While Daniel and Johanna were living in Clontarf, they lost
two of their children, Ellie and John Bray.
Their daughter Ellen [Ellie] Sophie Mary Jennings died at 6 Castle Avenue, Clontarf,
on the 4th of August 1878, aged 26.
JENNINGS, Ellie M Miss "dau of Constable";
Clontarf.[1]
Three years later John Bray Jennings, L.R.Q.C.P.I and
L.R.C.S.I, died at 6 Castle Avenue,
Clontarf, on the 7th of May, 1881 aged 27. He had qualified as a doctor
and was living in Yorkshire. His Death
Certificate states that John Bray Jennings, Bachelor, aged 26 years, Physician
and Surgeon, died of phthisis (6 months certified), and his father D.C.
Jennings was present at his death. He was Daniel’s fourth son and the second to
die, Joseph, his youngest son, having
died as a child in Ennis, County Clare.
On his retirement from the Royal Irish Constabulary, Daniel
and Johanna moved to 18
Morehampton Rd., Dublin.
His pension was £400 per annum.
Morehampton Road features many redbrick houses with granite
under-courses and steps with cast iron decorative railings laid out and built
from 1860 onwards.[2]
Daniel died there on the 15th November 1896.
JENNINGS, November 15,
at his residence, 18 Morehampton Road, Dublin, Daniel Corley Jennings, C.I.,
R.I.C.[3]
His daughter-in-law Henrietta, wife of Ignatius Ronayne Bray
Jennings, commented in her account book.
November 1896 15th Old
Mr J. died. Wreath 5/- .[4]
After Daniel’s death Johanna went to live with her daughters
Kate and Mary in 23 Waterloo Place,
Dublin. It was located in a small
group of houses off Waterloo Lane.
All three stated in the 1901 Census that their income came from dividends. Johanna
died there on the 14th of March 1908. She was 89.
JENNINGS – on March 14th
at 23 Waterloo Place, Dublin, Joanna Maria, relict of the late Daniel Corley
Jennings Esq., County Inspector Royal Irish Constabulary, and last surviving
daughter of the late Luke Bray of Ballycarrane and Galberstown, Co. Tipperary,
Esq. RIP.[5]
Daniel and Johanna are buried in Glasnevin Cemetery,
together with Ellie and John Bray Jennings.[6]
A report on the Tramore Races of unknown date gives us a
last glimpse into Daniel’s life in the
police force: A body of police under the command of sub-Inspector Jennings was called into active requisition
to suppress numerous fights at intervals between races. One unfortunate jockey
(Hogan from Tipperary)
had a bludgeon broken over his head by an assailant. Several medical gentlemen
were prompt in their attention to the poor fellow.[7]
[1] Cork Examiner 1878-8-7
[2] A
walking tour of Donnybrook by John Holohan, Ballsbridge, Donnybrook &
Sandymount Historical Society Annual Record 2007.
[3] Henrietta
Jennings, The Mall, Armagh. Private Account
Book.
[4] Cork Constitution, 17
November 1896.
[5] Weekly
Irish Times, 21 March 1908.
No.168.
[7] Waterford News, n.d.
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