Bawnboy and Templeport
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72) The next house close by on the left, was built by Seán McCaffrey (RIP) and has been occupied by a great number of tenants.
73) At Smiths of the
Cross, the remains of the house that gave its name to the road junction
still stand there. The house was occupied in the last century by Charles
Maguire, his wife Mary Jane and a big family, Patrick, Mary, Kate, Anne,
Margaret, Eliza Jane, Charles and Evelyn.
74) Charles gave the use of a field
to the first G.A.A. team, Bawnboy Gallowglasses, formed in Templeport
in 1888. The field lay right beside the junction between the roads leading
to Kildoagh and Roscoo. The Maguire family migrated to Belfast immediately
before the turn of the century and James Smith and his wife Anne replaced
them. Their children were Mary Kate (Mrs. Pee McCaffrey), Tom and Vincent
N.T.
75? / 76?) Kevin McCaffrey is the current owner and has built a fine new house for his wife Sheila and family, Kevin, Niall, Seán, Caitríona and Patrick.
77?) The last house in Kilsob on this road has now disappeared. It belonged to the Pinkman family James and his wife Margaret McAweeney. James was a nailer. There were four sons in the family Jimmy, Patrick, Thomas and Johnnie. Jimmy was a nailer and also sold the Anglo-Celt. Johnnie was a rural postboy and later became a newsagent around Bawnboy. When he got tired of carrying his bundles of newspapers on his back, he bought a tricycle to ease his transport problem. Patrick died in the workhouse. We have no record of Thomas except his birth.
Johnny Pinkman, rural postboy and later on a newsagent. The tricycle belonged originally to the Donohoes of Ray (Roy). |
Last update: 16 January, 2011 13:44