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The earlier church records for Ballymurn/Crossabeg are available on microfilm in Wexford library. The records include marriage and baptism records.There was also a Mary Peare who married Thomas Roche in 1868 in Ballymurn. Mary may have been the daughter of James Peare and Bridget Carroll. Thomas Roche's niece Mary Roche married James Hore in Oilgate, and their granddaughter Alice married William Peare from Rosslare. N Peare should be able to provide more information on the Peare's of Kilmallock house. As a matter of interest the parish was Kilmallock prior to being Ballymurn/Crossabeg.

Hi Martina,

I have been digging away on the Peare branch of my family tree and believe the James Peare mentioned is the James Peare mentioned by wexflyer in previous posts, however I can’t find any concrete dating evidence. Is this information only available in Wexford library? Do you have any further information on the Peare’s at all? I am trying to link Mary Roche (Peare) to John Peare (b.1836)….if they are brother and sister then that would give credit to James Peare of ballysilla as mention in Griffiths land valuation possibly being the father of both….maybe 😊

I am trying to find information on Thomas Byrne, born 1920 in Ballina, Ballymurn, son of John Byrne married Johanna Hopley ,thy had 6 children. The information I have is that thy were from Ballymurn, Wexford. The children were born in the 1920's there names are,Tom, Ned, Paddy, Bridie, Nelle, Molly.
Tom was my father-in-law . He died in 1979 and never spoke about his past, only how hard life was back then.

Your Thomas Byrne was my grandmother’s cousin. His father John was the elder brother of my great grandfather Thomas!
Your Thomas was born on 30th august 1920 in ballingowan, oulart, county Wexford. His parents were John and Johanna Byrne….john was born on 2nd December 1894 in ballina, ballymurn, county Wexford and he and Johanna married on 27th July 1920 in castlebridge, county Wexford.
John Byrne parents were Thomas and Ellen byrne (nee. Roche).
Thomas Byrne was born 13 Feb 1870 in ballinahown, wells, county Wexford. They married on 1st July 1894 and had 10 children.
Thomas Byrne’s parents were John and Mary Byrne. John was born in 1837, they married in 1858 in oulart and had 12 children.
John Byrne’s parents were John and Eliza Byrne. John was born between 1790 and 1810, they were married on 8th may 1836 and had 2 children.
Feel free to contact me directly....I have a digital copy of above info with some more detail which may be of interest

Best regards, lewis

Again thanks for all the info, it has really given me something to get my teeth into.
In terms of the ballymurn connection, it is food for thought. My great aunt believed that the peares came from France and settled in ballymurn in the 16/17 hundreds and the Rosslare peares were decended from these, although how much of that is true I don’t know. The history of the peare side of the family was pretty scratchy ( until you have wonderfully dug up so much info) but what anyone can recall about them is vague. The kilmallock connection is certainly good for thought though.

Thank you KG...

I hadnt seen the wedding certificate so that was really good to see, cheers.

Lewis