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My grgrgrgrandfather's brother, Daniel Madden, married Mary Mellefont of Ballea (Douglas-Ballygarvan R.C. parish) in 1818. Mary was probably the sister of Michael Mellefont, of Ballea, who married Mary Dinneen. Most of the Maddens, and some of the Mellefonts, emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts. The Maddens and Mellefonts had also been tenants at Coolmore, Carrigaline, with the same landlords as at Ballea. There was clearly a sprinkling of Catholic Mellefonts, tenant farmers, in the area just to the south of Cork City, very likely descendants of the Mellefonts of Kinsale and Mellifontstown. A (Protestant) Mellefont is buried in Tracton churchyard, but I could not find other Mellefont graves in the area. So many inscriptions are illegible, however, that that does not mean they are not there. You can send me a 'Personal Message', but it is very complicated, and I cannot tell you how to do it.