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The Dennigans of Tomiskey

The next child of Laurence and Anne was Mary Cecilia. She was born on 8^th September 1880 in Curragarrow townland.²³ In 1882, her sister Anne Agnes was born.²⁴Sadly, in May 1884, Bernard Dennigan died, aged only 5.

Superintendent Registrar’s District	Longford
Date & Place of Death	11th May 1884, Corragarrow
Deceased
Name	Bernard Dinegan	Gender	Male
Age	5	Status	Bachelor
Profession of Deceased	Son of L. Dinegan a Farmer
Cause of Death	Drowning Accidental
Duration of Illness	---
Details of Informant	Information supplied by P McGann Coroner, County Longford
Date of Registration	27th May 1884

As can be seen in the copy on Page 17, the cause of death was Accidental Drowning.

It may have been some consolation to the family that on 19^th April that same year, Laurence Dennigan junior was born (see Pedigree, Page 7).

The next birth in the family was that of Michael in 1885.²⁵ His GRO record (see Page 19) shows:

Superintendent Registrar’s District	Longford	Date of Birth	24th November 1885
Name of Child & Place of Birth	Michael Gregory Dinnigan, Curragarrow
Name & Dwelling Place of Father	Laurence Dinnegan, Curragarrow
Name & Maiden Name of Mother	Anne Dinnigan, formerly Clyne
Profession of Father	Farmer
Details of Informant	Laurence Dinnigan, Father, Curragarrow
Date of Registration	29th November 1885

Then, in 1887, a second Bernard was born. It was quite normal for families to name a subsequent child after a deceased one. His details (see Page 19) are:

Superintendent Registrar’s District	Longford	Date of Birth	1st July 1887
Name of Child & Place of Birth	Bernard Denigan, Curragarrow
Name & Dwelling Place of Father	Laurence Denigan, Curragarrow
Name & Maiden Name of Mother	Anne Denigan, formerly Clyne
Profession of Father	Farmer
Details of Informant	Laurence Dennigan, Father, Curragarrow
Date of Registration	2nd August 1887

23 Dennigan Pedigree Papers

24 Same

25 Same