Notes for Mary Catherine Mc Gowan: Mary , known to all as Mamie, was a green eyed 4' 10" character from Manor- Hamilton ( Sligo ?). Famous for her long dresses and at least three underskirts she would conceal her money in the pockets of her lower skirt. This would prove of great embracement to Peggy at mass where a hitch up of the dress would be necessary to pay at the collection. Peggy, the youngest of her children, recalls her mother appearing to having some form of nervous brakedown on the night before Peggys wedding resulting in Mamie throwing herself in the snow and needing to be carried back into the house. The next day where Mamie was the organist at the wedding she ignored the night before and played the tune " Just a piece of string " deliberately over and over again. Mamies musical and acting abilities lead people to believe she might take to the stage with a group of friends she associated with from the Abbey Theater. She was renowned for her religious zeal and would warn hr daughters against " doing anything wrong in the eyes of God " with non-Catholics. When she learnt the landlord of number 36 Cabra road , a Jew, was dying she brook into his room re her Neighbours roof to try to convert him .Her attempts were unsuccessfully .
More About Mary Catherine Mc Gowan and Joesph Patrick Mangan: Marriage: 1900
Children of Mary Catherine Mc Gowan and Joesph Patrick Mangan are:
Kathleen Mangan, b. 8 July 1901, 19 Emer St. Glasnevin, d. 27 June 1994.
Mary Catherine Mc Gowan (b. 1882, d. 1966)
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