‘Black Denis’ Cronin, Coomkeen, Matthew O’Mahony, William Miller, Timothy (Casey) McCarthy, Coolculaghta, Basket Makers, 1938 School Folklore Collection, Carrigboy National School, Durrus, West Cork. From Breda McCarthy, Coolcuaghta.
1938 School Folklore Project, Sarah Dukelow, Clashadoo, Durrus, Co. Cork.
Denis Cronin’s holding was in the viscinity of Jeffa Bate’s Cheese Factory:
http://www.durruscheese.com/
Coolculaghta pre-famine very densely ppulated:
West Cork History 
I adored this particular post on Cronin and Caseys, two lines I suspect might possibly intersect with my Carey and Connolly lines in Cork. Does Anyone know why Timothy McCarty was renamed Casey? Did he become someone’s step son and take on that name?
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Timothy Casey McCarthy at 35 years old was the oldest man who fought at the Kilmichael ambush 20/11/1920.After the ambush he was `on the run` but the British army found out he was there and called to his parents home in Coulculloghta,Durrus to capture him accompanied by a local RIC man .They were about to shoot his parents for harbouring a `murderer` when the Ric man spoke and said`these people are Caseys and its McCarthy you are looking for` and the old pair was saved and Tim was known as Casey afterwards
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P.S. The “Dennis Cronin’s Holdings” piece leads to a broken link, not the actual link.
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