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Re: Achill Sound Cemetery
« Reply #18 on: Sunday 21 May 17 21:09 BST (UK) »
".....have done extensive work on the Corrigan families of Owenduff. I would be distant relation via Brian T. Corrigan Sr's father and possibly also via his mother Catherine Corrigan..........."


https://www.ancestry.co.uk/boards/thread.aspx?m=373&p=surnames.corrigan&dc=50

Thank hallmark, this is a good reference for me.
Ireland: Mayo - O'Malley, Malley, Currigan, Lynchacan. Antrim - McAuley. Louth - Byrne. Down - Smith.

England: Lancashire - O'Malley, McCauley, Foster.

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Re: Achill Sound Cemetery
« Reply #20 on: Sunday 21 May 17 23:03 BST (UK) »
Ireland: Mayo - O'Malley, Malley, Currigan, Lynchacan. Antrim - McAuley. Louth - Byrne. Down - Smith.

England: Lancashire - O'Malley, McCauley, Foster.

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Re: Achill Sound Cemetery
« Reply #21 on: Sunday 21 May 17 23:34 BST (UK) »
Going back to

The death has occurred of Brian CORRIGAN (SNR)
Owenduff, Achill Sound, Mayo  December 2010

It implies there was a Junior. have you tried snail mail??
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Re: Achill Sound Cemetery
« Reply #22 on: Sunday 21 May 17 23:43 BST (UK) »
Yes my Brian Corrigan did have a son called Brian so don't know why this was is referred to as snr.
Ireland: Mayo - O'Malley, Malley, Currigan, Lynchacan. Antrim - McAuley. Louth - Byrne. Down - Smith.

England: Lancashire - O'Malley, McCauley, Foster.

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Re: Achill Sound Cemetery
« Reply #23 on: Monday 22 May 17 02:03 BST (UK) »
....because there was a junior??
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Re: Achill Sound Cemetery
« Reply #24 on: Monday 22 May 17 20:30 BST (UK) »
....because there was a junior??

Sorry if I wasn't clear. Brian Corrigan SNR 1900-1987, his son Brian Corrigan JNR. The excerpt states a date of 2010 for the death of Brian Corrigan SNR. The dates don't match up.
Ireland: Mayo - O'Malley, Malley, Currigan, Lynchacan. Antrim - McAuley. Louth - Byrne. Down - Smith.

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Re: Achill Sound Cemetery
« Reply #25 on: Monday 22 May 17 21:41 BST (UK) »
Brian Corrigan SNR 1900-1987,....... his son Brian Corrigan JNR. would then not have been JNR!!
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« Reply #26 on: Monday 22 May 17 21:43 BST (UK) »
Brian Corrigan JNR. becomes Brian Corrigan SNR in 1987
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