Crean
Pronounced "Crane".
It is spelled "Crehane" in
[Tithe Survey, 1833].
It is spelled "Crane" in
[Griffiths Valuation, 1850].
Thomas Crean,
born 1738,
of
Gurtskaugh (or Gortskaugh, or Bushypark, or Bushy Park),
part of
Knockelly, or Knockkelly,
Peppardstown par,
NE of
Fethard, Co.Tipperary.
He
mar
Mary Leahy.
Thomas owned a lot of property in Fethard town.
He died 15 Apr 1834, age 96 yrs.
Thomas and Mary
had issue:
- Ellen Crean,
mar Patrick Quin and had issue.
Ancestors of
Mary Quinn.
-
Richard Crean,
born 1788 or 1790, at Gurtskaugh.
"Thomas Crehane" and "Richard Crehane"
in Knockkelly townland in
[Tithe Survey, 1833].
From
here.
References
Sources yet to be consulted
-
Genealogy of the Creans of Gurtskaugh (alias Bushypark) Knockelly, Fethard,
compiled by Rev. W. C. Skehan, Skehan MSS. Thurles.
- J. P. B. Condon; The Creans and Fennellys, (privately printed, 1976).
- Margaret Rossiter: "The Creans of Clonmel", Nationalist, 25 April 1981.