my grandads siblings on the Curran side.

Martin Curran, My Grandfather, was one of at least a dozen siblings. I have spoken extensively of him, so I won't dwell on him at all.

I have decided to make a table showing them, and then dwell on whatever stories I know of any of them, because some of them, I know little, other than DOB’s and DOD’s, Once again, if anyone can add anything to this, or correct me, then I’m willing to alter this blog in the future.

Name	DOB	DOD
James(Jimmy)Curran	22 February 1868	27 May 1948
Patrick Curran	27 February 1870	4 April 1889
Peter Curran	20 January 1872	11 May 1929
Bridget(Biddy)Curran	14 May 1875	12 January 1963
John Curran	12 January 1877	‘died young’
Thomas Curran	No date	‘died young’
Francis(Frank)Curran	1866 or before	15 October 1930
Catherine(Kate)Curran	About 1856	15 May 1929
Anne(Nanny)Curran	30 January 1857	4 December 1884
Mary Curran	4 November 1858	27 April 1889
Sarah Curran	28 February 1865	17 September 1933

These are all the children of Francis Curran (1815-1899) and Sarah Doyle (1838-1886)

Now, John and Thomas died young, so not much known there. Patrick died when he was only 18, and Anne was only 27. Also Mary, who was only 30. I still have to see death certs for these, but it could be safe to assume that they could have died from the many epidemic infections that ravaged Ireland at that time.

Jimmy, as far as I know, did not marry, or have children. He lived and died in Drumphea, and worked as a labourer in the local farming industry.

Bridget also lived and died in Drumphea, and also didn’t marry, as well as her sister Sarah. I have been told that Sarah had red hair, and was a really good singer. Bridget or Biddy as she was known suufered all her life with scoliosis, a curved spine.

Peter married Anne sinnott from Newtownbarry(former name for Bunclody) they had a dairy shop in Bolton street, Dublin. They had eight children, and have many descendents around today. An unusual story about peter was, that when he died in 1929, the Curran family grave was opened in Drumphea and family had assembled there for his funeral, but he was actually buried in Newtownbarry cemetery, I have been told by people, that he came upon hard times in Dublin, and that his siblings were unwilling to help him. I am now assuming that at the time of his death, the Currans assumed he would go to Drumphea, but obviously there must have been some upset by his wife and children, and they decided to bury him in the Sinnott plot in Newtownbarry. I have met a representative of his descendents, Richard, who told me about peters descendents, many stories to tell, but not for today’s blog. It has also been said that Peter was a policeman in the DMP.

Frank Lived and died in Drumphea, but this time, he did get married to Winifred Dowling and had children. He was a farmer and lived with his family, and also Jimmy, Biddy and Sarah Curran in the family home. I have also met Tillie and Frank, who are his descendents. And they have told me all about his history.

Kate is the unusual one of the bunch, she went to America. At around the age of 20, she married a gentleman called Michael Ralph, who was from Bunnagurra, just the other side of the Blackstairs Mountains, they had a son called John Curran Ralph, and then they left to join Michael’s brother Thomas. That was the last the Currans saw of her. They made it there, but did not have any more children, and from what I can see, their son did not marry or have children, they are all buried together, including Thomas Ralph in St Patricks cemetery, Vernon county, Wisconsin.

If anyone can elaborate on any of this information, I welcome any input, and i will edit this blog accordingly