Stephen Rynne,
born
25 Oct 1901.
He is not listed with mother at Strand House in census 1911, must be at boarding school.
He was
educ Clongowes.
He
was an extra in
Jim Sullivan's
film
Knocknagow
(shot 1917, released 1918).
Studied agriculture in England and Denmark.
From 1932 he lived, wrote and farmed at
Downings House, Prosperous, Co.Kildare.
He
mar 1935 [him age 34, her age 37]
to Alice Curtayne.
She was born 6 Nov 1898, Castle St, Tralee, Co.Kerry.
NOT 1901.
See birth cert
from here.
She was
dau of John Curtayne, "carriage builder", or "coach builder", of Castle St, Tralee,
by his wife Bridget Mary O'Dwyer.
John was founder and proprietor of the Tralee Carriage Works.
See entry
for her family in 1901 census.
House no.2 in Castle Street Upper, Tralee.
Benner's hotel is house no.1 (at the corner of the lane to the church).
John is a "carriage builder".
Alice is listed as age 3.
See entry
for her family in 2 Apr 1911 census.
House no.2 in Castle Street Upper, Tralee.
Benner's hotel is house no.1.
John is a "carriage builder".
Alice is listed as age 10 instead of 12.
Her sister Bridget is listed as age 13 instead of 14 nearly 15.
Bridget was born 20 Apr 1896 (see birth cert).
Think someone wrote the wrong ages rather than there being a second Alice.
Stephen was a writer and radio broadcaster on Irish traditions, etc.
He was also a journalist with
Irish Press.
His works include:
Stephen was a contributor to long-running
RTE Radio 1
program Sunday Miscellany
(started 1969).
He died 12 Dec 1980, Dublin North union, age 79 yrs.
He was bur at Killybegs cemetery, near Prosperous, Co.Kildare
(see map).
See grave.
Alice died 1981, age 83 yrs, bur Co.Kildare with husband.
Stephen and Alice
had issue:
Bríd Ní Rinn.
She mar Eugene Norrby.
They had issue:
Background: Stephen Rynne and Alice Curtayne (married 1935).
Foreground:
Peter O'Mara (born 1925),
Mary Rynne,
(must be one of Stephen and Alice's daughters).
Location unknown.
See larger
and full size.
From [P40/914].
Used with permission of
[UL Archives].
It is thought there may have been an RTE radio program
by Stephen Rynne (died 1980)
describing the visit home of his uncle Jim Sullivan (died 1935),
and this program was re-broadcast on RTE in
2003 or 2004.
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Dates c. 1910-1980.
[NLI]
Collection List No. A13.
(MSS 28,928-29,034).
