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Offaly (Kings) / Offaly Nun
« on: Friday 18 August 17 09:21 BST (UK)  »
In my great grandfather's obituary from February 1951 there is a mention of his sister attending the funeral.

My great grandfather was James Dolan and he died in Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary. He was however from Co. Offaly, most likely from Glebe. His sister is named only as Sr. Patricia.

My question is how does one go about tracing a nun. An obvious start would be the newspapers since they invariably recorded everything to do with the religious. Anybody else have any ideas.

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Armed Forces Resources / Soldiers at Waterloo
« on: Monday 03 July 17 09:34 BST (UK)  »
The owner of this blog provides research into Waterloo soldiers

https://www.waterloomen.com/regiments

£15 for a report on an individual.

He has also produced a booklet on the men of Northamptonshire who fought in the battle. It's basic but interesting and informative nonetheless. Cost £6.

Leicestershire Waterloo Men is in the offing.

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Tipperary / Irish Army Census 1922
« on: Wednesday 14 November 12 14:46 GMT (UK)  »
The Irish Army conducted a census in November 1922. This has been put online by Military Archives this week. Link below.

http://www.militaryarchives.ie/collections/online-collections/military-archives-irish-army-census-records/map

UnfortunaTely you cannot yet seach by name and have to click on the map by location for a scanned document. The names aren't necessarily in alphabethical order either. Still it's quite interesting as it includes the soldiers home address and NOK.

There also appear to be locations missing. Waterford city for instance definitely had a barracks but it isn't on the map.

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London and Middlesex / May Kiely Death
« on: Tuesday 10 July 12 09:43 BST (UK)  »
I'm doing some research for a friend. A step-sister died aged about 18 in London during WW2. It was an accidental death by gas poisoning. The girl's name was May or Mai Kiely, she was born in Thurles, Co. Tipperary and the family believes she is buried in Clapham Common.

Can someone point me to where I could contact to try and find a date of death and burial location for May.

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Laois (Queens) / Killeshin Memorial
« on: Sunday 23 May 10 23:32 BST (UK)  »
In Killeshin there's a memorial to a Captain Padraig Mac Gamhna who died in 1943. Can anyone give me a few details of his life.

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Limerick / Limerick City Burial Registers
« on: Wednesday 03 June 09 07:59 BST (UK)  »
Article from The Irish Times

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Limerick puts burial registers on internet

KATHRYN HAYESLIMERICK CITY Council has become the first local authority in the country to put its burial registers online.

Burial records for the city’s largest cemetery, Mount Saint Lawrence, dating back more than 150 years, are now available to the public over the internet.

Limerick City Council commissioned Medrex Systems to microfilm the records and to convert them into digital format.

It is now possible to access a copy of the original handwritten entries of burials in Mount Saint Lawrence cemetery from 1855 onwards on Limerick City Council’s website www.limerick.ie

Each entry in the record is handwritten and records the name of the person, the date of burial, the location of the grave, the age of the deceased and their last residence.

Mount Saint Lawrence was first opened in 1849 when a new graveyard was needed in Limerick as a result of the 1830s cholera epidemic and the Great Famine of 1845-1850.

“The register is a mirror to Limerick society from this time as all sections of society were buried here,” said Limerick City archivist Jacqui Hayes.

“Every person buried has a one line entry, and these persons came from every street and lane in Limerick.

“For many years the majority of entries on a single page are from the Limerick Union and Limerick Lunatic Asylum. These were later known as St Joseph’s Hospital and the City Home.”

According to Ms Hayes, the registers record the burials of many former mayors of Limerick, from Michael O’Callaghan and George Clancy, who were killed during the War of Independence, to the late Jim Kemmy TD in recent times.

The registers are also important from a demographic point of view as they provide statistics for the changing life expectancy rates and death rates.

Link to Burial Register Page for Mount St Lawrence

http://www.limerick.ie/Archives/MountStLawrenceBurialGroundRegisters1855-2008/

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