My father, Peter Joseph McCrann, born in Drumsna in 1900, sailed to New York in 1924, having spent most of his teenage and early adult years fighting for a free Ireland and being imprisoned by the British. Over the years, I have come across other variations of the name: McRann, Rinn and Rynn. Any relatives out there who are also proud to be Irish?
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McCrann of Drumsna
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Ray McLoughlin
Re: McCrann of Drumsna
(User Above) wrote: : My father, Peter Joseph McCrann, born in Drumsna in 1900, sailed to New York in 1924, having spent most of his teenage and early adult years fighting for a free Ireland and being imprisoned by the British. Over the years, I have come across other variations of the name: McRann, Rinn and Rynn. Any relatives out there who are also proud to be Irish?<p><br>I have McRanns in my family but I have not figured the specific connection yet. My paternal side all come from Leitrim - Drumsna, Drumshanbo, Carrick on Shannon areas.the related names are McLoughlin, Geheran, Guckian, Early, Leland, Regan, McCauley. My maternal side also have roots there in Annaduff; the related names are Conroy and Beirne.<br>
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Margaret McCrann Carroll
Re: McCrann of Drumsna
(User Above) wrote: : : My father, Peter Joseph McCrann, born in Drumsna in 1900, sailed to New York in 1924, having spent most of his teenage and early adult years fighting for a free Ireland and being imprisoned by the British. Over the years, I have come across other variations of the name: McRann, Rinn and Rynn. Any relatives out there who are also proud to be Irish?<p>: I have McRanns in my family but I have not figured the specific connection yet. My paternal side all come from Leitrim - Drumsna, Drumshanbo, Carrick on Shannon areas.the related names are McLoughlin, Geheran, Guckian, Early, Leland, Regan, McCauley. My maternal side also have roots there in Annaduff; the related names are Conroy and Beirne.<p>There is definitely a connection between McCrann and McRann as I have relatives from the Carrick on Shannon area that slightly changed the spelling of their names. Whether they did so before or after arriving in NY, I do not know. There are currently McCrann relatives living in Jamestown, Mohill, Drumsna and Carrick on Shannon.<br>
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Lucille Bertram
Re: McCrann of Drumsna
(User Above) wrote: : My father, Peter Joseph McCrann, born in Drumsna in 1900, sailed to New York in 1924, having spent most of his teenage and early adult years fighting for a free Ireland and being imprisoned by the British. Over the years, I have come across other variations of the name: McRann, Rinn and Rynn. Any relatives out there who are also proud to be Irish?<p>A few years ago I was in Drumsna looking for Rinn relatives. (My Rinns were from Annaduff Parish and came to New York City in the 1840s and 1850s.) I met a Patrick Rinn who told me his ancestors had emigrated to the U.S. and changed their name from McRann to Rinn. His father returned to Ireland and kept the name Rinn. There is a plaque in the Drumsna Catholic Church dedicated to Patrick Rinn's parents. There is also a cemetery on the outskirts of Drumsna that is completely overgrown that apparently has Rinns and McRanns. One other variation of the name that I have found in the census and in city directories is Wren.<p>
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