The family’s modern story begins with Michael Joseph Newman, born in Cork City, a skilled and respected clerk of works. His career took him north to Coleraine, Co. Derry, where he supervised the construction of new Catholic schools in the early 1900s. It was during his period in Cork that he met and married Catherine Kearney, whose mother, Kate O’Brien, came from a strong and influential O’Brien family. The O’Brien lineage would remain important to the family for generations.
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