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Derrygannon - ' Gannons Oak Wood '

The largest concentration of Rooney families were in the townland of Derrygannon. In the 1901 census there were ten houses in Derrygannon, Rooney families occupied eight of them. Because of the large number of families; nicknames were used to distinguish them all.

We had the 'Cooper Rooneys', 'Tim Rooneys', 'Putt Rooneys', 'Butcher Rooneys', 'Francie Rooneys' and the 'Nancy Rooneys'.

House number	Given name	Surname	.	Age	Marital status
2	Hugh	Rooney	head	43	M
.	Mary	Rooney	Wife	34	M
.	P Joseph	Rooney	Son	8	NM
.	J Edward	Rooney	Dau	6	NM
.	Catherine	Rooney	Son	4	NM
.	Michael	Rooney	Dau	1	NM

Putt Rooneys

House number	Given name	Surname	.	Age	Marital status
3	John	Rooney	Head	54	M
v	Ellen	Rooney	Wife	45	M
v	Catherine Ellen	Rooney	Dau	17	NM
v	James	Rooney	Son	15	NM
v	Marianne	Rooney	Dau	13	NM
v	John Thomas	Rooney	Son	12	NM
v	Joseph Patrick	Rooney	Son	10	NM
v	Eliza Jane	Rooney	Dau	8	NM
vv	Margaret	Rooney	Dau	6	NM
v	Francis	Rooney	Son	5	NM

House number	Given name	Surname	.	Age	Marital status
4	James	Rooney	head	50	NM
.	Marianne	Rooney	sis	52	NM

Tim Rooneys

House number	Given name	Surname	.	Age	Marital status
5	patrick	Rooney	Head	56	m
k	Elizabeth	Rooney	Wife	55	M
o	Mary A	Rooney	Dau	30	M
o	Margaret	Rooney	Dau	28	NM
o	John	Rooney	Son	26	NM
o	James	Rooney	Son	23	NM
o	Elizabeth E	Rooney	Dau	15	NM

Butcher Rooneys

House number	Given name	Surname	R	Age	Marital status
6	Hugh	Rooney	Head	27	NM
l	Catherine	Rooney	Sister	38	NM
l	Jane	Rooney	Sister	34	NM

Francie Rooneys

House number	Given name	Surname	.	Age	Marital status	Occupation
7	Hugh	Rooney	Head	70	M	Cooper
l	Mary	Rooney	Wife	54	M	k
i	Joseph Thomas	Rooney	Son	27	NM	k
i	James Patrick	Rooney	Son	25	NM	k
i	Alice	Rooney	Daug	21	NM	k

Cooper Rooneys

House number	Given name	Surname	.	Age	Marital status
8	Mary	Rooney	Head	80	Widow
g	James	Rooney	Son	44	NM

Nancy Rooneys

House number	Given name	Surname	.	Age	Marital status
9	Bridget	Rooney	Head	67	Widow
k	Phillip	Rooney	Son	38	Son