Greetings from Bernadette Farrell in San Francisco

Photo of my father John James Farrell (left) and his brother Willie Joe Farrell - sons of James and Mollie Farrell, Ballinwing. Taken in Leitrim Village 2006 at the celebration of Willie Joe and Mae's 40th wedding anniversary, sadly Dad died suddenly of a heart attack a few months after this photo was taken.



My Father, John James Farrell,his niece Maria Farrell(left)(Willie-Joe's daughter) and myself Bernadette.



Dad grow up on the neighbouring farm to Mulvey's in Ballinwing with his brother Willie Joe, sister Bridie, parents James Farrell and Mary Doherty. Like so many of his generation he emigrated to England in the 1950's, but hardly a year went by that he did not go back "home" to Ballinwing to visit his family.
In Birmingham, England he met and married Ann Lynch and had six children.
My mother, all of my siblings, nieces and nephews still reside in Birmingham. I moved to San Francisco in 1990 and while I retain my European citizenship I became an American in 2000.
I have only recently discovered the blog and the link to the family tree and have so enjoyed exploring the connections with all of my cousins I here in the US
Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the reunion, but I wish you all a successful and happy event and I will look forward to seeing pictures on the blog.
Regards Bernadette Farrell

Attendence At Family Reunion

When Eileen and myself first planned to host a Mulvey/Farrell Family Reunion we thought we might get somewhere between 40 and 50 attendees. As the word spread and the Interest Survey's were returned, we jumped to around 60/70 anticipated attendees. Now, with a last minute surge in confirmations and probable attendees, we will be close to 90 people in attendance. This has resulted in some creative modifications in handling the logistics and social activities. We are up to the task and look forward to the challenge. The meeting room may be more cramped than desired, but please bear with us. A breakdown of attendees is as follows:

Grandchildren of James Mulvey & Catherine Farrell (Step-Grandmother Bridie Farrell), and children and their siblings of John Mulvey & Mollie Fitzpatrick - Ballinwing, Leitrim Co., Ireland - 8

Descendents of Francis Mulvey & Jane Farrell

Francis Mulvey & Mary Conlon, children and their siblings - 29
John Mulvey & Mae Jacoby, children and their siblings - 26
Teresa (Mulvey) & Joe Riordan, children and their sibling - 7
Thomas Mulvey & Ruth Reilly, children and their siblings - 3

Descendents of Patrick Mulvey (Brother of Francis Mulvey) & Margaret Costello
Children and sibling of James "Buddy" & Catherine Mulvey

Patrick, Kevin, and Maureen Mulvey

Descendents of Owen O'Bierne & Mary Farrell and daughter Mary O'Bierne and Bob Doutney

William & Lorraine Doutney
Susan (Doutney) Arazy and daughter Samantha
Mary Ellen Lynch

Children of John & Dorothy Donnelly (adopted Mulvey's)

Eileen (Donnelly) & Jim Falcone, children Matthew and Peter
Maureen (Donnelly) Carcaterra

God Bless All and have a safe trip. Joe Mulvey

Another picture from Bridie Farrell McGovern

Bridie Farrell McGovern (front) with her grandson James McGovern, daugher Josephine, sons Seamus, John, and Patrick.

Greetings from Bridie Farrell McGovern in Ireland, daughter of James & Mollie Farrell from Ballinwing

My best wishes to everyone and I hope you all have a wonderful reunion. I won't be travelling but I am sure I will be seeing some of you in the near future. In 1957 along with Aunt Bridie and James Mulvey I spent 8 months in New York. I stayed with the Doutney Family in Bay Ridge Ave, Brooklyn next door to the Mulvey (John) family. At that time I had the privilge of spending time with my 4 Aunts, Mary, Jane, Bridie and Tess. I have some wonderful memories of those 8 months. My father (James) and his brothers Willie and John never emigrated. I was married to Pat who passed away in 1997. I have 5 sons and 2 daughters. My 2 daughters and 3 sons live here in Ireland while my other 2 sons live in the States. I have 16 grandchildren which consists of 3 girls and 13 boys. My oldest grandchild Nicole who is 22 now lives in Australlia. My brother John James passed away suddenly in 2007. He emigrated to Birmingham, England in the late 1950's where he married Ann and they had 3 daughters and 3 sons. Ann and family still reside in Birmingham.



Bridie Farrell McGovern aged 5 taken with her father James Farrell standing beside her and her Uncles Willie and John Farrell





Birthday: Bridie with children, Johnny, Marie, Patrick, Josephine and Noel.




Xmas: Bridie with her sons Noel, Patrick, Johnny, Bridies daughter Josephine and her daughter Shannon and finally Bridies son Seamus.





Bridie with grandchildren Shannon, Oisin, Conall, Shane, Adam, Patrick, Avril, James, Fiarhra, Fionn and Diarmuid