SAMPLE INDIVIDUAL REPORT                                             

This is the first page from the Individual Report for John Doyle, my Grandfather. Scroll down to see the first page of the Endnotes, which cite various sources for the information shown.

A software package, The Master Genealogist, was used to collate the data, and it assigns reference numbers to each person entered. The number for John Doyle was 2, and can be seen entered in round brackets throughout. Endnotes (citations of sources etc) are entered in square brackets. The report is very similar to the Journal report, but concentrates purely on an individual and does not include genealogical data on his or her parents and offspring.

Individual Narrative of John Doyle (2)

John Doyle (2)[1] was born on 7 January 1886 at Clooncarne.[2] He was baptized at Knockadrinan on 7 January 1886. Religion: Roman Catholic.[3] John (2) was listed on the roll as a student at Clooneagh from April 1894 to 28 February 1902.[4] He was listed as a member of the household of Edward Doyle (5) in the 1901 census at Clooncarne.[5] He was listed as a member of the household of Edward Doyle (5) in the 1911 census at Clooncarne.[6] He was a journalist in Dublin circa 1920.[7] He became engaged to Mary Diffley (3) at Clooncarne between 1920 and 1923.[i] He married Mary Diffley (3), daughter of James Diffley (20) and Catherine Kilrane (64), on 9 June 1924 at Knockadrinan. Best man may have been a Reynolds of Clooneagh (John's mother's family) and bridesmaid a Reynolds of Street, Clooncarne. The bride and groom went to the reception in a horse-drawn side-car, and the reception party itself was held in the Doyle house in Clooncarne. For the reception, the bride and groom supplied a half-barrel of porter and lots of soda-bread. The entertainment consisted of music on the accordions.[8] He resided at Clooncarne from 10 June 1924 to April 1975.[9] He  wrote Bornacoola Notes for The Leitrim Observer between 1925 and 1940 at Clooncarne. He used to make his way to Carrick once a week to hand in his copy. This could have been on foot if necessary.[10] He  worked  part time as a labourer on the Narrow Gauge railway in from 1930 to 1940 at Dromod. This was necessary to supplement the income from the farm.[11] He was listed as the Land Holder in 1933 at Clooncarne when he replaced Edward as the registered occupier.[12] He witnessed the death of Bernard Doyle (57) on 7 April 1933 at Clooncarne.[13] He witnessed the death of Joseph Doyle (58) on 13 May 1933 at Clooncarne.[14] He witnessed the death of Edward Doyle (5) on 11 March 1934 at Clooncarne.[15] He supplied the information that Lizzie wrote in the Clooneagh School collection.[16] He and Mary Diffley (3) were renowned for entertaining neighbours at Clooncarne. The Doyle household was a well known spot for ‘ceilidhers’. In effect, everyone and anyone dropped in regularly for socialising. John himself was gifted on the accordion, and some of his children followed suit. This attracted visitors to the house. In addition, Doyle’s was famous for its card games on Sunday nights.  The guests would begin to arrive around eight o’clock. They might include Joe McDermott, Peter Mallon, Willie McGarry, Mike and Brian McGarry, Berny Reynolds, John Joe Reynolds, Ned Reynolds, Johnny Shanley, John Columb, John Kane and Francie Doorigan. The first ten or fifteen minutes would be spent talking about the latest news when someone would inquire “what about pulling out the table?” The table was duly pulled out, the chairs arranged and the fun started with shouting, banging and laughter interspersed through the rest of the night. As they came to the end of a game there would be a great build-up of excitement with the table getting a few hard bangs. If at the end of a game someone produced the ace of hearts feeling full sure of their trick but was followed by someone with the joker the shouting, banging and excitement would reach a climax. There was always a break for tea halfway through the playing. Mary made sure to have her homemade brown soda bread ready, which she handed around with a mug of tea. It didn’t matter if there were twenty visitors present, there was always more than plenty for everyone. The tea and bread gave the players renewed strength and energy for shouting and banging the table during the ““second half””. There was always great excitement as they came to the last game, which was known in Doyle’s as the ““rubber””. More money was then put out by each person and whoever won that went home a rich person.[17] One of John's interests as he grew older was in crosswords, and he avidly did the crossword in the Sunday papers. He also subscribed to Pastime Post, which was devoted to solutions to the crosswords in the Sunday Press and Sunday Independent.[18] John (2), as the father of the bride, attended Elizabeth Doyle (10) and Mick Mooney (28)'s wedding at Sandyford Road on 24 April 1954.[19] He suffered from deafness in his later years. He tried but found it impossible to use a hearing aid between 1960 and 1975 at Clooncarne.[20] He witnessed the burial of Mary Diffley (3) circa 10 March 1971 at Cloonmorris.[21] He died on 10 April 1975 at Clooncarne aged 89.[22] He was buried on 12 April 1975 at Cloonmorris.[23]