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We may be at cross purposes here. The Hehirs who were mourners were originally from Ballycorick. I dont know if they were the same family or not but they married into the Taaffes. I have not seen them use O'Hehir but maybe some do
The are the Hehirs buried with the Taaffes in Ruan graveyard

Helena Taaffe my gt gt aunt married John Hehir of Ballycorick hence the Hehir connection. I assume George Taaffe went to school in Ruan as he grew up there (Erinagh) but I dont know. My gt grandmother was Minnie Taaffe his sister who married David Gallery mentioned as a mourner. George and Minnie's ...

Hi I just noticed H Brady N. T. Ruan as a mourner at my gt grand uncles funeral (George Taaffe of erinagh) Death of Mr. George Taaffe, Dromcavin, Corofin. We regret to record the death of the above-named which gentleman which took place after a long and tedious illness. Deceased was a member of the ...

May is usually short for Mary. According to familysearch,org a John thomas Pilkington got married in 1907 in Clare and a thomas in 1911

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Its normally spelt Cratloe. Try the 1911 census search on the national archives website. This only shows one family of Mcinerneys. You may recognise the names. People often say they come from a town that they lived close to |(which may not be their postal address). You may need to look at a map get ...

yes on the same lines but not exactly similar. In the early 1800s my gt gt gt grandfather Edmond Kenny and his sons acted as land agents for the Synges around Corofin and also West Clare. (mount Callan area) They sublet lands and relet them to tenants. At one point George Synge put an ad in the pape...

The archives are amazingly helpful. I researched some relatives and they could not have been better. Sister Pius is still alive we ended up going to meet her This is the email I have for their archivist info@mercyarchives.ie. MArianne is lovely and bends over backwards to help. The nuns are buried i...

No I am afraid not. There was one Thomas Lingard (he was actually John Thomas) of Cooga Ruan (I have since spoken with the New Zealand people who descend from his son Roger Rowson). He moved to Clare from the North of England. He was a protestant soldier who served at Waterloo. He was married to MAr...

Thomas Lingard of Cooga house Ruan was married to a cousin of mine Maria Kenny daughter or William Kenny. She had ten children He was widowed in 1851. He served at the battle of Waterloo so must have been old enough then - in his 70s. He did not remarry. He was quite well off and had land in several...

The return Sharon gives is a presentment. The East India company is just a mistake. there is one page at the beginning.

I have used this presentment as as source as my own relatives are on it

If you found her trial report it probably would just say her name. Try the inchiquin papers and see if you can find her father as a tenant. They are in the NLI . Often people rented farms and then sublet - their tenants wont be there nor would those who worked on other farms but if they lived in six...

Sometimes you get reports from Clare in the Limerick newspapers, also sometimes in the Galway papers or Waterford or Tipperary.

I dont think it was unusual for Catholics to be army officers in the mid to late 19th century. I can point to loads in my own family, the most well known was General Sir thomas Kelly Kenny. He had brothers and numerous cousins army officers. His sister married an eminent Catholic naval officer. I ha...

Mary Brady who married a Dr Francis Cornelius Sampson was from the Protestant family and was a cousin of the vicar mentioned earlier

Bob Are the australian Brady descendants who are Catholic Sampson ? Mary Brady who married Francis C Sampson. She was an heiress. Ger Madden is the expert on this family. The Sampsons were Catholic. I have Rochester cousins of Sampson descent. Their Rochester descendants had Eleanor Sampsons in thei...