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Leading St.Anthony’s High School “up the Avenue” on St.Patricks Day March 17th, 2012 is Donal Buckley, Athletic Director of St. Anthony’s High School (New York), and grandson of Michael and Hanorah (Horan, Rathmore) Buckley, Park, Knocknagree. Even though we’re on the other side of “the pond,” our Irish heritage lives on! [with thanks to Mairin Fogarty (<email>)]

Population figures published in the last few days by the Central Statistics Office show that in the census of 2011, Millstreet Town had a population of 1,574 people, while 6,384 lived in the area around the town (Millstreet Rural Area).

The number of people in town is up 173 (12.3%) from 1,401 in the 2006 census. Within that there are 796 males (up 52), and 778 females (up 121). While the rural population has increased by 551 from 6384 in 2006.

The Drishane (20.4%) and Rathcoole (27.2%) areas have shown the largest growth over the five years, while there have been some loss in population in the rural areas of Skagh (-12%), Derragh (-4.5%), and Knocknagree (-4.6%).

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The death has occurred of Mella O’Leary (neé Murphy) of Knocknagree & Christy O’Leary (Plant Hire Ltd. Passed away peacefully on Saturday 21st April. Reposing at O’Leary’s Funeral Parlour, Knocknagree on Saturday from 5.30pm – 8pm. Removal on Sunday at 8 pm to Christ The King Church, Knocknagree. Requiem Mass on Monday at 12 noon followed by burial in the adjoining Cemetery. continue reading…

Dear Friends, I’m a historian from Wellington, NZ, commissioned to write a biography of Daniel Long, who was head of the Public Service Association, this country’s largest public sector union, from 1960 until his death in 1976.

Both of Dan Long’s parents migrated from Cork just after World War One, and this message is an attempt to find out something of their early life in Ireland. Their names were Timothy Long and Catherine Mary Hickey until their marriage in about 1919.

I have found their family’s forms in the 1911 online census data. These tell me that they both lived in a townland called Scrahan in northern Cork, near a larger village called Knocknagree. Both came from farming backgrounds and had minimal formal education. Both families were Catholic.

I am hoping that your society can put me in touch with information on social conditions in the Knocknagree region around WW1. Even if this information doesn’t deal with the families specifically, a general idea of the place and times they lived in would be very valuable.

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