Dathai, I have just returned from holiday and am delighted to have the info you have given me. I had already contacted the burial ground and they were able to give me info on John and Rose, but said they had no information on James of Christopher. They also told me Rose was married when she died, when in fact, she was widowed.
It was sad to see that John died in a mental hospital and that Christopher was an inmate of 4 nth Brunswick Street. Was that a hospital or a hostel or maybe even a workhouse? On Rose's death certificate there is the letter R on the margin beside her name, does this have a significance?
I note James lived in Clontarf - it this near Raheny? I suspect Mary Ryan, the informant, was his landlady. I can remember my grandmother going over to Dublin for his funeral.
Now that I have this information it has given me the urge to get back to tracing my Irish roots. I had given up after hitting too many brick walls. I have a marriage for a Rose Connolly and Christopher Fitzpatrick on 16 May 1875, which I hope is them. Christopher's father is shown as John and mother as Margaret (no surname), Rose's father is shown as Cornelius and mother as Mary (no surname).
How would I be able to find out if Christopher or Rose had any siblings, who would be aunts and uncles to my late mother?
I can't thank you enough for your help and interest and hope that I can eventually find a contact with my Irish family.
Regards
Anne