MJ MacManus Family

Michael MacManus

Born:

• Around 1815
• In the parish of Kilronan, Roscommon

Marriage:

• Bridget Flannaghan

Issue:

• James MacManus
• Martin MacManus
• Patrick MacManus, born 1845

Patrick MacManus

Born:

• 1845
• In the Keadue area

Schoolmaster:

• Patrick became a Schoolmaster at Carrick on Shannon

Marriage:

• Mary O’Toole

Issue:

• Michael Joseph MacManus, their first born in 1888
• Bernard MacManus, born 1889
• Mary Elizabeth MacManus, born 1891
• Kathleen MacManus, born 1893
• Cecelia Bridget MacManus, born 1895
• John George MacManus, born 1897
• Mary Ethna MacManus, born 1915

Michael Joseph MacManus

Born:

• 10 February 1888, County Leitrim

Died

• 21 September 1951 in Co. Donegal

Marriage:

• Bridget Glynn

Literary Career:

• Michael Joseph’s successful literary career is well documented and has been summarised in articles in the Heart and Hand journal, issues 1, 5 and 7.

• Works of MJ MacManus
• The country funeral: a poem beginning “From Arigna they come
• MW Books
• Carrick on Shannon Workhouse & THE GREAT FAMINE

Issue:

• Molly MacManus

Molly MacManus

Marriage:

• Robert MacNabb

Issue:

• Dermot MacNabb