Records of Thomas Brennan on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Thomas Brennan and the Brennan Genealogy

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Some Famous People called Thomas Brennan

Thomas Francis Brennan

Thomas Francis Brennan (6 October 1855 – 20 March 1916) was an American Catholic bishop who served as the first Catholic bishop of Dallas from 1891 to 1893.

Brennan was born at Tipperary, Ireland, and ordained to the priesthood at Brixen-Tyrol on July 4, 1880. He was consecrated Bishop of Dallas at Erie, Pennsylvania, on April 5, 1891, by Bishop Tobias Mullen. Two years later, on February 1, 1893, he was transferred to the titular see of Utilla, and was made Auxiliary to Bishop Thomas Joseph Power of St. John's, Newfoundland. He was called to Rome in December 1904, and was given the titular see of Cesarea on October 7, 1905. The last years of his life were spent in the Basilian monastery at Grottaferrata, near Rome, where he died at age 60.

Source: Thomas Francis Brennan, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Thomas Brennan (Victorian state politician)

Thomas William Brennan (7 April 1900 – 29 October 1966) was an Australian politician.

Born in Surrey Hills to labourer Patrick William Brennan and Kate Kealy, he attended school in Carlton and at St Joseph's CBC North Melbourne in 1915. Brennan became a Second Lieutenant in his schools Cadet Company and obtained his Leaving Certificate while there in 1919. After leaving school he moved on to the University of Melbourne where he studied law on a part-time basis.

He became a political journalist, having joined the Labor Party (ALP) around 1925 and was the editor of The Tribune, a weekly Catholic newspaper, for two years. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1935, and led classes in English and Public Speaking at the Victorian Labor College from 1941 to 1956.

From 1945 to 1955 he was on the state executive of the ALP, serving as president from 1950 to 1951 and as a Victorian MLC for Monash Province from 1952, but in 1955 he was part of the split that formed the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist), which became the Democratic Labor Party (DLP). He lost his State seat in 1958 and continued to contest elections for the DLP until his death.

Source: Thomas Brennan (Victorian state politician), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Thomas Brennan (equestrian)

Thomas "Tommy" Brennan (29 January 1940 – 20 July 2014) was an Irish equestrian who was successful both in jumping and eventing. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics in the mixed three-day event, individually and with the Irish team, with the best result of fourth place in the team competition in 1964. He was part of the Irish team that won the gold medal at the 1966 Eventing World Championship. Between 1964 and 1966 Brennan rode Kilkenny, who was later sold to James C. Wofford and won two silver Olympic medals. Brennan also worked with Ambassador, who was sold to Graziano Mancinelli and won an Olympic gold.

During his career Brennan won nine national titles and 67 international jumping competitions. In retirement he helped design cross-country eventing courses, in particularly the course at Punchestown, Ireland, which was used for the 1991 and 2003 European Championships. He also headed the Irish junior (1981–1985) and senior (2007) teams. In 1985 Brennan was awarded the FEI Gold Badge of Honour, and in 1997 inducted into the Irish Sports Council Hall of Fame

Brennan was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, and raised on the family farm in Dunnamaggin, where he trained in horse riding and animal husbandry. He then moved to Dublin to improve his riding skills and study agriculture. Brennan had a sister Kathleen O’Neill and brother Peter.

Source: Thomas Brennan (equestrian), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Brennan

Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.

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