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John James McCarthy (1881 - 1961)

John James McCarthy
Born in Ballyhooly, Fermoy, County Cork, Irelandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 28 Jul 1910 in Skibbereen, County Cork, Irelandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 80 in Newtown, Rosscarbery, County Cork, Irelandmap
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Biography

John McCarthy came there from Ballyhooly in North Cork to Newtown, Rosscarbery in 1903. John was a teacher and had the honour of teaching the famous Tom Barry, leader of the West Cork forces during the Black and Tan period.

Records

Birth of JOHN MCCARTHY on 24 June 1881:

  • Name JOHN MCCARTHY
  • Date of Birth 24 June 1881
  • Location of Birth Ballyhooly
  • Group Registration ID 8944276
  • SR District/Reg Area Fermoy
  • Sex Male
  • Father's Name James McCarthy
  • Father's Occupation Mason
  • Mother's Name Mary Looney
  • Image from https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/

Marriage of JOHN MCCARTHY and KATHLEEN KEENAN on 28 July 1910:

  • Party 1 Name JOHN MCCARTHY, Teacher, Rosscarbery
  • Party 2 Name KATHLEEN KEENAN, Hotel Proprietress, Glandore
  • Date of Event 28 July 1910
  • Location of Event Roman Catholic Chapel of Kilmacabea, Registrar's District of Union Hall, Union of Skibbereen, County Cork
  • Group Registration ID 1941738
  • SR District/Reg Area Skibbereen
  • Groom's Father James McCarthy, Mason
  • Bride's Father James Keenan, Hotel Proprietor
  • Witness 1 David O'Driscoll
  • Witness 2 Birdie Keenan
  • Image from https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/

Record of marriage:

  • First name(s) John
  • Last name McCarthy
  • Registration year 1910
  • Registered Quarter/Year Oct - Dec 1910
  • Registration district Skibbereen
  • Volume 5
  • Page 291
  • County -
  • MarriageFinder™ John McCarthy married Kathleen Keenan
  • Record set Irish Marriages 1845-1958
  • Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
  • Subcategory Marriages & divorces
  • Collections from Ireland

Death of JOHN JAMES MC CARTHY on 13 July 1961:

  • Name JOHN JAMES MC CARTHY
  • Date of Death 13 July 1961
  • Cause of Death Congestive Cardiac Failure, Myocardial Degeneration
  • Location of Death Newtown, Rosscarbery
  • Group Registration ID 2926983
  • SR District/Reg Area Clonakilty
  • Deceased Age at Death 80
  • Deceased Condition Married
  • Deceased Occupation Ex School Teacher
  • Present at Death James P. McCarthy, son, of Newtown, Rosscarbery
  • Image from https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/

Census

1901 Irish Census (living in house 27 in Ballyhooly Town (Ballyhooly, Cork):
Name Age Birth Year Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Literacy Irish Language Marital Status Specified Illnesses
James McCarthy 56 1845 Male Head of Family Roman Catholic Co Tipperary Mason Read and write - Married -
Mary McCarthy 55 1846 Female Wife Roman Catholic Co Cork - Read and write - Married -
Bridget McCarthy 23 1878 Female Daughter Roman Catholic Co Cork - Read and write - Not Married -
John McCarthy 19 1882 Male Son Roman Catholic Co Cork Monitor Read and write Irish and English Not Married -


1911 Irish Census (Residents of a house 7 in Curraheen (Rosscarbery, Cork)):
Name Age Birth Year Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Literacy Irish Language Marital Status Specified Illnesses Years Married Children Born Children Living
John McCarthy 29 1882 Male Head of Family Roman Catholic Co Cork National Teacher Read and Write Irish and English Married - - - -
Kathleen McCarthy 28 1883 Female Wife Roman Catholic Co Cork - Read and Write Irish and English Married - - - -

Sources

  • Kathleen Daly Sept 2009




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My grandfather, John McCarthy, was a storybook grandfather – he was perfect. He was small in stature but full of fun and stories. He dressed up as Santa at Christmas time, he took me to my first circus, read me my first fairy stories and was never cross or critical. The circus was Duffy’s and was held in the big field behind Uncle Jim’s house in Rosscarbery. I can still remember laughing at the clowns who were running around in huge blue bloomers – all simple fun and oh how we loved it!; My grandfather as much as myself. I can remember just the two of us going the first time. He also took me to the Big Fair in Ross, the two of us strolling through the horses and the stalls. I felt like a princess. He showed me everything and we had great fun. He usually bought a present of some little thing for my grandmother, often a big packet of sewing needles in the shape of a basket of flowers. He told me how much he loved my grandmother and how beautiful she was. He did not have too many of the world’s riches but he was rich in everything else. One particular Christmas when my sister, Margaret, and I were young we came to Ross with our parents for the Christmas holidays. Granda dressed up as Santa in his red costume and white beard and we were all sitting around the fire in the parlour on Christmas Eve when we heard the bell ringing outside the side door of the house. Uncle Jim opened the door and in came Santa calling Ho! Ho! Ho! and with a large sack of toys. I can remember being a little bit scared but loved the lovely tin toy chair-o-plane that he gave me. It was a wind-up toy and beautiful. My grandfather retired from teaching the year I was born. Oliver Goldsmith’s poem the Village Schoolmaster “And still they gazed, and still their wonder grew, that one small head could carry all he knew” could have been written about him.

One day he went to Cork on the bus returning home with a red covered second-hand copy of Grimm’s Fairy Tales. I loved those stories especially the way he told them. My favourite, however, was an old story from Irish folklore called Hudden and Dudden and Daniel O’Leary. When he read this story to us I could hear the cow's hide being beaten and the coins falling on the ground. We also loved listening to stories about his own children, especially stories about our father. He often told the story of Jack riding his pony in the front door and out the side door and of another time during the troubles, when the Black and Tans used to raid the house looking for guns, telling the boys what to say if they were asked were there any guns in the house? Jack piped up, “I will not tell them that your gun is in the table”. There was a special table with a false drawer under it where the gun was hidden which was still in the hall in Ross when we were children. My grandfather retired from teaching the year I was born but continued to work in his orchard garden. We children loved that orchard. We had birthday parties under the apple trees and often helped him to pick apples and gooseberries. He had a special robin, Billy, who used to land on his hat in the garden. Mr grandfather led a very full life before he retired, teaching, in the army during the 'troubles', training young boys in Gaelic games and much more but to us his grandchildren, he was above all else a very special grandfather.

posted 13 Apr 2018 by Kathleen (McCarthy) Daly   [thank Kathleen]
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McCarthy-3670 and McCarthy-2315 appear to represent the same person because: We've got to merge these two profiles to create one for John James McCarthy. Thanks, Kathleen!

Love, Sheila

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