Mary Ellen Brennan1866

Mary Ellen Brennan 1866

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Mary Ellen Brennan was born to Luke Brennan in 1866 in Co. Roscommon. 

She married Thomas Murtagh from Erra, Co. Roscommon. 

They had 4 children, Rose, Michael, John Thomas, and Patrick Stephen.  Rose married Dan Foley from Kilmeane.  Michael was placed in a hospital in Balinasloe.  John Thomas and Patrick Stephen went to America in 1922. 

They stayed in New York.  Both married.  John Thomas stayed in New York where he was killed by a drunk driver in 1970.  Patrick Stephen returned to Ireland with his wife Etta in 1954.  He died in 1955 in Beltra, Co. Sligo.  I never was able to find his grave in Ireland. 

Mary Ellen Brennen died in Ballymurray, Co. Roscommon in 1937.

Additional Information
Date of Birth 7th Aug 1866
Date of Death 2nd Mar 1937
Associated Building (s) House on Rt 61 in Ballymurray, Co. Roscommon  

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