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#1
Cavan / Re: Packie Devlin
April 29, 2015, 10:55:16 AM
Thank you Myles. I did receive your message and I will be contacting Father Dinny.
#2
Cavan / Re: Packie Devlin
April 28, 2015, 11:25:41 AM
Looking at the census, there was an Annie Devlin, aged 8, living at  Drumgoohy. Also living there were Bessie (70) and Bridget (17). Perhaps a Grandmother and sister? This is interesting as I do recall some talk that Annie and her sister may not have lived with the rest of the family. Perhaps Bridget was Delia's real name. She could always have changed it in England. Mysterious!
#3
Cavan / Re: Packie Devlin
April 28, 2015, 11:12:27 AM
Myles., many thanks for your help. You are very kind. Strange looking at the census as it doesn't show my Granny, Annie Mary, or her sister Delia who emigrated to England with her. I know she was born in 1903 or 1904. Strange, but there has always been some mystery around my Granny's origins and she never talked about it.

It's nice to know we have family still in Ireland.
#4
Cavan / Re: Packie Devlin
April 17, 2015, 03:11:09 AM
Thank you for your reply. All I know of Packie Devlin are the details of his football career and his early death available online. A cousin of mine visited Killeshandra many years ago and it was then that we learned that Packie was the brother of our Granny. Further than that, I have very little.

Like many Irish families of the time, the family were dispersed with Annie-Mary (my Granny) and her sister Delia going to England while their brothers Packie and Johnny obviously remained behind.  We have no information on the family other than that, no knowledge of their parents, other siblings, where they lived etc. We also have no knowledge of Packie or Johnny's children, who would be our cousins once removed.
#5
Cavan / Packie Devlin
April 16, 2015, 12:29:20 PM
I wondered if anyone might have some information on Packie Devlin, the famous Killeshandra and Cavan footballer after whom Packie Devlin Park is named. His footballing exploits are a matter of record, but I wanted to find information on his family and personal life.

Packie was the brother of my grandmother, Annie Mary Devlin, who crossed the water to England with their sister Delia in the 1920s. My Granny never talked about her life or family in Ireland before she passed away in 1965 and her daughter, my Aunt Kathleen now in her 80s, would dearly like to know more about her mother's life.

I realise it was a long time ago now, but I would be very grateful if anyone has any information at all about Packie and his life.