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Marion McSwiney

Marion McSwiney,
bapt 1 May 1863.
Family lived in Limerick.
"William McSwiney" (her father or brother) was admitted a member of the Catholic Institute, Limerick in 1887.
Marion possibly got to know Blennerhassett Cashel before 1893, when he was in Limerick and active in the Catholic Institute, Limerick. Certainly he knew the family.
Blennerhassett moved to Cork in 1893.
Marion's family moved to Cork by 1895.
Her father died in Cork in May 1895.
Marion's brother Fr. John McSwiney in his diary for 1895 notes that "Mr. Cashel" was at the funeral.
Blennerhassett Cashel's wife died in 1896.
Fr. John in his diary of 19 Apr 1897 notes some event, and says: "Marion took part - was helped by Cashels and Riordans". The Riordans are probably the family that lived near the Cashels and that Kate Cashel married into in 1904.
At marriage in 1898, Marion is living 18 Liberty St, Cork. This was her brother Edward's house.

She mar 26 Oct 1898, Dublin, to Blennerhassett Cashel [bapt 18 June 1848] and had issue.
His 2nd marriage. He was age 50 with children ranging from teenage to married.
They mar at St.Augustine and John, Thomas St, Dublin. See mar cert from here.
Both living in Cork. They married in Dublin at the main church of the Augustinians. Her brother Fr. John McSwiney was an Augustinian priest, and he married them. His diary for Oct 1898 has notes on the wedding.
Blen's niece Mary Agnes Sheahan was bridesmaid. Marion's brother Willie was best man.

Marion McSwiney.
On a card sent to her brother.
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Thought to be Marion McSwiney.
Note her eldest grandchild was born 1927.
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Courtesy of Mitrina Ryall.

Marion McSwiney and her daughter Helen and grandchildren Mary and Morna. Photo 1931.
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Thought to be Marion McSwiney with grandchildren.
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Marion McSwiney and her grandson Jack McGrath.
17 Knockrea park, Douglas Rd, Cork.
Photo c.1938.
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Marion McSwiney.
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