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Hello,  I'm just posting to see if there are any descendants of the Murphy family around.  Descendants of James C Murphy (1848-1909) or his brother Thomas Murphy (1849-1910). 
My grandfather was Francis Xavier Murphy (son of James C Murphy) and I have been learning a bit about the family tree and how a lot of them worked for the railways in the Wexford and Wicklow areas.

James C Murphy would have been my great grandfather, and he married Bridget Winifred Byrne.
Thomas Murphy would have been my great grand uncle and he married Mary Lally Cosgrave (1851-1938) on 20/11/1870.  [her parents were Elizabeth Loughlin and William Cosgrave}

As far as I know James C Murphy was the station master of New Ross Train Station and he is buried in St Stephen's Cemetery.  (I am hoping to come down to visit this later this summer to try and locate his grave).

My grandfather was Francis Xavier Murphy 26/4/1891 - 9/5/1933 and he married my grandmother Elizabeth Enright on 3/3/1919.  He worked as an accountant with the railways and as far as I know a lot of the other family members worked for the railways.

One of my grandfather's sisters Sarah Murphy was born on 30/8/1877 in an area called Macmine in Co.Wexford and she married a Daniel Moran of Rosbercon New Ross on 29 November 1901, and they had a shop on Quay Street.  She died on 16/2/1912.

The rest of the Murphy family I know of are as follows :
Bridget Winifred  11/4/1872 - 13/9/1913  Married a Hugh Johnson Shearman in Westminster England in 1904
Mary  Born 22/3/1874
Ellen  Born 10/10/1875
Joseph 24/5/1879 - 11/10/1931
Thomas
James 11/12/1880 - 26/1/1958 Married a Bridget Mary Monahan
Stephen 13/9/1882 - September 1967 Married a Loreto Warren,   emigrated to the USA
Norah 7/5/1885 - 27/3/1978 Married a John Murphy on 5/9/17
Paul 1/12/1886 - 18/3/1913
Ambrose 5/10/1888 - 11/2/1971 married a Marie Bridget Curran.  At one stage he was the Principal of Poulfor National School   emigrated to the USA.

Of the children of Thomas Murphy and Mary Lally Cosgrave I know of
Joseph A Murphy  (died 1930, married a Sarah Mary Kehoe
Joseph F Murphy
William Murphy 1873 - 1931.  Married a May Hatton
James Murphy 1875 - 1896
Thomas P Murphy born around 1877
Thomas Murphy born around 1879 (I am not sure if perhaps these are the same person)
Elizabeth Murphy 1880 - 1849
Laurence Murphy 1882 - 1960 married a Mary F Ryan
Francis Murphy 1886 - 1946 Married an Annie Nolan
Edmund T Murphy 1889 - 1899

I'd be interested to see if anyone recognises any of them as their ancestors. 

Thanks

Mike
 
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Hello, I have been trying to work out if my great grandfather Denis Mannix (1842-1892) could be related to the famous Archbishop Daniel Mannix born 1864.
I wonder if anyone could give me any suggestions. I have been trying to find any records but can't find any.
My great grandfather married Ellen Murphy (1841-1925) and one of their children was Daniel Mannix who was my grandfather (1872-1956).
On the side of the archbishop's family I have his parents being Timothy Mannix (1830-1910) and Ellen Cagney (1832-1925).
That Timothy Mannix's parents were Daniel Mannix born about 1808 and Ann Corkery. That Daniel Mannix in turn had his father also a Daniel Mannix, married to a Catherine Moynihan.
Both Mannix families seemed to be from the same region - Charleville in the case of the Archbishop's family and Doneraile \ Mallow \ Buttevant in the case of my own great grandfather.
I'd be very grateful if anyone could suggest how I could link the two families conclusively.  Archbishop Mannix is a very interesting historical figure and probably the most famous person possibly in my family tree.

Hello,  I am doing some family tree research and am looking into the Keatings of Rathkeale,  My maternal grandmother was a Mary Molly Keating (born 1894), and her parents I believe were William Keating and Ellen Keating.   
(I know my grandmother Mary Molly Keating later married Patrick Lyons, but I am interested in finding out what happened her siblings.)

As far as I know there was :

Susan Keating  (listed as 4 years old in 1901 census)
Ann Keating (also known as Annie)   (listed as 2 years old in 1901 census)
Michael Keating (listed as 5 years old in 1901 census)
Nonie Keating (also known as Nora) (listed as 1 month old in 1901 census)

William Keating was listed as being originally from Cork on the 1901 census, and his occupation was listed as Confectioner,  However on the 1911 census he is listed as Pedlar and his place of birth is listed as Limerick. His wife Ellen Keating was listed as being originally from County Limerick.
They seem to have lived in Church Street Rathkeale in 1901 and in 14 Boherbee in Rathkeale in 1911.
I would love to hear from any descendants of the Keatings, who might know more about the Keating family of Rathkeale. 
Thanks

Hello,   Just wondering if anyone could suggest any online ways to find out if there were any Mannix living in the Dun Laoghaire area of South Dublin back in the 1960's ?

I am related to the Mannix family that came from Cloustogue, Doneraile in Co Cork, but I need to try and work out which of them I am related to. 

I know they have old phone books in Pearse Street Library, but I was just wondering if there is any online way of seeing any Mannix that might have been in the Dun Laoghaire in the 1960's ?   

Thanks for any advice.   Mike

Hello,  I am researching a possible grandmother - Bridget Lyons who was living at 29 Chamber Street in south Dublin  in 1932, (near St. Patricks Cathedral and the Liberties) and she  had a baby in the south dublin Union on 18 July 1932 (Kathleen Lyons).

She doesn't appear on the 1911 census , and I am just wondering if anyone might have any suggestions on how I could find out more about her - There are thousands of Bridget Lyons but none  living at Chamber Street in 1911.

I'd be very grateful if anyone might have any suggestions on how I might trace this person, and in particular where she might have come from.   (I was adopted so I only have a few fragments of information and am trying to narrow down the list of possibles)