In going through my genealogy "archives", I found the following which I received from an American Kirwan cousin (who lives in Ireland). He has given me permission to post it here. To protect privacy, I have removed certain identifying information and my comments/changes are in brackets. Jeanette **************************** Creedon Research On Friday, January 28, 1998, I drove to Blarney and asked Fr Vincent O�Donoghue, Church of the Immaculate Conception, about the Creedon family. He sent out a lady who told me that most of the people now in Blarney were not old families, and my best chance would be to ask [Ms] Creedon, who lives near the church. As this was the same [Ms} Creedon I had spoken with by telephone twice, who said the Creedon history I recited did not apply to any farming family of Creedons she knew of, I decided not to contact her again. I asked the lady if there were other parishes nearby and she suggested Waterloo and Inniscarra. Because Waterloo didn�t have a resident priest, I decided to visit Inniscarra. On Saturday, January 24, 1998, I drove to Inniscarra at the church of St Senan, and Fr John O�Donovan, the celebrant of a Mass just ending, introduced me to Mr Jerry (Jeremiah) Mullane, Cloghroe, Blarney. Mr Mullane thought my recitation sounded like the family of Michael Creedon. I showed him the photo Mick Kirwan had taken, in March, 1955, of three Creedon sisters and the husband of one. Jerry recognized them and named them: Mary, Nellie and Nancy. He then told me that Nellie had married his brother, Dennis Mullane, since died, and she now lived with her daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Mark Costello, in Killeens. Jerry said another sister, Norah, married Peter Harte, a blacksmith. He then told me Nancy lived in Grenagh. Michael lived on the farm, in the vicinity of Rathduff. I drove through Blarney, through Waterloo and to Grenagh. There, I stopped at the shop/post office to ask directions to the home of Nancy Twomey (who Mick had actually met in 1955). On the way, I passed the cemetery outside the town and located a Creedon tombstone where are buried (from this family) Ellen Creedon, died July 20, 1963 and her daughter, Norah (Harte), died August 9, 1966. I found Nancy Creedon Twomey at home and had a cup of tea with her. She said her grandparents were Daniel Creedon and Norah Cogan of Donoughmore and their children were Jeremiah, Margaret (married Charles Glass), Annie (Anna), Jack (John), Paddy and Norah. All but Norah went to America. Jeremiah returned, perhaps to take over the family farm. The farm is in the townland of Ballyfireen, which is in the civil parish of Grenagh, Registration District (formerly Poor Law Union) of Cork, Barony of Barretts and County of Cork, East Riding. Jeremiah and Ellen Creedon had these children in order of age: Norah (married Peter Harte), Dan, Peggy (married Terry Sexton), Nancy (married John Twomey), Nellie (married Dennis Mullane) and Mary. When Mick Kirwan came to Cork in March, 1955, Nancy was newly wed. She married John Twomey on February 14, 1955 in the South Parish church, Cork City. She had attended the Presentation School. She was then working for John Musgrave of Cornmarket Street. He was a wholesaler of groceries and a Protestant. When Mick Kirwan took the photo of the sisters and John Twomey in front of a fireplace, Nancy and John lived at �Enniskeane�, Victoria Road, Cork City. Nancy said Jo Kerwin visited her for a fortnight in 1966 or 1967. [This is my Aunt Josephine Kerwin.] This is the inscription on the Creedon tombstone in Grenagh cemetery. �In Loving Memory of Michael Creedon Ballyfireen Who died 23rd February 1954 His daughter, Kathy Creedon Died 25, April 1943 His Sister Hanna Creedon Died 1st June 1938 Also His Mother Kate Creedon Died 25th February 1927 Ellen Creedon Died 20th July 1963 Her Daughter, Norah (Harte) Died 9th August 1966 Sacred Heard of Jesus Have Mercy R.I.P.� Michael Creedon was a first cousin of Jeremiah Creedon, according to Nancy Creedon Twomey. Michael is buried in his family plot, but the town council ruled that no more burials could take place there because it was full, and so Ellen Creedon and Norah Creedon Harte were buried in Michael Creedon�s plot. ************************************************* __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com