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The Descendents of Richard Gallagher
of Castlefin, County Donegal, Ireland
123. Nancy7 Gallagher (Richard6, Edward5, John4, Andrew3, John2, Richard1) She was born about 1902. She trained as a nurse. She married Jim Coyle. He worked as a civil servant. They lived in Stillorgan, Ireland. She was living in Stillorgan, Dublin, in April 1993.[97]
124. Harry7 Gallagher (Richard6, Edward5, John4, Andrew3, John2, Richard1) He was born in 1904 and died in 1984. He emigrated to the United States from Ireland. He stayed with his great aunt Sarah Mulhern (#30), until he became established. He married an American.[98]
125. Maureen7 Gallagher (Richard6, Edward5, John4, Andrew3, John2, Richard1) She was born about 1905. She trained as a nurse. She married Eddie O'Flaherty, who was an inspector of agriculture. She died in November 1992.[99]
| 211. | i | Anne8 O'Flaherty adopted daughter, died 1 February 1993 in a car crash on black ice. She was a graduate of University College, Galway, Ireland, where she taught languages.[100] |
127. John7 McNally (Rose6, Edward5, John4, Andrew3, John2, Richard1) He was born 26 August 1903 at Strabane, Co. Tyrone. He had heart problems and died of a heart attack while ill with pneumonia. He died on 30 December 1986 at Monaghan County Hospital.[101] He is buried at Monaghan, Ireland.
He was educated at Clongowes Wood College. Both he and his brother, Paddy McNally, played rugby for the College. He served on the Monaghan U.D.C. from 1935 to 1969, spending 17 years as Chairman of the Council. "For many years he conducted the famous Swan Park Dance Hall which was the major social centre in North Monaghan for more than a couple of decades. ... That time drink was strictly forbidden and we used [to] put in our adverts at special times `no one with the slightest sign of drink will be admitted.'" "He became a member of Rossmore Golf Club shortly after its foundation in 1916 and was one of the first Trustees fo the Club." He managed "The Embroidery." He owned the local dance hall and two local shops. He was the godfather of Maire Keenan (#134) Never married.[102]
129. Patrick7 (Paddy) McNally (Rose6, Edward5, John4, Andrew3, John2, Richard1) He was a doctor in the Royal Air Force during World War II. He held the rank of squadron leader. He lives in England. He married Mary [-?-].[103]
| + | 212. | i | Paddy8 McNally |
| 213. | ii | Rosemary McNally She provided nursing care to Annie Mary McNally McLoughlin (#128) prior to her death.[104] | |
| 214. | iii | unknown child | |
| 215. | iv | unknown child | |
| 216. | v | unknown child |
133. Helen7 Gallagher (Harry6, Edward5, John4, Andrew3, John2, Richard1) She married Dermott O'Cleary. They lived at Urney.[105]
According to a published report, Helen Gallagher O'Cleary "started writing stories after one of her five children had a spell in the hospital. ... Her first volume of children's stories dealt with the adventures of the poteen makes of Donegal. It was an immediate success. Stories of the Dublin Horse Show followed. That, too, was a winner." Her book Swiss Adventure contains tales told to two of her children who became ill and had to be taken to Switzerland.[106]
134. Maire7 Keenan (Catherine6, Edward5, John4, Andrew3, John2, Richard1) She was born 25 October 1922 at Monaghan, Co. Monaghan, Ireland. She was born at ÒThe HillÓ in a house on the hill opposite the hospital. John McNally was her godfather. She died on 25 July 2000 of heart failure, associated with fluid in the lungs and lung cancer, at the Western Medical Center, Santa Ana, California. She is buried with her husband at the National Cemetery in Riverside, California.[107]
At Cappagh Lodge, she and her sister Kay were educated by a governess. While living at Cappagh Lodge, Maire and her sister Catherine floated their younger brother Johnny in a basket in the Blackwater River. When asked why they did it, they said that they were playing Moses in the bullrushes.[108]
During the period from 1931 to 1935, Maire and Kay attended National School in Monaghan. From September 1935 to June 1938, they went to private school at Sion Hill, Dominican Convent at Blackrock, Dublin. The two sisters used to go down to the wall separating the boys school from the girls school and throw notes over the wall. This behavior was deemed inappropriate by the nuns and almost lead to their being dismissed.[109] Maire received 94% in Irish, 83% in English, 91% in French, 96% in needlepoint and 92% in knitting.
From about September 1938 to June 1939, the two sisters attended the Convent of the Cross in Boscombe (located just outside of Bournemout near Southhampton), England. Maire and Kay were on the field hockey team, playing left and right wing.[110]
In the fall of 1939, they attended Sacred Heart Convent in Armagh for about about 10-15 days. The school was very strict in comparison to the other schools Maire and Kay had attended. During their brief stay they tried to mount a student insurrection against the regulations. Using the excuse of a tooth ache, Maire and Kay returned home by train. Upon arriving in Monaghan, their mother informed them that the nuns had called to inform her that the girls luggage would be on the next train and the girls were invited not to return.[111]
For the remainder of the school year, the girls attended the St. Louis convent school in Monaghan. All the classes at the school were taught in Irish which Maire and her sister did not use. Maire said she spent a lot of time reading paperback books because she never learned Irish. Both Maire and Kay spent more time out of class than in class. They felt that they may have been in class about 20 percent of the time.[112]
In the fall of 1940, she attended Rosses College (preparatory school to study for college) at Stephen's Green across from St. Vincent's Hospital with her sister Kay (Catherine). The two of them were the first girls to be admitted to the boys school.[113]
In the spring of 1941 she went to physical therapy school at Trinity College but did not like it. She had a complete human skeleton which she used for her studies and entertainment. She would hide the skeleton under Pat McGuire's bed to scare her. For a time there was a fellow border, at the boarding house at 40 Upper Leason Street in Dublin, who was known by them as "the bachelor." He apparently did not enjoy their pranks. After finding a potato shaped ankle bone on his plate one night, he left for other lodgings.[114]
In late 1941, Maire was hired by the Grand Central Hotel in Belfast at a trainee. She went to work at the Mayfair Hotel in London in the summer of 1943 and worked there until Christmas of 1945.[115]
During the 1950's she worked as a volunteer with both boy and girl scout groups, and as a volunteer in hospitals. She received an Associate of Arts degree in Nutrition and a certification in Hotel Management from Orange Coast College in 1978. In June of 1981, she graduated with honors from California State University at Fullerton with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting.[116] During the 1980's and 1990's she worked as a tax accountant and office manager for H & R Block in Orange County, California.
She was married 17 April 1946 at Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA, to Clinton Chollet Furniss, Jr. He was born 8 March 1913 at New York City, New York, USA; died 3 May 1984 at Glendale, California, USA; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, California.[117]
They met in the summer of 1942 while his military unit was assigned to Killeagh Castle, Northern Ireland, prior to the unit's assignment to North Africa. "When the troops were leaving from there for war assignments there was a farewell dinner with the quote `till we eat again.' Maire Furniss (Keenan) recalls they had lobster.[118]
He served in the US Army in North Africa, Italy and Germany during World War II. He worked at the Neurenberg War Trials after World War II. After retiring from the military as a major, he worked as a purchasing agent for various school districts and the City of Santa Ana. (See Furniss and Furness Families of Portsmouth and Durham, New Hampshire for additional information about the Furniss families.)
| + | 222. | i | Michael8 Furniss |
| + | 223. | ii | Sean Barry Furniss |
| + | 224. | iii | Kathleen Lynda Furniss |
| + | 225. | iv | Maureen Ruth Furniss |
135. Catherine7 (Kay, Kitty) Keenan (Catherine6, Edward5, John4, Andrew3, John2, Richard1) She was born at Monaghan, Ireland. Her godmother was her cousin Annie Mary (McNally) McLoughlin (#128).[119]
Kay's school records were almost identical to her sister Maire. A couple of additional notes of interest add to the previous information. Kay enjoyed gymnastics and while attending the Convent of the Cross in Boscombe, she participated in the rope climbing competitions. In the spring of 1941, Kay attended Alexander College where she studied "Domestic Science," what would also be known today as home economics.[120]
One of the memories which Kay remembered strongly related to a ping pong tournament. After having taken first place in the tournament in Monaghan, she went with five others to challenge a team in Northern Ireland. She arrived pretty "puffed up." After playing the number one player from the other team and losing 21 -1, she left humiliated. She said it taught her never to be number one.[121]
At the farewell dinner for the American troops at Killeagh Castle, "Kitty Keenan was up on a `blind date' with a friend of Bill Furniss & she recalls tryin to keep off the chill of the large castle by tearing up & burning newspapers. The blind date was Lt. Richard D. Englehart who was later taken as a P.O.W. [prisoner of war] & detained in Stalag 1495 Lager in Germany. He managed to escape. After he returned to the U.S. he had Christmas cards printed outlining the routes he had taken on his escape. He sent one to Kitty - but it was lost long ago.[122]
In the later part of 1941, Kitty worked at the Hibernian Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. Kitty Keenan worked in Northern Ireland (Belfast and Bangor) during the latter years of World War II. When a captured U-Boat was on display in Belfast, she lined up to tour it and managed to steal a tin of bread as a souvenir. When she later opened it, she discovered the bread was coarse, black and unpleasant. She recalled thinking how difficult it must have been for the crews to have to eat such rations, while in an "iron coffin." When she was working in Bangor, she lived in converted quarters in Bangor Castle. The castle is now a museum with a restaurant.[123]
In 1987, while seeking out a new dentist in Vancouver, she found herself being cared for by a Dr. MacEntee, the son of her old dentist in Monaghan.[124]
She was married at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to Terrance (Terry) Insley Kaye. At her wedding she wore a gown of white nylon satin with a full-length embroidered veil held by a coronet of orange blossoms. She carried lilies and pink rosebuds. Wilfred Gladstone, her cousin (#159), gave her away.[125]
Terry was born in 21 April 1922 at New Westminister, British Columbia. His parents were Thomas (Tommy) Kaye (born in Dingle, Ireland, died in Vancouver in the 1950's) and Thelma Insley (born in New Wesminster, British Columbia, died in Alberta while on vacation in 1973). Terry died in July 1976 at Vancouver and is buried at Vancouver, British Columbia.[126] The Kaye family used the surname Keys in the past.
Terry and his brother attended Vancouver College, a noted Catholic College which was run by the Christian Brothers of Ireland. During the second World War, Terry enlisted in the Canadian Army and served in the medical corps with the Canadian forces in Europe. After the war he returned to Canada where he took a job with the Canadian Post Office, a position he held until his death.[127]
He had one brother Danny Kaye. Danny served in the Canadian Air Force as a bomber pilot. He was married in 1948 to Doreen, who he met while he was stationed near Yorkshire, England during WW II while he was serving in the Canadian Air Force. They live in Ottawa, Canada. They had three children - Diana, Edward and Michael.[128]
Kay and Terry adopted two children. [129]
136. John (Johnny, Sean) Edward7 Keenan. (Catherine6, Edward5, John4, Andrew3, John2, Richard1) He was born at Cappagh Lodge, Monaghan, Ireland.[130]
He was educated at the Christian Brothers' schools at Monaghan, then attended Castleknock College. He took his law lectures at the National University. He placed first in the final examination of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland. He was awarded the Society's silver medal and given the Overend Final Examination Scholarship and the Findlater Scholarship. He practices law in Monaghan, Ireland.[131] He was reported to have thrown all of his Irish language text books into the River Liffey after passing his Irish examination.
He married Margaret Ann Kieran on at the Catholic Church of Donnybrook in Dublin, Ireland. She was born at 27 Upper Pembroke Street, Dublin, Ireland. Her parents were Cornelius Kieran, medical doctor, and Ellen A. Armstrong.. Her father Cornelius Kieran was born 18 November 1896 at Monaghan, Ireland, to Patrick Kieran, merchant, and Margaret Denver.[132]
They adopted two children. [133]
137. Joan7 Keenan (Catherine6, Edward5, John4, Andrew3, John2, Richard1) She was born at Monaghan, Ireland. Joan "was educated at St. Louis Convent Monaghan and then at Loreto Abbey, Rathfarnham, Dublin. I was a perfect and also vice captain of games. I studied Dietetics at St. Marys College, Dublin, and after qualfying worked at Addenbrookes College, Cambridge, and then the West Middlesex Hospital - where Ray was born. Later I worked at Good Hope Hospital, Sulton Coldfield, where I was in charge of the Dietetic Department (in fact the only dietetian in the North Birmingham District for 12 years).[134]
She married John Crosthwaite at Barnes, England. John Crosthwaite was born at Thurnaby on Tees, England.[135]
John started his career as a mechanic for racing cars and ended up as a car designer and international consultant. John was working with with Cooper racing when the first rear-engined racing cars were built. He was with Lotus in 1957 when he went to the United States to work with Colin Chapman's Lotus team at the Seabring races in California. He then stayed on with J. Chamberlin who had the Lotus distributorship. He worked with the first Formula Junior racing cars. He designed and developed the Dolphin racing cars.[136]
In January of 1962 he started work with Mickey Thompson and within 120 days he had designed and developed three cars of the Indianapolis 500 race. The three cars were built for Mickey Thompson, Lawrence Harvey of Harvey Metals and Jim Kimberly of Kimberly Clark Paper. The cars were basically enlarged versions of the Dolphin and were the first cars to qualify on stock engines in 30 years. During the May 1962 race their car, being driven by Dan Gurney, was running 9th when a seal blew out.[137]
For the 1963 Indianapolis 500, John developed a new car with a titanium alloyed frame. This car had a dry weight of only 980 lbs., the lightest of any car raced at Indy (later rule changes made it impossible to race cars as light as this one). The car used 12 inch wheels that were 9 inches wide. They were the first of the low profile tires used in modern racing. In the 1963 race, one of the 1962 cars, being driven by Al Miller, placed 9th.[138]
After the 1963 race John returned to England to work with Graham Hill of BRM (British Racing Motors). He later worked with Jackie Stewart, the Scottish driver, and in 1974 began working with Reliant Motor Cars. He spent two years working in Korea helping to establish the Hyundai car production plants.[139]
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[97] Katty Caffrey to author, - April 1988;
Katty Caffrey to author, 10 April 1988; Kay Kaye to author, - January 1991;
Katty Caffrey to Kitty Kaye, 22 April 1993, original in possession of writer;
Conversation with Katty Caffrey, 24 July 1997, information about where John
Coyle worked and his death.
[98] Katty Caffrey to author, 10 April
1988; Kay Kaye to author, - January 1991.
[99] Katty Caffrey to author, - April 1988;
Katty Caffrey to author, 10 April 1988; Kay Kaye to author, - January 1991;
Katty Caffrey to author, 10 December 1992, letter notes the death of Maureen
Gallagher, original in possession of writer.
[100] Katty Caffrey to author, - April
1988, letter has information about Anne O'Flaherty, original in possession of
writer; Katty Caffrey to author,.22 April 1993, letter notes Anne's death,
original in possession of writer.
[101] Declaration of John McNally, 19
March 1986, copy provided by John E. Keenan in possession of writer, records
names and dates of death for his parents - Edward McNally and Rose McNally,
names and dates of birth of the five children, and date of death of his brother
Edward McNally; Birth Certificate for John McNally, B 22/E 202, General
Registrar Office, Belfast; Death Certificate for John McNally, No. H 2271/21,
entry No. 231, Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Office of Monaghan,
copy provided by John E. Keenan in possession of writer.
[102] "John McNally's View from the Golf
Course," The Northern Standard, 23 January 1981, copy in possesion of
the writer; Maire Furniss, Notes on descendents of Edward Gallagher; Kay Kaye,
notes on Gallagher family, 1 February 1988.
[103] Maire Furniss, Notes on
descendents of Edward Gallagher; Kay Kaye, notes on Gallagher family, 1
February 1988.
[104] Kay Kaye, notes of 27 March 1990,
original in possession of writer.
[105] Maire Furniss, Notes on
descendents of Edward Gallagher.
[106] Printed report, unknown source -
probably from Ireland or England, unknown date, in possession of writer.
[107] Irish Passport C 20552 for Maire
Keenan, issued 11 February 1946; Irish Passport E 47814 for Mrs. Clinton
Furniss, issued May 1956; both passports list date and place of birth, both
passports in possession of writer; Oral interview with Maire Keenan on 7
November 1988, notes in possession of writer; Tape of discussion between Maire
Keenan and Catherine Keenan 6 December 1988.
[108] Oral interview with Maire Keenan
on 7 November 1988.
[109] Tape of discussion between Maire
Keenan and Catherine Keenan 6 December 1988.
[110] Tape of discussion between Maire
Keenan and Catherine Keenan 6 December 1988.
[111] Tape of discussion between Maire
Keenan and Catherine Keenan 6 December 1988.
[112] Tape of discussion between Maire
Keenan and Catherine Keenan 6 December 1988.
[113] Oral interview with Maire Keenan
on 7 November 1988.
[114] Tape of discussion between Maire
Keenan and Catherine Keenan 6 December 1988.
[115] Tape of discussion between Maire
Keenan and Catherine Keenan 6 December 1988; Oral interview with Maire Keenan
on 7 November 1988.
[116] Oral interview with Maire Keenan
on 7 November 1988.
[117] Birth Certificate for Clinton Chollet Furniss Jr., 8 Mar. 1913, Certificate and Record of Birth 14425, Bureau of Vital Records, Department of Health, New York, NY, copy in possession of writer; Notice of death for Clinton C. "Bill" Furniss, copy in possession of writer.
[118] Tape of discussion between Maire
Keenan and Catherine Keenan 6 December 1988; Notes of Kay Kaye (Keenan), in
possession of writer.
[119] Family Group Sheet for Terrance
Insley Kaye and Catherine Keenan; Tape of discussion between Maire Keenan and
Catherine Keenan 6 December 1988.
[120] Tape of discussion between Maire
Keenan and Catherine Keenan 6 December 1988.
[121] Tape of discussion between Maire
Keenan and Catherine Keenan 6 December 1988.
[122] Kay Kaye, notes of Sept. 1993,
original in possession of writer.
[123] Tape of discussion between Maire
Keenan and Catherine Keenan, 6 December 1988; Kay Kaye, notes of Sept. 1993.
[124] Tape of discussion between Maire
Keenan and Catherine Keenan, 6 December 1988.
[125] Wedding announcement from an
unknown Vancouver, B.C., Canada, newspaper, in possession of writer.
[126] Catherine Kaye to Martha and Barry
Furniss, letter of 9 September 1988.
[127] Catherine Kaye to Martha and Barry
Furniss, letter of 9 September 198.
[128] Catherine Kaye to Martha and Barry
Furniss, letter of 9 September 1988.
[129] Family Group Sheet for Terrance
Insley Kaye and Catherine Keenan.
[130] Birth Certificate for John Keenan,
Certified copy of entry no. 26 in the Register Book of Births, No. U 1132/10,
copy obtained by John Edward Keenan in possession of writer.
[131] News clippings, various articles
which are undated and from unknown Monaghan newspapers, in possession of
writer
[132] Marriage Certificate for John
Keenan and Margaret Ann Kieran copy of entry no 176 from the Certified Copies
of Entries of Marriages in Oifig an Ard-Chláraitheora, Dublin, No. C
164/25, copy obtained by John Edward Keenan in possession of writer; Birth
Certificate for Margaret Ann Kieran, copy of entry from the Certified Copies of
Entries of Births in the General Register Office, Dublin, copy obtained by John
Edward Keenan in possession of writer; Birth Certificate for Cornelius Kieran,
copy of entry from the Certified Copies of Births in Oifig an
Ard-Chláraitheora, Dublin, copy obtained by John Edward Keenan in
possession of writer.
[133] Certified copy of entry no. 544 in
the Adopted Children Register, No. A31/48, record lists date of birth and date
of adoption order, copy obtained by John Edward Keenan in possession of writer;
Certified copy of entry no. 538 in the Adopted Children Register, No. A31/49,
record lists date of birth and date of adoption order, copy obtained by John
Edward Keenan in possession of writer.
[134] Family records prepared by Joan
Keenan, in possession of writer; Joan Keenan to author, undated letter 1992,
original in possession of writer.
[135] Family records prepared by Joan
Keenan.
[136] Oral interview with John
Crosthwaite, 2 July 1988, interview on "Car Talk" of KPKF 90.7 Los Angeles,
California, taped by Maureen Ruth Furniss, recording in possession of
writer.
[137] Oral interview with John
Crosthwaite, 2 July 1988, interview on "Car Talk" of KPKF 90.7 Los Angeles,
California.
[138] Oral interview with John
Crosthwaite, 2 July 1988, interview on "Car Talk" of KPKF 90.7 Los Angeles,
California.
[139] Oral interview with John
Crosthwaite, 2 July 1988, interview on "Car Talk" of KPKF 90.7 Los Angeles,
California.
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