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Mayo / McNamara - Ruddy of Ballina
« on: Sunday 21 July 19 21:23 BST (UK)  »
Looking for descendants of my uncle, Michael (Mick)Francis McNamara, and his first wife, Eileen Ruddy.
M. Ballina Cathedral 1941 

I think they had four children;
Two boys
R b.1941
J b.1942
And two girls
M b.1947
J b.1950

I believe Eileen died around 1961.  Mick died in Luton, England in 1975 but is buried in Limerick.

Any help finding my cousins is greatly appreciated.

Vince

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Limerick / McNamara Abbey fishermen
« on: Tuesday 31 January 12 19:58 GMT (UK)  »
I’m trying to trace the death and burial of my g.grandfather and my grandfather and would be grateful for any help/pointers that forum members might be able to offer.

My g.grandfather was Peter (Iron Man/Smuts) McNamara and was one of the Abbey fishermen. Peter was born in 1878 and was still around aged 60 in 1938 when compensation was paid to the Abbey men for the loss of their fishing rights. However, I don’t know when he died or where he is buried. I’ve checked the Mount St Lawrence cemetery records covering a number of years but he doesn’t appear to be buried there. I’ve read that Abbey fishermen had an ancient right to be buried in the grounds of St Mary’s Cathedral – is there any way to check burials there online? (I’m based in London so can’t get to St Mary’s easily).

Peter’s eldest son, and my grandfather, was James McNamara was born in 1898. James is down as a fisherman on his marriage certificate (1920) but is down as a labourer on his death certificate. Date of death was March 1943 by which time the Abbey fishermen no longer fished the Shannon.  I have a similar problem with the location of James’s burial – can’t find him at Mount St Lawrence cemetery. Is there another cemetery where Abbey people were buried?

Also, regarding James, he didn’t appear on the list of fishermen compensated for their loss of fishing rights in 1938. Does anyone know why certain fishermen received no compensation?

Thanks for any help

Vince

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Technical Help / Genealogy on Android smartphone
« on: Thursday 21 April 11 20:55 BST (UK)  »
Has anyone used a mobile phone app (Android system) as a research tool? I've seen a couple of apps on the web which say they can read and update gedcom files but not sure if the write-ups they give themselves are just hype.

It sounds good in theory (update your tree when you visit libraries etc) so I'm tempted but just wanted to know if anyone has tried it already. Thanks

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