John Flanagan

John was born on May 13th, 1900 in Clarenbridge.  John's father was Martin Flanagan and his mother was Mary Murphy.  His paternal grandparents were Patrick (Patt) Flanagan and Bridget (Biddy) Fahy; his maternal grandparents were James (Jim) Murphy and Cecelia Crowe. He had eight brothers and four sisters, named Patt, James, Edward, Martin, Thomas, Michael, Antony, Michael, Bridget, Celia, Mary Kate and Norah.  He was the third oldest of the thirteen children.  He died  due to TB at the age of 18 on April 19th, 1919 in Galway Workhouse.  He was buried in Old Graveyard Oranmore.