Rich is the great grandson of Patrick "Yankee Pat" Tinneny of Goladuff.  He is the eldest of  7 children of John P. Tinneny and Helen M. Diamond of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.  He was raised in Philadelphia and following graduation from high school in 1960 he served nearly 29 years in the United States Air Force. In 1964 he married Lee M. Havens of Westhampton Beach, Long Island, New York.  The couple had three children Christopher (1965-1994), Patrick and Matthew and three grandchildren John, Gavin and Christopher.  Rich and Lee live in Columbia, South Carolina where he works as the Director of Admissions for a large community college.  In researching the family history he has connected with Tinneny descendants around the world and made six trips to Ireland where he and Lee have enjoyed the wonderful experience of getting to know our new found cousins there.