A rather dull County Council meeting in county Roscommon last June came alive when a local councilor made reference to the county’s plan to boost tourism. Rather than focus on the local famous people from the county, the councilor suggested they might be better off if they highlighted some of the more ‘infamous’ people of the country. “Did you know”, he stated, “that Al Capone’s mother was a local girl”. “Yes”, he stated to a rather shocked meeting. “she was from Frenchpark, just down the road.”
It certainly got my attention when I read it, because it was not the first time I had heard of it. It’s possible she was a Kelly.

Any info out there.

Ed