The Dennigans of Tomiskey

It will be noted that, Bernard (1879) was obviously missing again, as were Thomas John and Elizabeth. Also absent were Mary C, Michael Gregory, Bridget and Ellen.

As speculated, the Dennigan family may owe its presence in Tomiskey to Bernard Clyne, Anne Clyne’s brother. He it was who had the headstone erected in Abbeyshrule graveyard, and it seems quite possible that he was buried there after his death in 1904. A copy of the death details can be found on page 59. His death was registered in January 1905, by Michael Gregory Dennigan, his nephew.

Laurence lived until 1915. A separate piece of research was conducted and reported upon into the possibility that he was buried in Abbeyshrule.³³  It was not possible to determine where Laurence was buried, but it was shown that his in-laws, the Clynes of Slieve, were buried in Abbeyshrule graveyard. It is certainly possible that a long-held belief that Laurence was buried there too could be true. Certainly, the Abbeyshrule cemetery contains his father-in-law, his mother-in-law, his brother-in-law and his sister-in-law. They are commemorated on a headstone erected by his brother-in-law Bernard, who shared his house and seems to have given him the Tomiskey land. On that basis, it is conceivable that Anne Clyne would have been buried in her family plot, and her husband Laurence with her. This however is completely unproven.

The General Register’s Office (GRO) record of Laurence’s death (see Page 43) shows the following.

 

Anne (Clyne) Dennigan lived until 1936. As can be seen on the transcription below, her age at death was stated to be 73, an error of 15 years! She died of Pneumonia. A copy of her death details can be seen on Page 41.

33 Tom Coughlan, Research Report on the Burial of Laurence Dennigan, 2009 (presented to Tony Dennigan)