Here are Patty's parents, Peter and Margaret Sweeney, photographed in Westport in approximately 1906.The little girl isn't Patty, it's her big sister Gretta. Were they already living at the house in Polranny? Had they just started teaching at the National School in the neighbouring village of Tonragee? Whatever the truth, it must have been a busy and exciting time for them and their young family!
Photo courtesy of Charles Tyrrell, Patty's son
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According to our neighbour 80 year old Mrs Annie Catherine Masterson né Lynchahan the Sweeney family came from Westport. They were related to the Kelly family who when we bought the house in '72 had a shop on the Octagon in Westport.
For a while Achill Sound had a rather flamboyant priest named Father Kelly. He bicycled around the neighbourhood cloak flying in the wind. One day after having met Hank in the postoffice he unexpectedly paid us a visit. We thought it was for religious purposes. He never said so but now I think he might have wanted to see the house of his great uncle and aunt.
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