Thank you Hallmark and Dathai,
That Hosp. record is the one I had just found which provided the new info. Need to figure out the Ballymadog reference as it's the first time that place name has appeared. I know the family house was in Knockadoon just s.e. of Ballymacoda.
That is the correct 1911 census with Ellen, my great grand, as head of house. I had never seen the census listing vessels before! Very exciting. Paddy was apparently quite a fisherman so it is possible that is his boat. I have a copy of a newspaper article, unknown date but after 1950 when Paddy died. The article is headed "The lobster woman of Ballyandreen". It refers to Mrs. Anne Dawes (nee Murray) Article refers to her relation the late Paddy Murray "one of the best salmon and herring fishermen of Knockadoon". Two months ago I emailed the Midleton chamber of commerce trying to find out how I might track down another copy of this article. It is a cut and paste job sent to me years ago, without publication name or date of publication. It is very difficult to read. I did get a response from the chamber saying they would pass my question on to a local researcher but no response yet. The article was written by "our correspondent" so no help there. I'm trying to find out what papers are in the area that would report on fishermen from ballyandreen/knockaddoon after 1950.
Thanks again for your help.
