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HEROES OP PEACE— AT CARDIGAN. There are brave men in Australia, and the Victorian miners have their full share of the heroes of peace. Equal to almost anything on either side in the South African war is the work in which for the past few days Mining Inspector Fitches and his small parties of volunt...

Hi Sheila, That is amazing to find a connection between Patrick McNamara and the O'Neill letter archive. What a tragic story especially how Mary relates to her sister in New York that she will never be the same again after the death of her sister in Clare and sought help from the priest and doctor. ...

Hi Sheila, I think we now both agree that the Glandree Plot 3 McNamara's (Patrick McNamara & Kate Corry; Kate McNamara & Michael Jones; Thomas McNamara & Bridget Hayes; as well as James McNamara & Anne Rodgers) who never used the name "Andrew" are separate from the Sheedy McNamara's of Glandree/Uggo...

Hi Sheila, Thank you for your strong efforts in researching the Honora Sheedy who married Martin Curry of Doonane, Tulla. However, I reckon there will not be a close connection to the Sheedy McNamara's of Glandree. The Sheedy name does not appear to be specific to Glandree townland or even Tulla par...

Hi Sheila, Thanks very much for the added information on the Jones family which I've updated in the family tree on my previous posting. So when Kate McNamara Jones died in 1896 at the age of 80, her brother Thomas McNamara was the informant on her death record since both her son Michael Jones (in 18...

Hi Sheila, The "Martin Jones" on the Tom McDowell listing who entered New York to visit his sister in Lowell was the clue that led me to the other sisters going to Lowell. And yes upon more research you are correct that Margaret and Nora are two individual sisters. Margaret Jones would work as a war...

Hi Sheila, Thank you for that information on the road built between Glandree and Feakle. And I did find the stone tablet marking the entrance to Feakle - you provided very good directions. So this road was not on the 1842 map, but built by Edward Russell (Assistant Engineer) in 1846 during the Great...

Hi Sheila, Thanks your continued help and the nice summary on your first posting. I think you made one small mistake just to see if I was paying attention. First large paragraph (with no spacing), second to last sentence I believe either (a) "82" should be "52" or (b) "Kate McMahon" should be "Kate ...

Hi Sheila, I had a quick look at Pittsburgh records and they are pointing me into a new direction - I think this is the direction you've been at for awhile now? The Patrick, Sr (age 82) in Glendree House 17 married Kate Foley in 1846. The mysterious 1847 birth of a Patrick that we thought might be M...

Hi Sheila, Thanks for your feedback. Progress is being made, especially with the discovery of Killanenna being in Feakle. It will probably seem so simple when completely solved. Andrew McNamara and Bridget (perhaps Sheedy) McNamara had a son Patrick born in 1820 who is a widower in the 1901 Census l...

Hi Sheila, Thanks for correcting that the Mary McNamara who married Richard Nash was not a daughter of Martin McNamara. Her father Andrew will most certainly be the Andrew Sheedy McNamara married to Margaret Clanchy given her 1843 birth. This also makes the most sense given the sponsors at their chi...

Sharon and Sheila, thanks again for your ongoing support in the search for the missing Thomas McNamara of Glandree. In my separate response to Sharon, I noted that Martin Francis McNamara of Washington D.C. was married to Maria Agnes Moroney (source 1937 obituary). Oddly enough given my ongoing disc...

Hi Sheila, Thanks for your feedback. I had hoped you would have been able to figure everything out by now! As far as the Patrick (age 91) and Kate McNamara (age 79) listed in the 1901 Census in House 5. Most likely "Kate" is the mother listed at the baptism for following children with Patrick McNama...

Hi Sharon, Thanks for the tidbits of information on Martin Francis McNamara. Can you believe in 1910 that there were three or four Martin Francis McNamara's living in Washington D.C.! The funeral of Martin F. McNamara , who died yesterday, will be held from Zuhorst's chapel, 201 East Capitol street,...

Hi Sheila, My apologies as I think I may have confused you regarding the "Jack" McNamara. I incorrectly made the assumption that "Jack" stood for "John" as this was the nickname for my own grandfather. It's the more common usage, but for this McNamara family who had three James McNamara's, "Jack" ap...