(Opened September, 1999 updated, May, 2001)
This collection of Murnane Clan photographs is intended to give Murnane researchers a better understanding of their namesakes and relatives around the world, and through the years.
Photo contributions are welcome. They may be e-mailed or sent via postal service. (E-mail us for details.)
Three categories of photos will be displayed:
1. Photos of significant Murnane locations; (homesteads in Ireland; memorials, monuments, etc.)
2. Photos of significant Murnane ancestors (born prior to 1920);
3. Photos of significant Murnane events (family reunions in which numerous Murnanes are shown).
Photos will be rotated as the need determines and they will be returned after they are scanned.
| More than 60 descendants of David Murnane and Teresa Wetzel gathered for the wedding of Matt Murnane and Diane Weninger in New Jersey in 1998. |  |
| See the Bulletin Board for Matt's notes and links to this family's tree. |
Homestead of the Murnane Clan of Townland
of Cappauniac in County Tipperary, in the
foothills of the Galtee Mountains. Murnanes/
Marnanes have lived here for several hundred
years.
Edmond
and Johanna Marnane were parents of 12 children.
This photo was produced in 1894 or 1895. Several of the children
had already left for the USA and their images were added to the
photo. Seven of the 12 Marnanes/Murnanes of Cappauniac
moved to the USA between 1883 and 1910. Most settled in
Chicago. The others stayed in Tipperary or moved to Cork.
This plaque was erected in 1990 to commemorate
the arrival of the Murnanes at Warrnambool. It is
located at "Murnane Bay," on the Southwest Coast
of Victoria, Australia.
| Descendants of
James Murnane of Cappauniac in County Tipperary got together on 30 July 2000 as they have
done every year for the past 17 years. Rain interfered for only the second time but the wet weather didn't dampen any spirits. |
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Catherine Murnan was born in Limerick in
1840 and died in 1894.
She is pictured with her second husband, Charles Stanage, who
is holding their daughter, Anna. Catherine's son, Will Cooney, is in the
back and Catherine and Charles' nephew, James Stanage, is in the
front. The photo was taken in 1870. Catherine was the
great-great-grandmother of Julie Heiden Dosono and great-grandmother
of Don Cooney and Juanita Garvey.
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This photo of Patrick Murnane, 1808-1903, is
the only picture known of any of the six Murnane brothers who made
the journey from
Ireland to Australia in the mid-1800s. (See "Fruitful Exile" in the Library
section).He was the brother of three Murnanes, Michael, Thomas and John, who were
convicted and transported to Australia in 1836 as convicts. Patrick migrated to Australia
as a free settler and lived in western Victoria as a farmer. He outlived his five brothers
and until quite recently was still a living memory of some of the Murnanes in Australia.
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Baseball legend Tim Murnane is pictured on the cover of this book by David Arcidiacono. Tim is on the left, standing near third base. The photo was taken in 1874. A message from the author appears in the Bulletin Board (dated 6 February 2000). |