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Martin Brennan
1888 - 1963
Image showing Martin Brennan in the front garden of Cooper Hill
on a rare visit from Belfast in c.1952.
 
Notes on Martin Brennan:
The first three photos below are of my Great Uncle Martin Brennan on one of his rare visits to Cooper Hill in the early1960s. The fourth is a photo of the hospital in Belfast where Martin died 2on the7th Feb 1963, in the City Hospital  Belfast.

Martin Brennan in the garden at Cooper Hill.
Betty with our new sheep dog and Martin Brennan
Lily Brennan (Mum) & Martin Brennan.
The old part of the City Hospital Belfast originally the Union Workhouse.
(Click on image to enlarge)

Martin was the son of Mark Brennan & Catherine Lalor.

Martin Brennan, was born 29 Nov 1888, Coopers House, Ballickmoyler, Co. Laois; he died 27th Feb 1963, in the City Hospital  Belfast. At the time of his death he was living in a one bedroom bedsit at 1 Adela St, Antrim Rd, Belfast 15.  All the houses on Adela Steet and h.have since been raised to the ground and repwith laced with commercial units. Hes entrusted his personal belonging to his landlady to be handed over to arelitave.His personal belonging were collected by me and taken back to Cooper Hill and handed over to my mum Elizabeth Brennan. His personal effects were in a small brown leather suitcase about 12 x 8  and contained a few bits of clothing and his pipe.
On his death certificate it states he was a widowerwho and obvisley she died before Martin which the family were totaly unaware of that he had been married.
The Family and I would love to know more about our Great Uncle Martin such as who did he marry, when did hemarry, where was he working and living, did he have any children and where was Martin and his wife buried?
He lived and worked in Belfast, NI. for most of his working life, but we dont know who he worked for, or what his trade was. We can only assuem he is buried somewhere in Belfast. NI.

Martin died at the Belfast City Hospital which is located at 51 Lisburn Road Belfast, and which was also the home of the Belfast Union Workhouse where the new City Hospital is today, two of the old original buildings are still there today.

The nearest graveyard to where he was living at Adela Street, Belfast is Milltown Cemetery Belfast which is on the Falls Road which is also across the road from Falls Cemetery. To date I havent been able to find any record of him or his wife being buried there.

When Martin came home to visit us at Cooper Hill in the 1952 he and I walked from Cooper Hill to Carlow town and back. I remember him being very tall and his posture and stance was very erect and very well dressed. I was only seven years old at the time and I had to run to keep up with him when he was walking. I think we got a lift from Joe Bambrick, who was a neighborough of us, in his Pony & Trap and on the way home we got a lift by someone driving a van.

According to the 1911 csnsus of Ireland Martin and his brother Michael were living in Ballickmoyler and Martin was aged 22 years of age and his brother was 24 years old so by 1914 at the start of World War One Martin would have been aged 25 years of age. Did he join a Police or Milatary service? When I collected this personal beloninga from his bedsit there were no medales in his case.

If there is anyone out there who can help me with my quest in finding out where Martin Brennan lived and worked, who or when he married and where he and his wife are buried, please get in touch with me by email (address below).Thank you!

When the First World War broak out up in 1914 Martin would have been 26 years old. There is a possibility that he might have been called up for service but at this time I have been unable to find any evidence to varify this. When the Second World War broak out he would have been 51 years of age.

If you know anything about this man I would love to hear from you? Please send any information you might have to  Michael Brennan.
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