Tag Archives: Cork

Mary Buckley Proves Tom Hunter is a Relative

Posted on 21 May 2020 by matthannan

This is a recreation of an email that I sent to my father and sister a few nights ago. A few years back, I was caught up in the fever of being Irish-American. I found an unsung hero of the 1916 Easter Rising had really caught my attention, so I wrote a Wikipedia article about him.… Read the rest

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Fwd: Atkinsons in Calvary Cemetery

Posted on 6 January 2019 by matthannan

The long awaited burial record for Maria Loftus-Atkinson arrived today. I was hoping to get some of her siblings, but it doesn’t look that way.

Who she was: Ma and Pat’s mother’s father’s mother.

Why I was hoping for siblings: There is a weird kind of mixing going on with the Loftus family.… Read the rest

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13 Ancient Fermoy & Glanworth.doc

Posted on 9 September 2017 by matthannan

A good, quick read about the area around Castletownroche.

Source: 13 Ancient Fermoy & Glanworth.doc… Read the rest

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Ellen (O’Connor) Arnold

Posted on 22 June 2012 by matthannan

Cousin Robert Barry from Rathcormac, County Cork, just sent me some interesting details he’s recently turned up on a common ancestor.

Ellen (nee O’Connor) Arnold was married to Bartholomew Arnold. It appears that he did not survive The Famine. On the Griffith’s Valuation (basically, a tax census) for 1852, we find multiple entries for Ellen!… Read the rest

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