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« on: Tuesday 16 June 15 22:05 BST (UK) »
Hi hallmark, Thanks, i have tried that but unfortunately nothing is showing.
Ballydw- yes that would be the same Charles' all Matthew's right the way down to my uncle! is there a way to find out what he was farming?, I know Mullingar natives are called Heffer's as it is cattle country. and i believe he is a Tennant farmer and didn't own the land is that correct? As my Grandfather told me that one of His grandfathers had money, but lost it all due to being a drunk lol and local court proceedings show him being drunk and disorderly on many occasion, also is an entry that he was robbed at his farm by an unknown armed gang! i am really interested in this side as i am wondering if he came from a line of farmers, and if so, how did they survive the famine. They are listed as Catholics (as we still are) and so i doubt they would have received much help,
I am just wondering how far his name goes back as "Charles" and whether this was a regular Anglicisation of a last name. I have read it is Cathal, but that is more a first name i believe.