THE PEOPLE

The M’Carthys and O’Briens, the Murphys and A’Hearne’s O’Sullivans and Dwyers, O’Loughlins and the Burns. The Collins’s and the Walsh’s, O’Shanahans and the Bradys, the Flynns, the Reagans and the Doyles, the Careys and O’Gradys.The Whelans and the Barrys, O’Keefe, O’Shea and Quinn. Sestanovitch and Nikovic - Sestanovitch and Nikovic !!! - I don't know how they got in(taken from 'Newtown: the parish of St Paul's' Tommy Walsh)

Peerless' Jim Driscoll was without doubt Newtown's most famous son and Sporting hero. However, Doctors, Lawyers, Teachers, Priests and Nuns and MPs (and one or two villains no doubt) also eminated from these humble beginnings. The above names, taken from Tommy Walsh's poem, are but a few of the families who lived in Newtown and can trace their origins back to Ireland (mainly west Cork). If yours is not there and you think that it should be, please let us know.

Go to any small community and you will find "Characters" that was particularly true of Newtown. " The characters, although not as famous as Peerless Jim, nonetheless contributed to what was a unique community. This page will develop as more and more people send in their family histories and photographs and perhaps some memorable stories of Newtown's "Characters". Here are some contributions already received:

Honora (Doty) O'Loughlin and her niece, Katie Knight, sort out the potatoes at England's warehouse on the west dock.

and in contrast.....

A lazy Sunday afternoon - on an outing. Doty and Nana Gunning. watch the world go by.

.........................The Collins's..................................................A Mothers' Outing ...............................Joany Loughlin, Joany Gee and Julie

St Pauls Choir with Canon Grieshaber - thought to be 1930 something

St Paul's Rugby Team in the

early twenties pictured here outside St Paul's with

Peerless Jim and Canon Grieshaber.

................class of 1930 something..................................Ellen Street Children...in the fifties..............................class of 1950 something .

farewell to Newtown 1966...............the reunion at St Peter's in 1997....................Pendoylan Street "girls"

.St Paul's UCM with Canon Davies and Fr Morris.......

First Communion at St Pauls..................standing to attention........and all smiles before they go to Corpus Christi

best friends as well as cousins - Nora McKeown and Helen O'Brien

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click on the family name for a story

BURNS(Julia Burns - Cardiff)

DRISCOLL (Christina Wofford - Cincinatti)

..........Fleur's Family at a 'Newtown Do' ........Mary's Wedding 4th November 1944................The Cincinatti Connection

DUGGAN/HAGERTY (Paul Duggan - Cardiff)

Margaret and Martin on their wedding day at St Pauls Church in Tyndall Street June 11th 1938

FINN Story/history to follow)

LOUGHLIN/KANE(Story to follow)

O'SHEA (Tim O'Shea - Mozambique)

These photographs have been sent in by Tim O'Shea, son of Charlie from Pendoylan Street. Tim is presently living in Mozambique and has promised to dig out more Newtown photos next time he returns to the UK.

Photo of my grand father Peter O'Shea with his whippet and my grandmother Mary O'Shea(nee Mary Tobin - I think)

She is the smaller of the two and the taller lady is somebody who my dad use to call Auntie Nell (from Roland St -I think).

Don't know when the photo was taken - probably in the 1920's or 30's. At the time the photos were taken they may have been

living in 8 Pendoylan Street before they moved to number 9.

 SULLIVAN//LEAHY(Bernard’s story to follow)

SULLIVAN/ MANLEY/COUGHLIN - Ellen Street( Phil Roderick, Senghenydd

SULLIVAN/ HALL (story/history to follow)

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