Legend has it that the Dunnes fled Antrim in Cromwellian times and started afresh in South Tipperary. Griffith's Valuation of that area, compiled in 1853, shows the following taxable residents in the townland of Carrigeen -

 

By the early 1880s, most of the family had emigrated leaving Billy Dunne and his wife Ellen Lyons in sole possession of the farm.

Their family consisted of —

Edmund (Ned) — born in 1875, died in 1956

Margaret (Peg) Mary — 1877 - 1969

Catherine (Kate) — 1879 - 1965

John (Jack) — 1882, died when he was about 12

Patrick — 1885, died before his first birthday

Mary Bridget (Bab) — 1886 - 19??

Helena (Lena) — 1889 - 1979

 

Billy supplemented a meagre agricultural income with his earnings as a Master Mason and builder including in his works the Convent and School in Newinn, and a house for the mother of the then Archbishop Shine of Liverpool.

 

 

 

[I don't know who the fan club are.]

Also included on this page (or elsewhere) are —

• Some Careys and Mr & Mrs Slinsby
• Kitty Corbett and friends
• The Drogheda Show, 1921
• Uncle Ned's trip home

A postcard from Billy and one from ????

	postmark Glasgow, 1.15 PM, 26 JAN 1918 "Dear Daughter, Many thanks for sketches you were kind enough to send along. Glad to hear you enjoyed yourself at the dance from Your loving Father" [I guess he was on his way home from the Shotts]
	postmark Glasgow, 1.15 PM, 26 JAN 1918 "Dear Sister, Thanking you kindly for the wonderful smart children in the school as I think they are lovely sketching and also I am highly honer-ed to think I have such a lovely sister, I will close for this time will write again. Billjim" [Any offers on who Billjim might be?]

Kate was baptised in Newinn on Sunday, September 7, 1879, her godparents being Miles Heffernan and Margaret Dunne. She married Frank Corbett (son of William and Kate Corbett, Clonmel) sometime in the 1920s and moved to Clonmel but he died on March 3, 1930 and she returned to Carrigeen to keep house for Billy and Ned. She was the last occupant of the house when she died on Sunday, July 11, 1965, and after her death the house collapsed and was removed when the road was straightened in the early 1970s

	"Thanks for parcel which arrived this morning, also the enclosed. Did you like the shamrocks. I think they are grand this year. I will write again on Monday. Best wishes for St. Patrick's Day. ( K D.)" postmark Cashel Co. Tipperary, ?.30 PM, 15 MR 18 addressed to Miss Dunne, Ross Terrace, Broxburn, Scotland

Bab was baptised in Newinn on Tuesday, May 25, 1886, her godparents being John Noonan and Catherine Hally. She never kept well and died quite young.

	"Bab" Mary Bridget Dunne	"Don't show to anyone"

postmark Clonmel, 6.15 PM, AP ? 12

postmark Clonmel, 1.15 PM, MR 16 12

	stamp (& postmark) removed, might be 1914 addressed to Miss Dunne, c/o Mrs Heaney, Ross Terrace, Broxburn, Scotland "Shall expect you on Saturday with Peg. Hope you will have a good night. Shall keep all news till Sunday. Am great again with who you know. Bab. Bring Sara the makings of a white blouse if anything."

postmark Clonmel, 3.15 PM, 2? AP 14 addressed to Miss Dunne, C/o Mrs Heaney, Ross Terrace, Broxburn, West Lothian "Am in Clonmel buying a costume, I was fully bent on a grey but they would not even show it to me, I should take one of the fashionable colours (lime or brown) so I chose the later. I hope you wont mind for Kate said you intended getting brown. It is a very light shade & rather dear. You get brown too, it will be a change from navy. Bab" (click here for image)

	"50 Dickson Road, Blackpool Just arrived here this morning and we are quite taken with the place already & are staying till Saturday. The place is actually like a city it is that crowded. I had a lovely journey from Ireland but have not got over the effects of it yet. I shall write when I get back to Ashton. Bab" postmark Blackpool 6.30 PM, 1 JUN 14[?] addressed to Miss Dunne, Ross Terrace, Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland [1 JUN 14 was a Monday]

Ned was baptised in Newinn on Wednesday, April 7, 1875, his godparents being Edward Dunne and Margaret Heffernan. He lived at Carrigeen all his life, was a carpenter at Rockwell College, never married and died in 1956.

Ned Dunne holding Tom the donkey's head, probably Lena turned to face the camera.	Tom the donkey babysitting Gerard & Lena (Reynolds) (maybe)

The Convent and School, Newinn

Builder - Billy Dunne

Newinn Parish Church

The Neighbours

[Jack, Kitty, Paddy (Mr), Greta and Nellie, chez Carey]	[Mrs & Mr Maurice Slinsby, up the road towards Newinn]

	"Of your charity pray for the repose of the soul of Rev. Fr. Timothy Carey, S.J.C.F., who died at Calais on the 27th Feb., 1919 aged 41. This monument erected by British soldiers and parishioners of Audruicq is a token of the love and esteem for one who served with conspicuous [zeal] for 2� years at Audrui.... beloved chaplain and ...."
	[possibly the aforementioned Fr. Timothy Carey.]

Clonmel Cuties

	"The Island, Clonmel, July 13th '21 Alice McCarthy Madge Kelleher Kitty Corbett"

[I don't know who we should be looking for in the crowd.]