888 in prob Gortdromagowna, Knockanure, Co. Kerry.
	9	F	v	Molly KENNELLY was born about 1890 in prob Gortdromagowna, Knockanure, Co. Kerry.

They had the following children:

+	10	F	i	Mary (Molly) CUNNINGHAM was born 10 Mar 1893 and died 22 Jul 1976.
+	11	M	ii	Bryan (Brianeen) CUNNINGHAM was born 10 Sep 1894 and died 21 Dec 1966.
	12	F	iii	Johanna (Sr. Mary Ellen) CUNNINGHAM was born 27 Nov 1895 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died 13 Aug 1989 in Concordia, Kansas. Johanna was also known as Hannie. She and her sister, Maggie, left Ireland in 1915 to join the Sisters of St. Joseph at Nazareth Motherhouse in Concordia, Kansas. Ellis Island records (on www.ellisisland.org) show that the sisters arrived in New York on 12 September 1915 and were joining a "cousin", Bishop John Francis Cunningham, of Concordia, Kansas. It's not known how they may have been related to the bishop, who was born on 21 September 1842 in the townland of Irremore in the parish of Kilfeighny, near Listowel, to John Cunningham and Catherine Fitzgerald. He was ordained a priest in Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1865 and became bishop of Concordia in 1898 He died on 23 June 1919. Sr. Mary Ellen was a nursing sister. She worked in El Paso, Texas for a time before moving back to Concordia to work in St. Anthony's Hospital there.
+	13	F	iv	Hanora (Nora) CUNNINGHAM was born 3 Mar 1897 and died 19 Feb 1988.
	14	F	v	Margaret (Sr. Mary Estelle) CUNNINGHAM was born 17 Apr 1898 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died 3 Oct 1987 in Belvidere, Illinois. Margaret was also known as Maggie. She and her sister, Hannie, left Ireland in 1915 to join the Sisters of St. Joseph at Nazareth Motherhouse in Concordia, Kansas. Sr. Mary Estelle, who was a nursing sister, worked for many years in St. Joseph's Hospital in Belvidere, Illinois. She died in that hospital in 1987.
	15	F	vi	Ellen CUNNINGHAM was born 17 Apr 1898 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died 17 Apr 1898 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. Ellen died at birth.
	16	F	vii	Eileen CUNNINGHAM was born 13 Aug 1899 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died 19 Jan 1988 in Askeaton, Co. Limerick and was buried in Ahavoher Cemetery, Gale Bridge, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. Eileen emigrated to the United States in 1928 and lived in New York. She never married, and retired to Listowel where she lived with her sister Bridie.
+	17	M	viii	John (Jack) CUNNINGHAM was born 1 Jul 1901 and died 7 Nov 1995.
	18	F	ix	Bridget (Bridie) CUNNINGHAM was born 7 Apr 1904 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died 24 Nov 1982 in Listowel, Co. Kerry and was buried in Ahavoher Cemetery, Gale Bridge, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. Bridie was a nurse in London and later in Listowel District Hospital. In Listowel she spent many years working on night duty - she would do three months of 12-hour shifts, getting only a one or two day break before the next three-month cycle would start. Bridie lived on Court House Road in Listowel.

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