REGAN, John J possibly from Dunmanway, went to Rochester, New York, USA. Cousins John and Hannah Regan
John J REGAN went to Rochester, NY, became a contractor of home building and sidewalks. He left sisters and brothers in the Dunmanway area of Cork. His cousins, John and Hannah, also lived in Rochester. John was a motorman on streetcars but around 1927 he purchased a farm outside the city where he worked everyday with his sister. They had sheep, horses, a dog and a cat. He still owned the farm through 1940 according to a city directory. Some time in the 1940a or 1950s John and Hannah pined for the Ireland home. He gave up his US dual citizenship and returned to Co Cork.
John J REGAN is my great-grandfather. His wife Elizabeth died ten years before him. John J died in 1931. One of his children is my mother, Elizabeth (Betty). I am interested in connecting with relatives. I was in Dunmanway once. I took a bus by myself to get there from an hour away,and walked all over town, all day. It was great. I had to catch a taxi at the end of the day as I missed the last bus.