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Tipperary / Re: Kennedy and Stapleton, The Mill, Cloughjordan
« on: Monday 10 April 17 18:51 BST (UK)  »
Hi Bridget, I am not sure if you knew this, but your mother is my godmother. This year the Killruane MacDonagh GAA honored my father in their yearbook. It was beautifully written and included photos of him in Ireland as well as NY. They even included words to a song that included a verse about my father's hurling.

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Tipperary / Re: Kennedy and Stapleton, The Mill, Cloughjordan
« on: Friday 14 October 16 17:27 BST (UK)  »
Not sure if anyone is still following. I think it is fantastic that we are finding out so much. There definitely is a link between us. I met both Billy and his sister Pat Abbey from Syracuse, NY as a child back in the 1969's. Billy would visit us from time to time and was great at handball. He always carried a ball in his pocket. I visited Pat and her husband, don't remember his name, with my mother around 1967.

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Tipperary / Re: Kennedy and Stapleton, The Mill, Cloughjordan
« on: Wednesday 29 October 14 03:49 GMT (UK)  »
My father was John Kennedy, son of John & Ellen. He and his brother Pat were known for their hurling. My father, his brother Pat and brother Jim went to England during the war. They rebuilt and repaired homes that had been bombed. In 1949 my father and Pat decided to go to the US and Jim (James) went to Africa. My father met my mother, Mary Burns (from Cloughjordan) in NY and they married in 1951. He continued hurling for the US team. In 1952 they went to Ireland for the All Ireland. Both my father, his cousin, Paddy Leamy played. A number of the team members were from Tipperary.

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