Some years ago when I was down east, a paper printed in Philadelphia on a St. Patricks day issued with their paper, a map of Ireland. It was supposed to be very old, or a copy of one that the Old Monks or Druids, made years ago. In it they traced up all the old names, and what part they come from, and whether they were Kings or Queens. In those days they lived in tribes, something like American Indians, and they did a good lot of fighting amongst themselves, and they are doing it yet. In the oldest history of Ireland called the Annul of the Four Masters, that was the time, it was in four sections, ruled by four kings. One of them was called Cormac Mac Cellinane, Archbishop of Cashel and King of Munster. And he got killed leading his own gang in battle. Me and the brother over west, used to argue about this Bishop. For in some parts of the book, the 'e' was on the end of his name, and other places not. Now the only place in the old map that I could find the name was in the County Clare. Ireland has about 16 countys, and itis only as big as the State of Indiana. Well the name in the map in County Clare was spelled McCellinan. Now that is the only name of that kind in the map. Now whether my father came from Clare I don't know, but the next to County Clare is County Cork, next is County Kerry. Well that is the County that we were all born in as far as I know. So if my father was born in County Clare, he must have taken a walk down to County Cork and from there to County Kerry, where he got married, and from that County we all came to this big country. The oldest was about 23 years old and the youngest which was me was about 8 and a half years old. There were seven in the family, not counting the old folks. In those days which was in 1879-80, there was a lot of trouble in the Old Sod and England loved Ireland so well that if you left Ireland you would have to go to an other English land, so our gang went to Quebeck, and then to Toranto, then Brantford, and from there to Dowagic, Michigan, and then to South Bend where Father worked at Notre Dame until his final end. His trade in the Old Country was Dairy Farming and Butter and Egg game, and he has had a good reputation in that game especially in the Butter game. But he thought that his relations up in Dowagic Michigan that knew in the Old Country before they came to America which he called second cousins, he thought that they would give him a start in the farming business, but he had no such luck. So he had to get along without them, and he is just as well as they are now, he has a nice burial place and perpetual care and his name on a toom-stone, and thats all they got. All my family are most buried in the family plot -- all but Uncle John D., Aunt, Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Murphy. They are buried with their familys in the same cemetery. I had three sisters and four brothers, Michael died of typhoid fever, age 24 years and Mary six weeks later of typhoid fever at the age of 16 years old. Mrs. Brown had four children, one boy and three girls, all living. The girls in South Bend, the boy in Chicago. Mrs. Murphy had nine children, seven boys and two girls, they are all dead, only a few reached 21 years of age. So all the Relations you have is the three Brown girls, the first cousins, the O'Connor folks in Kalamazoo, two boys, one girls, first cousins and you Uncle Johns two sons, first cousins. The O'Connors are first cousins on your Mother's side, the Browns are first cousins on your father's side and the West-side Cullinan's, first cousins on your fathers side, and if any of the Murphy family were living they also would be first cousins on the father's side. My Mother's name was Julia Doherty, born and raised in the town of Killarney, where Killarneys lakes are in County Kerry, Ireland. She was not a big woman and had very black eyes and black hair. All the family were educated in the Old Country but myself, but I went to school in Ireland, also in Canada and Indiana. I was the only one that went to school in this Country, and I am going yet. I forgot that the Welsh family are also first cousins on the Mother's side.

Well your Mother was born in South Bend, Indiana and was raised there, and we went to school at St. Joseph's, at the same time. When she got big, she used to lead the quire and play the Organ. At that time a kid got 50 cents for pumping the old organ, on Sunday, and when they were short of Sisters, or one was sick, she teached school and also looked after the Priests house, and the Parish Blow-Outs, Mrs. Burns in Hyde Park could tell you all about it for they were pals those days. Her Father, Mr. O'Connor came from Dingle Bay, Ireland to Canada, and then South Bend. Her Mother's name was Macherty, there was four brothers and one sister come over from County Kerry Ireland, but they are all gone to their resting place now.

Patrick J. Cullinane.