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Dublin / Farley's Court
« on: Wednesday 04 July 12 22:53 BST (UK)  »
Would anyone by any chance know where this place might have been?   The death certificate for my GG Grandfather John Day gives his place of death as 3 Farley's Court.  The death was registered in the district of Blackrock in the union of Rathdown, and the year was 1910.  The same address is given for the residence of the Informant, John's son, also John.
The following year, John Jnr was living elsewhere in Blackrock, here http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Dublin/Blackrock_No__2/Brookfield_Buildings/88227/

I've checked maps for the period but can find no reference to Farley's Court in the Blackrock area.  I've also of course tried google, but it only throws up one reference to Farley's Court in Dublin, and that is in St Audeons parish in Dublin City.  Anyone got any suggestions?
Thanks,
Stephen

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Ireland / Re-using names within a family
« on: Friday 11 February 11 12:51 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,
There's a number of cases in my tree where parents chose to re-use the name of a child who had previously passed away.  Here's some examples

Margret Ruth, b 1825 and Margret Ruth, b 1826, both born to Michael Ruth and Sarah Higgins
Michael Ruth, b 1827 and Michael Ruth, 1831, both born to Michael Ruth and Sarah Higgins
Laurence Maher, b 1879 and Laurence Maher, b 1891, both born to James Maher and Sarah Mahony
All of the above were born in Kingstown, Co. Dublin.

If I heard of someone doing this kind of thing nowadays, I'd be shocked, but I guess at a time when mortality rates were significantly higher, and when tradition played a big part when choosing the name for a child, different standards applied.
I'm just wondering if anyone knows more about this practice - was it widespread in Ireland, and was it peculiar to Ireland?  I'll be embarrassed if it turns out only to have been carried out in my family!

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