Michael Pierce Flanagan
Michael was born on January 23rd, 1918. Michael'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,
John,
Edward,
Martin,
Thomas,
Antony,
Michael,
Bridget,
Celia,
Mary Kate and
Norah. He was the third youngest of the thirteen children. He died due to Whooping Cough at the age of 2 on January 23rd, 1920 in
Frenchfort. He was buried in
Old Graveyard Oranmore.