Colpoys of Ballycar
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:59 pm
Mary Colpoys, called "the beautiful Molly" by Nicholas Woulfe in a poem of 1758 called The Granahan Hunt, married James Fitzgerald of Shepperton, a scion of the Fitzgeralds of Carrigoran. James's mother was also a Colpoys, Alice, daughter of George Colpoys of Ballycar, sheriff of county Clare in 1711, but the provenance of her daughter-in-law, the beautiful Molly, is a mystery.
Thomas Westropp published some notes on the Colpoys of Ballycar in the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland in 1897 (page 431-432) and in 1898 (pages 71-72), but Molly is not noticed. The Colpoys family was not very big, so who were Molly's parents?
Michael Synge
Thomas Westropp published some notes on the Colpoys of Ballycar in the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland in 1897 (page 431-432) and in 1898 (pages 71-72), but Molly is not noticed. The Colpoys family was not very big, so who were Molly's parents?
Michael Synge