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"Her great-great-great-grandmother Mary Smith emigrated to London from Ireland and married a British soldier named Thomas Bird sometime in the mid-1800s. Her Irish family apparently disowned her, likely because she married a  member of the imperial army." (Irish Central, December 2, 2017) Unfortunately, we have had a lot of these statement replicated over the last ten days through the world press.   This article also states that Mary Smith granddaughter was born in the Isle of Malta. However, it must be her daughter as otherwise, Thomas BIRD on the birth certificate for Mary BIRD is the father and he would be Grandfather and father to this issue. It may be highly unlikely that Mary Smith, if Protestant and she may well be as her daughter married within the baptist church, would have been disowned for marrying someone in the army in the nineteenth century. We now know that Mary is in fact a McCAGUE and are exploring where she came from exactly in Ireland.  If Mary...

Irish Surnames and Sources: What about the evidence and how to use it from Lorna Moloney

Our Genealogy radio show today covered some aspects of Irish surnames in Texas. Naturally we will have to do another show on it as there was so much fascinating info and we missed out the Alamo so we'll do another show in the New Year. Do take a listen at The Genealogy Radio Show Archives for all the shows. We have over 100 shows now podcast for you to listen to and to help trace your Irish roots.   Our recommendations for further reading for Irish ancestral research this week is at www.lornamoloney.com/recommendations Irish surnames in Texas may have begun with Hugo Oconór  {Hugh O'Connor]. Hugo's O'Connor belonged to a legacy of providing military sources for the Spanish Royal Army. From the early 1600s many leading families had left for the continent to provide military prowess to crown powers. The term for these family serving crown forces was 'The Wild Geese'. The Irish had their own regiments and were to supply France, Italy and Spain with military ...

Clans and Surnames Family History Fair: GN Abbeycourt, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary       3 December Residence Lounge, GN Abbeycourt Wonderful Family History Fair day scheduled for Clans and Surnames: Family History Fair commencing at 12 noon - 4.30p.m. on the 3 December on Irish family research. Please email Lorna at l.moloney@ucc.ie  or telephone 085-8721184 for further details. This event is open to all. Our exhibitors are Clans and Surnames, The Genealogical Society of Ireland and Irish Genealogy Solutions. Clans and Surnames Lorna Moloney will be running Clans and Surnames 2018 from May 14-18 at the GN Abbeycourt Hotel. With a full lecture, seminar, workshop and fieldtrip programme, this school will help you trace and organise your Irish roots. More details at l.moloney@ucc.ie or through www.clansandsurnames.com   Lorna will be assisting those researching Irish family history during the family history fair on 3 December. ...

Irish Surnames and Sources: What about the Evidence and How to Use it       6th December Boole 1, Boole Theatre, UCC, 10-4.30 Wonderful seminar day scheduled for UCC at Boole 1, Boole Theatre commencing at 10 a.m.- 4.30p.m. on the 6th December on Irish family research. "Irish surnames and Sources - what about the evidence and how to use it" This event is free of charge but booking is essential. Please email Lorna at l.moloney@ucc.ie  or telephone 085-8721184. This event is open to all. Our speakers are Kenneth Nicholls, Fiona Fitzsimons, Paul MacCotter, Michael C. Keane, David Ryan and Lorna Moloney. Programme Timetable 10.00 - Lorna Moloney - Mapping Material Evidence: the Gaelic Lordships of the MacNamaras and O'Briens of Thomond 10.45 - Michael Christopher Keane - The Transplantation  of the Seven Septs of Laois to Kerry and the Continuing Presence of their Descendants in North Kerry 11.30 - Break 12:00 - Kenneth W. Nichol...

Irish Surnames and Sources: What about the Evidence and How to Use it   6 December, UCC. Boole 1 Theatre. Irish Surnames and Sources: What about the Evidence and How to Use it       6th December Boole 1, Boole Theatre, UCC, 10-4.30 Wonderful seminar day scheduled for UCC at Boole 1, Boole Theatre commencing at 10 a.m.- 4.30p.m. on the 6th December on Irish family research. "Irish surnames and Sources - what about the evidence and how to use it" This event is free of charge but booking is essential. Please email Lorna at l.moloney@ucc.ie  or telephone 085-8721184. This event is open to all. Our speakers are Kenneth Nicholls, Fiona Fitzsimons, Paul MacCotter, Michael C. Keane, David Ryan and Lorna Moloney. Programme Timetable 10.00 - Lorna Moloney - Mapping Material Evidence: the Gaelic Lordships of the MacNamaras and O'Briens of Thomond 10.45 - Michael Christopher Keane - The Transplantation  of the Seven Septs of Laoi...