Hugh Mc Grane and Nonnie Campbell

The following information contributed by Desmond Doran…..

Hugh Mc Grane, son of Charles + Mary Anne Mc Grane, Ballinacarrick, was married to Nonnie Campbell. Nonnie died during an operation to clear her fallopian tubes in the hopes that she would be able to have a baby. Through faulty equipment, air got into her bloodstream and she died.

Hugh never remarried. He ran a shop in Lifford, Co Donegal called  the Tyronconnell Stores.

Noeleen remembers Hugh liked his food, a drink and a dance! He was very nimble on his feet. He always made sure to come to Strabane every Christmas morning to visit the relatives and often went back to have his Christmas dinner with his sister Sarah and her husband Jim Behan, quite the worse for wear!!. Sarah did not tolerate Hugh's love of alcohol very well and I remember one Christmas that Hugh was driven back home to Lifford and dropped off at the door.....who ever was driving him made sure to get a quick exit before Sarah answered the door to find a well oiled Hugh!!!

Here is Hugh on one of the many Christmas mornings in Strabane :)

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