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From left to right, Mikie Ronayne,
Bob Webster
(unmarried brother-in-law of Jimo.) and
Jimo
O'Donoghue mending their nets.
This picture was published in "Brave Seamen of Youghal" by Mike Hackett,
published in Blarney, Cork in 1995.
Connie Donoghue (born 1922?) who
supplied much of the earlier information on the Donoghue side, says
that he was present when this picture was taken in the mid-30s.
For an overview of the DONOGHUE family name, click here.
James
(Jimo) O'Donoghue (1875?-1946) was born in
Ballycotton. On February 8th, 1891 he married
Catherine
Webster ( baptised on August 8th, 1871, d. 1957? at age 86).
Catherine's parents were John
Webster (baptised September 23rd, 1838
C. of I.) who married in a Roman Catholic ceremony on July 16, 1859,
Anastasia
Slocum (baptised July 23rd, 1842).
Catherine
Webster had a brother Jack who served in the Royal Navy
from the end of the 19th Century, and was awarded the D.S.M. for
Jutland. Jack's son,
Dr. Reginald Webster was "Brain of Britain, 1960" on a quiz show.
Reginald was a Lieutenant R.N. prewar and served in the R.A.M.C. in
WWII. He served with Connie Donoghue (grandson of
Catherine
Webster and Jimo O'Donoghue) on HMS Impregnable in 1944.
The children of Jimo
O'Donoghue and Catherine were:
Jack (1897?-1950?), who was an IRA man 1919/20
George
Greenslade was the father of Mary, he was born in Exeter, Devon, and
died at age 86.
George went to Ireland for the Forestry Commission, married
Margaret
Leahy (who died at age 86) and remained in Ireland. One of the Leahy's
became a Monsignor in America.
The children of George
Patrick O'Donoghue (1901-1946) and
Mary
(Greenslade) (1895-1984) were:
Jack married May Ryan.
George
Patrick (1901-1946)
George married Mary Greenslade (1895-1984),
their children are given
further below.
William (Willie) (1909-1988)
William married Mary Harley, in London
James
James married Nell, in London.
Kate ( - d. 1919?)
Kate married William O'Brien who was lost on the HMS
Laurentic in 1917.
Bobby
Bobby married Mary Murphy.
Dinie (? - 1937)
Dinie married Patrick O'Connell who served in the
Connaught Rangers in WWI.
Annie May
Annie May married Jerry O'Regan an R.S.M in the Munster
Fusiliers.
Lily
Lily died when she was quite young.
Tommy (b. 1914? - d. 1942)
Tommy, the youngest, was building airfields in East Anglia
in 1942 when he died.
Mary Greenslade when she was around 20.
Mary Greenslade's siblings were:
George, who emigrated to America as a
young man, and had a family there of five children. George
was killed crossing a street in New York.
Kit, who married
Fred Turner and lived in London.
Bridgie.
Maggie.
Paddy who migrated to Canada.
Kitty (May 22, 1928 - )
Rita (July 18, 1929 - )
Josephine (May 25, 1931 - )
George (September 7, 1934 - )
Pauline (June 23, 1939 - )
Kitty
O'Donoghue, school picture in 1937.
Kitty is third from the left in the middle row.
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