Can anyone help me. My mother's name was Bridgid (could be another spelling) Ryan who lived (and I believe was born) in Tipperary and I want to trace her family but have only limited information. She came from a family of brothers: Christopher and Michael and sisters: Mary, Elizabeth, Kittie (Kathleen?), Winnie (Winifred?), Maggie (Margaret?). My mother wouldn't talk about her family (she had a very troubled life suffering from depression) and for years said she came from a family of 7 but in fact before she died told me she had a sister 'Elizabeth' who was 'put away' in her teens but wouldn't give any more information.
Her sister Winnie had a special needs child who apparently died when he 'fell over a bridge' and then she died not long afterwards. Her sister Mary I think also suffered with mental illness (again I think lived in Tipperary) and her brothers Christopher and Michael along with my mother came over to the UK and resided there prior to the war.
Can anyone help me trace - in particular Elizabeth who was put into an institution?
