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Paddy you are so resourceful.
I wait with baited breath.

Murf

Thanks for that suggestion Paddy, but rather than blow my phone budget I think I might wait until I visit the area in person before I go down that track. In the meantime I've dug up some useful info at EPPI (http://www.eppi.ac.uk/eppi/digbib/ssearch). If you enter the name of a townland it comes up ...

My great grandparents Michael and Honoria Murphy raised their family in the small townland of Knappoge north of Ballynacally during the second half of the 19th Century. In Guy's Directory of 1893 under Ballynacally, Michael was listed as general merchant and vintner, and farmer. He was also listed i...

Many thanks Paddy and Sharon
That gives me plenty of leads to follow up.

Kevin Murphy

Hi all I am a newcomer to this forum, although I have been checking it regularly for some time. Most of my research is focussed on my grandmother's Phillips family from Caherea and my grandfather's Murphy family from the small townland of Knappoge, north of Ballynacally. At the moment I am seeking a...