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Third Generation

Thomas and Mary had the following children.

	15	M	i	John TREACY was born on 4 Dec 1873 in Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary. He was christened on 5 Dec 1873 in Solohead, Co. Tipperary. He died in probably 1873 or 1874. Sponsors at John's baptism were Michael Looby and Catherine Carey. Because a second John was born a year later, we assume that this John died shortly after birth.
	16	M	ii	John TREACY was born about 30 Oct 1874 in Co. Tipperary. He was christened on 1 Nov 1874 in Tipperary. Sponsors at John's baptism were Michael Looby and Catherine Carey. There doesn't seem to be any recollection of John as an adult. He may have died as a child.
	17	M	iii	Edmund TREACY was born on 6 Nov 1875 in Meeting St., Tipperary, Co. Tipperary. He was christened on 8 Nov 1875 in Tipperary, Co. Tipperary. He died in probably April 1906 in probably San Francisco. Sponsors at Edmund's baptism were Edmund Carey and Margaret O'Dwyer. Edmund emigrated to the United States as a young man. Ellis Island records were checked but nothing that definitely related to this Edmund was found. I am told that Edmund probably died in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 as he was living there at the time and nothing more was heard from him after the event. However, we have no documented evidence to prove this. Note that the Edmund Treacy who died in California on 7 October 1911, who had brothers named John and Timothy, and who is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in San Mateo, California, is NOT our Edmund.
	18	M	iv	Timothy (Timmy) Joseph TREACY was born about 16 Jul 1878 in Church St., Tipperary. He was christened on 16 Jul 1878 in Tipperary. He died on 28 Nov 1930 in Lisnabrinnia, Mountnugent, Co. Cavan. He was buried on 30 Nov 1930 in Ballinacree Cemetery, Mountnugent, Co. Cavan. Sponsors at Timmy's baptism were were John Casey and Johanna Casey (should "Casey" read "Carey"?). It appears Timmy became a Christian Brother as there is a 22-year-old Co. Tipperary-born brother named Timothy Treacy listed in the 1901 census with three other brothers at Railway Road, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow. All four are teachers. It seems Timmy had moved to London by 1911. No record could be located for him in the Irish census of that year but in the 1911 UK census there is a 31-year-old Tipperary-born school teacher named Timothy Joseph Treacy (although our Timmy would have been 32 years of age at the time) listed as a boarder in the household of a Mr. John McGuinness and his Tipperary-born wife, Bridget, of 9 St. Kilda Road in West Ealing. Timmy did not remain a Christian Brother for very long as he appears to have been living in Co. Wicklow in 1918 as a layman. Notes from The Anglo-Celt newspaper mention that "Mr. T.J. Treacy", who had been giving woodworking courses in Co. Cavan, had sent a letter to the Cavan Technical Committee, "dated from Wicklow, where Mr. Treacy lived", stating that he was unable to attend a committee meeting on 13 July 1918 owing to a bout of influenza. Timmy's brother Martin was working in Wicklow at this time and it is possible that Timmy was living with Martin. Martin moved to Fermoy. Co. Cork in 1919 but we do not know if Timmy remained in Wicklow after that or moved permanently to Co. Cavan. Later editions of The Anglo Celt tell us that Timmy continued giving woodworking courses in Co. Cavan until 1929, with classes in Belturbet in 1918 and 1919, Shercock in 1920, Cootehill in 1921, Ballinagh and Bunnoe in 1926 and Maghera in 1929. However, on 6 November 1929, he left a course he was teaching in Mountnugent and was put on sick leave. Timmy was suffering from depression and had been expected to return to work a year later when, sadly, on 28 November 1930, he took his own life. He had used a gun belonging to the owner of the Lisnabrinnia lodging house where he had been living for about a year and where the incident took place. According to the inquest report, Timmy had not been in good health for many months and had been spending a lot of time in bed. A Dr. Cassidy told the inquest "I have been attending deceased for the past twelve months. On my first visit I found he was suffering from influenza and subsequent to this he developed neurasthenia¹; I strongly advised him to go into a nursing home, but he refused". Later in his deposition Dr. Cassidy said "The reason why I urged deceased to go to a nursing home was that I dreaded he might do himself an injury". Full details of the inquest (which incorrectly states that Timmy was a native of Wicklow) can be found on pages 1 and 3 of The Anglo-Celt of 6 December 1930.   1. A term, no longer used, describing 'nervous exhaustion' with sufferers displaying both psychological and physical symptoms such as fatigue, neuralgia, anxiety, dizziness and depression. 'Bed rest cure' in a hospital was usually prescribed.
+	19	M	v	Thomas Joseph TREACY was born on 13 Apr 1881. He died on 13 Apr 1969.
	20	M	vi	Martin Joseph TREACY was born on 16 Nov 1883 in Murgasty Cottages, Murgasty, Co. Tipperary. He died on 19 Jan 1977 in Fermoy, Co. Cork. He was buried in Kilcrumper Old Cemetery, Fermoy, Co. Cork. Sponsors at Martin's baptism were Edmond Carew and Bridget Carew. According to the 1901 census return for his mother's household in Murgasty, Co. Tipperary, Martin, aged 17, was a baker. By the time of the 1911 census he was a gasworks manager, living on The Quay, Carrick-on-Suir (presumably in the house that adjoined the gasworks on the Quay) with his widowed mother. In late 1914 Martin was promoted to manager of the gasworks in Wicklow and was replaced in Carrick by his elder brother Thomas. We know from The Irish Times editions of 21 and 28 October 1916 that Martin saved a boy from drowning during his time in Wicklow: "Mr Martin Tracey (sic), gas manager, Wicklow, saved the life of a boy named Robert Culbert, Strand street, Wicklow... Mr. Tracey jumped in and brought him ashore in an unconscious condition." It is known that Martin's brother Timmy was living in Wicklow in 1918, which makes me think that Timmy may have been living with Martin as the Treacy family appears to have had no other Wicklow connections. In 1919 Martin was transferred to Fermoy, Co. Cork as manager of the gasworks there. It appears he lived in Fermoy (in Duntahane) for the rest of his life.
				Martin married Catherine FOGARTY, daughter of James FOGARTY, on 17 Jun 1919 in Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary. Catherine was born about 1885 in Portlaw, Co. Waterford. She died on 5 Jan 1964 in Fermoy, Co. Cork. Catherine was matron of a workhouse or hospital (presumably in Fermoy). Martin and Catherine, who lived in Duntahane, Fermoy, had no children. Marriage Notes: Martin and Catherine's marriage certificate gives an address of Carrick-on-Suir for Catherine and Wicklow for Martin.

Denis and Bridget had the following children.

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John (Seán) J. TREACY was born on 14 Feb 1895 in Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary. He was christened on 16 Feb 1895 in Solohead, Co. Tipperary. He died on 14 Oct 1920 in Talbot St., Dublin. He was buried on 18 Oct 1920 in Kilfeacle, Co. Tipperary. Sponsors at Seán's baptism were Michael Allis and Kate Allis. He was an only child. After his father died when he was only four, he and his mother moved from Soloheadbeg to Hollyford where his mother had grown up. They returned to Soloheadbeg when Seán was about 11. From an early age, Seán had nationalist leanings, and in his teens he joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood which later evolved into the Irish Republican Army (IRA). From 'My Fight for Irish Freedom', the memoir of Dan Breen, an IRA comrade of Seán's and later a politician,  we have the following description of Seán's physical appearance: 'He had been delicate during his boyhood because of his fast rate of growth. He was almost a six-footer, slightly stooped in carriage. He weighed about twelve stone, and in an emergency manifested the strength of a lion; this was chiefly due to his amazing will-power. His movements were brisk, as if he were in a constant hurry. His hair was of very fine texture like spun-silk, almost mouse-coloured. He was short-sighted and wore glasses'. In August 1917, Seán was arrested and spent two months in jail. The following year he was rearrested and spent four months in jail. Then on 21 January 1919, along with other members of the IRA's Third Tipperary Brigade, including Dan Breen, Seán took part in the Soloheadbeg ambush in which three members of the Royal Irish Constabulary, who were escorting a transportation of explosives, were waylaid and shot dead. This was the first military incident of the War of Independence. Seán and the others who took part in the ambush now had a price on their heads, and Seán Hogan, one of those involved, was captured shortly afterwards. In May 1919 at Knocklong railway station in Co. Limerick, in a successful attempt by Seán Treacy and others to free Seán Hogan as he was being transferred to jail, Seán Treacy was shot in the neck and seriously wounded. He recovered, and throughout the latter half of 1919 and most of 1920 he led attacks against the British in Dublin and Co. Tipperary. But on 14 October 1920 in Dublin, following a raid by British forces on the Republican Outfitters shop at 94 Talbot St., where Seán was meeting with IRA comrades, he was shot and killed on the street as he fled the shop. He was 25 years of age. A small plaque above the door of the shop marks the location of the Republican Outfitters. Seán is remembered each year on the anniversary of his death at a commemoration ceremony in Kilfeacle where he is buried. I have read that, at the time of his death, Sean was engaged to a May Quigley, but I have no further information on May.

Thomas and Mary had the following children.

+	22	M	i	Nicholas TREACY was born about 20 Sep 1875. He died on 26 Apr 1959.
	23	M	ii	Jeremiah Joseph TREACY was born about 22 Mar 1877 in Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary. He was christened on 22 Mar 1877 in Solohead, Co. Tipperary. He died on 13 May 1916 in Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary. He was buried in Kilfeacle, Co. Tipperary. Sponsors at Jermiah's baptism were Terence O'Connor and Catherine McGrath. Jeremiah died at the age of 39 from "probably heart disease".
	24	F	iii	Margaret TREACY was born on 1 Aug 1879 in Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary. She was christened on 2 Aug 1879 in Solohead, Co. Tipperary. She died on 10 Dec 1899 in Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary. She was buried in Kilfeacle, Co. Tipperary. Sponsors at Margaret's baptism were Jeremiah McGrath and Brigid O'Connor. Margaret was only 20 years old when she died of gastroenteritis. Her death certificate also tells us she worked as a saleswoman.
	25	F	iv	Anne (Annie) TREACY was born about 1 Nov 1882 in Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary. She was christened on 1 Nov 1882 in Solohead, Co. Tipperary. She died after 11 Nov 1940. Sponsors at Annie's baptism were Patrick Treacy and Johanna English. Annie and her husband, Malachy, who lived in Lacken, Kilshane, Co. Tipperary, had no children.
				Anne married Malachy RYAN, son of Thomas RYAN, on 22 Feb 1922 in Solohead Church, Co. Tipperary. Malachy was born about 1876 in probably Lacken, Kilshane, Co. Tipperary. He died on 11 Nov 1940 in Lacken, Kilshane, Co. Tipperary. Malachy was from Lacken, Kilshane, Co. Tipperary.
	26	M	v	Thomas F. TREACY was born on 4 Feb 1888 in Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary. He was christened on 5 Feb 1888 in Solohead, Co. Tipperary. He died on 12 Apr 1912 in Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary. He was buried in Kilfeacle, Co. Tipperary. Sponsors at Thomas's baptism were John O'Dwyer and Bridget Keogh. Thomas died at the age of 24 of "probably phthisis" (tuberculosis) He is described on his death certificate as a grocer's assistant.
	27	M	vi	Patrick TREACY was born on 24 May 1891 in Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary. He was christened on 28 May 1891 in Solohead, Co. Tipperary. He died on 2 Jul 1910 in Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary. He was buried in Kilfeacle, Co. Tipperary. Sponsors at Patrick's baptism were Denis Treacy and Honora O'Connor. Patrick died of pneumonia at the age of 19.

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