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Was Congressman meade from Clare or Limerick ?

these are transcribed and searchable on limerick.ie

Paddy You really should drop in and talk to John Daly. He is in his late 70s and lives beside Kilmurry Ibricken cemetary (his family have a bb there and he was born in the pub, now closed). he told me he was researching brews. I dont think he is online but may well have local knowledge to clear up s...

I have a vague interest as my gt gt grandmother was Mary Ann Mungovan from Rathkerry Inch. These Mungovans say that they are related to the Magowna Mungovans and also to the Mungovans who had the bar in Ennis (Cornelius Mungovan of the Sinn Fein Club). I cant see an O'Malley marriage in what we have...

There were iron works at Slieve Aughty could be something to do with that either
His father must have been reasonably well off if he went to be a doctor. Are you sure that reference was to a miner ?

Actually the first son usually carries his paternal grandfathers name. You may not get a son with the fathers name at all

Has this answer any relevance to my thread ? or is it just a wish to advertise the Old Grounds gathering. If so why not put it up as a thread?

I saw this Brew announcement Thomas Brew of Ballyket deceased thurs March 2nd 1826. I think this was a Dublin Evening Post announcement. You will get it in the dunboyne collection available in both Clare local studies and in the NLI ordered by year and date.

I have Thomas Shannon jnr letting a farm
To be set the farm of in Kildymn ? in 1790 60 acres within 2 miles from Miltown, proposals to thomas Shannon jnr

(prob Kildimo). I dont know if he is too old to be Thomas married to Harriet coughlan

At one point there were a lot of freemasons in Ireland as well (not anymore). It was never a secret protestant society. Secret yes - protestant no. The Catholic church did not approve of their philosophy and banned Catholics from joining and made O'Connel quit. I think the knights of Columbanus was ...

Sharon In the late 1700s and early 1800s in Ireland there were quite a few Catholic freemasons. Daniel O'Connell was one. The O'Gorman Mahon was another. The Catholic church banned Catholics being freemasons later rather than freemasons banning Catholics. The freemason headquarters in Dublin is extr...

I got onto Paddy directly. What I know is Mathias Kenny married Mary Shannon sometime in the 1740s or 50s and that she was said to be the daughter of David Shannon of Kildeemo. She is my gt gt gt gt grandmother (and 5 gt grandmother). Denis Shannon probably has more Shannon info than I do though he ...

Catherine who was a widow got evicted - there are newspaper reports. She had a handicapped son
James and Bridget are probably not who we are looking for

The family I want lived in Ballymacaula and locals have told me what farm

Thanks John that is interesting as I have seen Maurice but he does not seem to be the same family - but maybe yes. I have him holding Reanighishagh in 1852 and also holding 115 acres in 1876 no address http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/16252/eppi_pages/194545. I have not looked into him closely as ...

John Mayer that Kenny ref is interesting as I have Carncreagh left to one of David Kennys sons (leasehold ) in 1833. Its not Michael who was a first cousin of theirs and was more than likely the Michael Kenny of Freaghcastle but the land could have been swapped. There is another Carncreagh near Dool...