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I have since spoken to my mother who remembered Annie Moran who she knew as Nancy.

Mick Moran's brother Patrick and was called "P". He went back and forth to Ireland and worked at harvesting in Lincolnshire but would visit Wigan on his way back to Ireland.

Tom Moran was another brother of Mick, who lived in Hardybutts near Griffin's across from the Black Bull. He was married to Mary Alice and he had sons Patrick and Charlie.
He had a heart condition and was out of work a lot.
Charlie used visit Sligo in later years.

The Moran family place in Tullinaglug was bought by a man called Tom Walsh who was from Tullinaglug but also knew the family in Wigan. He is no longer there.

Mick Moran's mother was Una (Irish for Winnie). She was remembered as being very good looking when she was young.
This grandmother visited Wigan a lot and sometimes brought some of the family back. Peggy came back to Ireland and went to school in Ireland for a while. Mrs. Moran later died in Ireland.

Some of the older people pronounced the named as "Murren".

All of the Moran boys were in WW2 and all came back without injuries. John worked in English Tools with my mother at one time.




In relation to The Black Bull - my mother remembered Janie Bennett who ran the Black Bull. She used play with some of the Bennett children and remembers Joan Bennett who used to stay with her grandmother Griffin in Hardybutts after the Bennett family had left the Black Bull.