2024

• Maltass
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  • Buck Whaley in Smyrna in 1788-1789
  • The John Maltass House, Bornova

Irish hell-raiser Thomas "Buck" Whaley
meets the Maltass girls in Smyrna on 1 Dec 1788.

• Collins
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• Walsh

The grave of the mother of Patrick Collins.

I gave a talk on the Flanagan houses, lands and personalities of Crumlin and Walkinstown, at the Crumlin and Walkinstown History Festival, 24 Aug 2024.

• The Flanagan estate of Crumlin and Walkinstown (talk).

• As a clarification to my talk:
  • When William Flanagan voted in 1865, no Home Rule party existed. He voted Liberal.
  • When his son William was elected in 1877, a Home Rule party did now exist. However he still ran as a Liberal.

Flyer for the event.

Photo during my talk.
From Crumlin & Walkinstown History Group.
See full size.

• Richard Humphreys (died 2008)

• Deirdre Flanagan (died 2024)

2023

Lost for over a century, a "reverse image search" in 2023 re-discovered the lost Reebkomp portrait in America, mis-labelled.

A formerly lost portrait of Augustus Montgomery.
Painted maybe around 1783.
It was inherited by the Gibbon family and sold after 1913.
It was then mis-labelled, and lost for a century, before I re-discovered it in 2023.

• Yeats of Aberdeen
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• Leslie of Aberdeen
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• Ædie of Aberdeen
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• Skene of Skene, Aberdeenshire
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• Day of Cambridge
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• Fairchild of Stamford, Lincolnshire
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• Sharp of Stamford, Lincolnshire
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Burial of (my wife's direct ancestor) Francis Sharp, musician, 31 Mar 1783.

• Stanger of Northamptonshire and Rutland
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Marriage of (my wife's direct ancestor) Humphrey Stanger, 30 Nov 1676.

• Ebrill of Limerick city
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  • Ebrill papers

• Ebrill papers in the tree.

2022

• Hourigan of Co.Limerick
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• Ryan (Ryan "Tim" or Ryan "Cadea") of Newross, Co.Tipperary
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  • Fred Faulkner's theories

• O'Donoghue of Co.Kerry
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1805 attack on the property of (my direct ancestor)
Jack Hourigan, of Annagh.

The Public Record Office, Dublin.
Before it was burnt by Irish "patriots" in June 1922.

• Gibbon
  • Gibbon the ape

• Horseman
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• Orby
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Marriage licence of Elizabeth Horseman and Peter Orby, 4 March 1603.

I gave a talk on the Queen's Irish ancestry on 17 Feb 2022. This was part of the Jubilee Talks organised by Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council, Northern Ireland. To mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee (70 years) in 2022.

• Irish royal families
  • Descent of English Royals from Irish Royals (and other Irish families)

• The Queen's Irish ancestry. Talk, 17 Feb 2022.

Video of the 1 hour talk.
There is an intro.
Then I start at 1:47.
I finish, and Q and A starts, at 1:04:13.

We made an error in the Q and A:

• The talk is fine, but in the Q and A at 1:13:30 we went wrong. Seamus Farrell (another speaker in the series) referred to the marriage of the daughter of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone with Viscount Magennis, which he thought was a Scottish name. And then he considered whether Martin McGuinness was related to these, and had a Scottish name.
• It sounded right, so I went with it. I mused about other nationalists with Scottish/planter names, like Gerry Adams, and talked a bit about fixating on male lines.
• But in fact, it is not right. Viscount Magennis is an Irish name. The conclusion is in fact the opposite. Rather than Martin McGuinness having a Scottish name, unionist Ken Maginnis has an old Irish name.

Flyer for the talks.
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2021

• Michael Flanagan
  • Michael Flanagan had a secret family

• Humphrys
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  • David Humphrys, of Glenstal and Ballyvarra
  • Miscellaneous Humphrys (and variants) of Ireland

• Humphrys and Humphreys of Doonane
  • Doonane
  • William Humphreys of Doonane
  • Patrick Humphreys of Doonane and Shower

For fun, I tried to find how early the surname occurs in Ireland.
The oldest I found is Richard Humphrey, listed at Swords, Co.Dublin, in 1277.
We have no idea if he is a relation, of course.

• Gibbon
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  • Gibbon papers

• Herbert
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• Maltass
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• Hunter
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• Susan Maltass
• Auguste Henry Saladin Montgomery

• Charlotte Kerr is daughter of William Dicey not Cluer Dicey

• Dicey of Basingstoke and Northampton
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• Cluer of Basingstoke
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• Kerr
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• Errington
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The oldest dated item in my entire family tree (excluding Blennerhassett) is this 1701 Bill.

• O'Rahilly
  • Morgan O'Rahilly
  • The 1701 Exchequer Bill

Summary of the 1701 Exchequer Bill.

AI animations of old photos and portraits. Made using Deep Nostalgia at MyHeritage. Uses AI technology from D-ID.

• AI animations

2020

For decades, we did not know who the father of old James O'Mara was.
In 2020 I proved his father was Peter O'Mara of Clonmel. Before O'Mara came to Limerick, they were in Clonmel, not Toomevara.
The father and the 3 sons lived in 4 different places:

• O'Mara of Clonmel
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  • Peter O'Mara of Clonmel

  • John O'Mara of Liverpool
  • Andrew O'Mara of Limerick and then Canada
  • James O'Mara of Limerick

• Casey of Clonmel

• Foley of Limerick
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• Michael Joseph O'Rahilly, "The O'Rahilly"

• Still exists:
  • The Rahilly house, Ballylongford, Co.Kerry
  • The O'Rahilly's house at Ventry, Co.Kerry

• Demolished:
  • Wilfort Cottage, near Bray, Co.Wicklow
  • "Slieve Luachra", Lansdowne, Philadelphia
  • 40 Herbert Park, Dublin

2020 (earlier)

• My grand-aunt Eibhlín Sigerson Piatt has exotic 17th century American ancestry:
  • Piatt
  • Manning

• There have now been two attempts to get a Royal Descent from this. Both are now disproven.

• Attempted Royal Descents of Eibhlín Sigerson Piatt (disproved)

• Davis
• Hallandal

• Day of Cambridge
• Turner of Cambridge

• Noltie of Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Stephen of Aberdeenshire
• Imray of Midmar, Aberdeenshire
• Johnston of Echt, Aberdeenshire

• Murray of Alford, Aberdeenshire
• Jeffrey of Alford, Aberdeenshire
• Wilson of Alford, Aberdeenshire
• Farquharson of Tough, Aberdeenshire

• Smith of Aberdeenshire
• Hopper of Durham
• Smirk of Durham