We are justifiably proud of one of our greatest Kerrymen – Tom Crean but we should remember his brother Cornelius also. On April 25th 1920, Tom Crean’s older brother Cornelius, who was an RIC officer, was shot dead in an IRA ambush, at Upton Industrial School in Ballinspittal, Co. Cork, during Ireland’s War Of Independence.
| INFORMATION | SOURCE IrishGenealogy.ie |
| 1867 7 Nov | Hugh, Gortcurrane [Farm] |
| 1869 6 Mar | Mary, Gortacurrane |
| 1870 14 June | John, Ballinknockane |
| 1871 27 Sept | Cornelius, Gortacurrane |
| 1873 13 Mar | Daniel, Gortacurrane [Farm] |
| 1875 24 Mar | Patrick, |
| 1877 25 Feb | Thomas |
| 1875 ? | Johanna, Gortacurrane [Says 1877 on Genealogy] |
| 1887 28 Aug | Catherine m. Policeman |
| 1879 14 Mar | Michael [Went to sea & was lost] |
| 1883 | Martin |
Cornelius was Tom’s older brother.
I couldn’t do a better job than that already on http://tomcreandiscovery.com/?p=1764. It gives you a very accurate picture of 1920s Ireland and well worth reading.
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