Stephen Flannery married Maymie Egan many years ago and had a shop where the Post Office is now located.Stepen had an undertaking business and his wife was from the stonecutting Egan family. One of their sons Ciaran operates a pub near Golden Island shopping center in Athlone. Two other sons Mike and Brendan emigrated to America in the Fifties. This Christmas brother Jim and his wife Maureen spent Christmas with their son Eamon and wife Toni in Los angeles and made a trip to San Francisco to visit Maureen's sisters Beatrice and Una .They also looked up and met with Mike Flannery who is in good spirits.