52. Josephine (Jo) GORDON (Cormac GORDON , Anne FOLEY , Michael? ) was born 18 May 1908 in Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. She died Jun 1985 in Clonskeagh, Co. Dublin and was buried in New Cemetery, Tuam, Co. Galway.

Jo was a domestic science teacher.

Josephine married Gerald COLLEARY on 26 Jul 1939 in St. Andrew's Church, Westland Row, Dublin. Gerald was born 1910 in Ballina, Co. Mayo. He died 11 Sep 1968 in Tuam, Co. Galway and was buried in New Cemetery, Tuam, Co. Galway.

Gerald was headmaster of Tuam Vocational School.

54. Linda GORDON (Cormac GORDON , Anne FOLEY , Michael? ) was born Jul 1912 in Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. She died 11 Aug 1986 in Mount Merrion, Dublin.

Linda was a domestic science teacher.

Linda married James (Jim) B. RUANE. James was born about 1914 in Monivea, Athenry, Co. Galway. He died Sep 1976 in Dublin and was buried in Esker Cemetery, Lucan, Co. Dublin.

Jim was professor of agriculture in University College Dublin.

55. Thomas (Tom) GORDON (Cormac GORDON , Anne FOLEY , Michael? ) 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.

Tom ran the Gordon family farm in Kilgarriff.

Thomas married Frances MORRIS, daughter of Michael John MORRIS, in 1947. Frances was born 1918 in Co. Roscommon. She died 2 Jun 2001 in Dublin and was buried in Fairymount Cemetery, Co. Roscommon.

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.

57. Patrick (Paddy) GORDON (Cormac GORDON , Anne FOLEY , Michael? ) 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.

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

Cormac married Maureen HUSSEY, daughter of Stephen HUSSEY and Mary RYAN, on 4 Sep 1951 in Dundrum, Dublin. Maureen was born 5 Jul 1924 in East Acton, London. She died 19 Mar 1995 in Mount Merrion, Dublin and was buried in Shanganagh Cemetery, Dublin.

Maureen grew up in Barnes in London. She attended school at a small French convent in Barnes and later went to the Sacred Heart Convent in Hammersmith.

By the time Maureen left school (during World War II), she had decided she wanted to be a nurse. After six months of basic training in a hospital in the Hammersmith area, she was assigned to the Navy and spent most, if not all, of her service-time at a naval base in Sherborne in Dorset.

Maureen's parents, having an Irish background, felt that their children would have a much better life if they were to settle in Ireland, so in 1947 Maureen and her sisters moved to Dublin. Within a short time, Cormac Gordon, a friend of hers whom she had first met in London when he worked in the Irish Passport Office, was back in Dublin, working in the Department of Foreign Affairs. Maureen and Cormac would later marry.

After her arrival in Dublin, Maureen began training as a medical laboratory assistant, and after qualifying, worked mainly in Trinity College and also in Dr. Steeven's Hospital. When her mother became ill, Maureen resigned from her job to care for her.

In her later years, Maureen became an active member of the Labour Party; she also devoted more time to writing, a passion of hers since childhood. After her death, family members published two books of her work: a collection of poetry, "The Tug of the Undertow", and a collection of prose and poetry, "Into the Wind".