Bruce Tinneny &  Family Visit Cousins In Ireland.

Carol  And Bruce Tinneny

Bruce and Carol Tinneny of Rock Hill Maryland and their family visited Hubert and Susanna Tinneny in Belturbet, County Cavan, Ireland September 2025. The family are long time Minnesota Vikings football team fans. Bruce, Carol, their sons Eric and Bruce Jr. his wife Kristin and daughter Grace made the trip to attend the Minnesota Vikings vs. Pittsburgh Steelers game in Dublin September 28th. They arrived in Ireland a week before the game so they could meet family, visit important locations related to their Tinneny ancestors and tour the south of Ireland.

After arriving at Dublin airport they drove to County Cavan and spent the evening at the Sleeve Russell Inn where they connected with Susanna.

L-R: Seated Carol, Bruce and Susanna - Standing Bruce Jr. and Eric at the Sleeve Russell.

The next day they went to Hubert and Susanna’s home in Quivvy, Belturbet and enjoyed a visit with Hubert, Susanna, their daughter  Emma and her daughter Aliya.

L-R: Carol, Hubert, Susanna, Bruce and baby Grace.

Bruce, Hubert, Kristin with Grace and Bruce Jr. chatting in front of the house in Quivvy.

Susanna, Carol and Bruce on Goladuff the home place of the Tinnenys.

Susanna took the visitors to the parish church of the Tinnenys of Goladuff, The Church of the Immaculate Conception, “Saint Marry’s” in Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh.

 

In the graveyard of Saint Mary’s they visited the graves of Tinneny cousins.

Philip Tinneny and John James McGuinness the son of John McGuinness and Alice Tinneny.

  Also at Saint Mary’s the graves of Mary Tinneny Murray of Goladuff and her family.

From Saint Mary’s they drove to Drummully Cemetery the site of an ancient monastery. There they visited the large grave site where generations of Bruce’s direct Tinneny ancestors are buried as far back to at least 1807. The grave is marked with the single headstone of Thomas Tinneny of Goladuff 1734 -1807.

Headstone of Thomas Tinneny on the Tinneny plot Drummully.

After leaving Belturbet Bruce and family toured southern Ireland and September 28th wrapped up their trip at Croke Park Stadium where they attended the Minnesota Viking vs. Pittsburgh Steelers game.

   Minnesota Vikings vs. Pittsburg Steelers football game Croke Park.

To their dismay the Pittsburg Steelers won the game with a score of 24-21 but a wonderful time was had by all visiting the family and touring in Ireland. 

Bruce is the son of William Bruce and Dorothera Kottler Tinneny of Philadelphia; grandson of James and Gertrude Spence Tinneny of Philadelphia; and great-grandson of Patrick "Yankee Pat" Tinneny of Goladuff, Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, Greenock, Scotland and Philadelphia and his wife Margaret Malloy.