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I gave a Zoom lecture about Sir Hal Blackall last night. My notes for the lecture are on my website.

See also https://www.facebook.com/groups/9877301 ... 662152947/

Nine years later, I've finally found some of Patrick Blake's descendants for whom I have put together more information on him on my Facebook profile.

Another interesting example, where the child's "RELATION to Head of Family" is given as "Grand Daughter", while her "RANK, PROFESSION OR OCCUPATION" is given as "Neice"!

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/p ... ig/362895/

The recent death notice of another Clare nun with a Bugler grandmother prompted me to start looking at Bugler connections: https://rip.ie/death-notice/sr.-carmel-patricia-scanlan-nenagh-tipperary/429344 http://www.clare.fm/obituaries/sr-carmel-patricia-scanlan-nenagh-formerly-killaloe/ Google quickl...

Hi Sheila and Kevin The mislabelling of the Tithe Applotment Books was the subject of a blog post from John Grenham a few years ago: https://www.johngrenham.com/blog/2017/03/27/i-just-dont-want-to-pay-that-price-any-more/ I think that John may have done more work since then on sorting out the mess, ...

There is another discussion of this family at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/countyc ... 715670289/

This is the first time I have come across "First Cousin" on a census return apparently meaning "grandchild": Mary E Casey and Katie Casey were enumerated in 1901 in their grandfather's household in Lack East . They were also apparently double counted in their parents' household in Glenconaun More . ...

I stumbled on this post after coming across other references to Fr. Francis Griffin C.S.Sp.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Griffin_(priest) http://www.spiritan.ie/oldSite/irish_spiritans_remembered.pdf GRIFFIN, Fr Francis 1893-1983 Born 16 September 1893 in Kilmurry, Ibricken, Co. Clare, Fra...

I was reminded of this thread by a post at https://www.facebook.com/groups/countyclare/permalink/3539216449482787/ by an American claiming "McMahan [sic] ancestry" whose "ancestors built Carrigaholt Castle in County Clare". This got me looking for a published pedigree of the MacMahons of Carrigaholt...

There is another discussion of this estate at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/countyc ... 833628516/

There are a number of extensive online discussions of Matt Breen from Lakyle in Killofin parish who ended up in St. Paul, Minnesota: https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/history-and-genealogy/ancestor-database/mathias-breen https://irelandxo.com/ireland/clare/killofin/message-board/looking-memories-bree...

Great finds, Linda. Have you also been updating the Wikipedia page at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._W._Johnston ? The register of baptisms in Kilkee parish, like most baptismal registers, does not indicate in which of the churches in the parish the baptism took place; John Johnston was more likel...

There is another discussion of Dysart House, which is apparently in the townland of Ballynote East, at
https://www.facebook.com/Mr.PaulOBrien/ ... 9713632541

I see you have found some well-known descendants of James O'Gorman from Bunratty Castle:

https://www.con-telegraph.ie/news/round ... -connecti/