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I am researing the name St. Leger from Doneraile (co. Cork) and from the rest of Ireland, too.

Have been reseaching this name for the past 25 years plus so have accummulated a LARGE database of St. Legers.

Would welcome hearing from anyone else who is researching their St. Leger roots.

Hello,

I am a descendant of the St. Leger family, but I really have no idea which branch, though.  My maternal grandmother's father (my great-grandfather) was Joseph Thomas St. Leger, and he lived in the area of Baltimore, MD in the USA his entire life.  He in fact spent most of his working years working as an accountant with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.  At this time, I have no information about his parents, etc. 

My late great aunt (older sister of my grandmother) had in fact gone to Ireland before and had met St. Legers there...she brought back a piece of stone that was apparently part of a "castle" in Ireland the St. Legers owned.  She was the type to blow things out of proportion, so while I was a boy and I thought it was a fascinating story, I was more skeptical as an adult...until I stumbled upon the St. Leger history of the Viscounts Doneraile.  So, while the piece of stone may have been part of a structure at Doneraile (I understand the manor house has been at least partially restored), that doesn't mean I am descended from them.  In fact, it appears that the bloodline died out, and that the title Viscount Doneraile is vacant.  So I am reasonably certain that I am not of that line at all.  But what line am I descended from?   

It appears that both sides of my mother's family came to Maryland from Ireland BEFORE the great potato famine in Ireland, so they have been in the USA for quite a long time.

Any insight anyone can provide would be most helpful.  I look forward to any further discussions on this family!

Cheers,

Bill Kargel