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heywood and dathai, thanks so much for all the additional information. It will take me a while to digest it all and slot it into the overall picture, but I want to 'get down on paper' the questions and answers that are in my head at the minute.
The Charles Liddy who died in Belfast in 1889 was from the earlier generation and was in fact the father of the Charles Liddy who died in Dublin in 1885.
Can't explain why Annie was born in Dublin in 1879(obviously after the family moved to Dublin) but Charles was born in Belfast in 1881!
Kathleen (Kash) Liddy who was born in 1899 and lived well into her 90s(and who I knew well) talked about losing someone called James Liddy  who was very close to her in WW1. There was a James Liddy from Dublin(but born in Belfast) who died in 1916 serving with the Royal Dublin Fusilliers. Could this James Liddy have been the son of Charles and Mary Jane and would therefore have been a full cousin of Kash?
heywood , is there any chance you could reproduce the anniversary notice from Mary Jane for Charles and John Joseph? 
Thanks again to you both for all your help.
Paul.

 

Sorry for the delay in replying and many thanks to Maggsie, Heywood and Dathai for your posts. Dathai, it is great that you were able to post a photo of Charles Liddy. Can I impose on you further and ask why you state there were confectioners in the family, as this is not obvious from the material I have on the family? (very hard to ask this question without sounding cheeky!).
Thanks again.
Paul.
 

Hi, was just wondering if anyone knows who the Liddy cup in Dublin amateur football is named after?
Thanks.
Paul.

Galway Girl, I thought you might like to know that, just today, Military Archives (Ireland) uploaded onto their website additional files under their Military Service Pensions Collection. This collection contains files of people claiming military service during the 1916 rising, war of independence, civil war etc. Contained in the new data is a claim for a military pension from James Joseph Spollen of 21 Temple Cottages, Broadstone. Hopefully, you will be able to find the file, if not, let me know and I will try to provide you with a link to it.

Paul.

Hi, my grandmother was Mary Cannon from Meenacarn, Letermacaward County Donegal. She had 10 brothers. At some stage over 100 years ago some of the brothers got hold of a large flat stone and engraved it with the words HOME SWEET HOME. THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME. It was then embedded in the ground at the front door of the cottage. To cut a long story short, I am aware the stone was relocated from the cottage to a new build house in or around the village of Forkhill, County Armagh. To be very clear, this is not an attempt to 'reclaim' the stone. On the contrary, I am delighted the stone found a new lease of life in front of what I assume is a lively, vibrant home. What I would love is a good quality scan of the stone so I can forward it to distant cousins in America who are aware of the story of the stone. If anyone knows the location of this stone, I would be most grateful if you could let the owner know of my request.

Thank you.