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Thank you very much to everyone who has helped me to research this. I have now sent my report to the Quilters Guild. They are happy for me to send a copy to anyone who is interested in the quilt. So, if you would like a copy of the report, please send me a personal message and an email address, and I will send you one.
Thanks again.

Maddys52, yes, understandable! I don't know if they want it public yet. However, if you send me a personal message with an email address, i can send you some photos. I can also send the report, when it is written!!! thank you, Anne

Maddys52, I cannot interpret that Burke doc. Who do you think Catherine's parents are?!!!

Thank you, Maddys52.

I rarely look at the name of the registrar! But my husband spotted it too. I think that means we can accept 1787 as Eliza's birthdate, and not the dates in some A*****y trees. It's good to be able to accept something as most probably reliable.

That also means Eliza may well have contributed to the quilt. The Guild dates it to 1790-1810. Girls were taught to sew very young in those days, so I think we can suggest that she helped to make it with help and training, probably, from her mother, perhaps her grandmother and aunts.

Eliza's son seems to have move to Weymouth, so that may account for the quilt being in England. I am much more familiar with English records than Irish, so I can research descendansts i think. My research focus has now switched, though, to Catherine and her mother, because I would like to at least identify some of the women in the family who might have contributed to the quilt. Your find of Catherine receiving a financial settlement suggests they had money and were well connected. I shell press on, and thanks again