The O'Toole Family
Accony / Roonah Point
Nancy Bond
My family, the O'Toole's, were born in Accony/Roonah Point. We are in some way related to most of the names you will find around Louisburgh - Scott, O'Donnell, Prendergast, Lyons, Gibbons, Friel, O'Malley, etc...
John O'Toole (son of James O'Toole and Mary Moran) and his wife Sally Scott (daughter of James Scott and Catherine Prendergast) had at least twelve children, six of which sadly died as children. Their son's John and James left Ireland for Chicago, while Maria (Owen O'Donnell), Patrick, Sarah (Edward Lyons) and Kate (Tommy Lannon Prendergast) stayed.
My grandfather John O'Toole Jr. came to Chicago in 1920 and married Margaret Joyce of Carramore, Louisburgh. They spent the remainder of their lives along with their children John, James, Alice and Sarah in the Irish enclave called "Canaryville" on the edge of the great Chicago Union Stock Yards, always longing for their homes by the sea.
John's older brother James O'Toole became a Chicago Police Officer before and during the heyday of Chicago's famous gangster crime bosses like Al Capone and Bugsy Moran. He and his wife Sarah had ten children.
O'Toole Home in Accony Roonah
John O'Toole of Accony and Chicago
James O'Toole of Accony and Chicago
James and Sarah McDarby O'Toole wed in Chicago
Maria O'Toole O'Donnell and children
Maria O'Toole (Owen) O'Donnell and children
Joyce sisters of Carramore
Anne Scott with her mother Ann Prendergast Scott and her mother Mary Lannon Prendergast
Back Row L to R: Fr Tom Scott, Richie Prendergast, "Old Father" James Prendergast, Patrick Prendergast, "Young Father" James Prendergast. FRONT ROW L to R: Pat Scott (Shraugh), Fr John Sweeney (Raheens), Geoffrey Myles Gibbons, James Patrick Prendergast (Chicago), John Joe Prendergast
Bridget Scott Joyce of Accony and Leenane
Geoffrey Prendergast 1928
Unknown brother of James J Lyons of Accony and Illinois
James J Lyons of Accony and Illinois
Joe Lyons husband of Mae Scott
Children of Patrick Joyce (Carramore) and Anne Scott (Accony) in Chicago
Mae Scott Lyons and Annie
Patrick and Maria McDonnell Lyons of Accony
Patrick Joyce of Carramore, Louisburgh born in Mounterowen West, Leenane, Galway
John O'Donnell son of Maria O'Toole O'Donnell
Kate O'Donnell daughter of Maria O'Toole O'Donnell
Mary O'Donnell (daughter of Maria O'Toole O'Donnell) and husband Redmond Gibbons (Cloonlara)
Redmond Gibbons of Cloonlara
Sarah O'Donnell (daughter of Maria O'Toole O'Donnell) and husband Mike Crowley
Patrick Scott "PS" Joyce of Carramore, Louisburgh and Dublin