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Irish Families Worldwide History and Genealogy. week 87
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Among Todays Topics:

1)  French is the name of the Day.
2)  Meath and Westmeath are Counties of the Month.
3)  The Registry of Deeds online, Ireland
4)  Searching for: Flanagan, Walsh, McLaughlin, Doyle
5)  Bono has largest bedroom and NY Times.
6)  Chinese UFO’s uncovered in Meath.
7)  Frogs drop from the sky in Roscommon
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Timeline for this weeks audio broadcast:
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This Weeks Topics: 1:05
Notes from Mike:    2:15
Book of the Month: 6:50
The Magnificent Seven: 9:22
Irish Name of the Day: 10:54
Website of the Week: 15:29
Curious News and Notes: 16:36
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Notes This Week

The County Clare library website remains very helpful and
responsive to historical inquiries.  They also have a good genealogy
database online.  I recently wrote them about the author of the
old Irish tune “Off To Philadelphia” or “My Name is Paddy Leary”.
I showed Battison Haynes as the composer of the tune, but
several places showed Johnny Patterson of Co. Clare as the
composer.  (Patterson is a story unto himself).
Here is the quick reply from the Clare County Library:
1)  Dear Mike,
Thank you for your e-mail to Clare County Library, http://www.clarelibrary.ie/,
enquiring about Johnny Patterson and the song “Off to Philadelphia.”
I suspect that “I’m off to Philadelphia in the morning” is not a Johnny
Patterson song, and that your information that its authorship lies elsewhere
may be correct.
It is not in a working list of Patterson songs which I have (’Barney Hare;’
‘Bridget Donahue;’ ‘Garden where the praties grow;’ ‘Good-bye Johnny;’
‘A good roaring fire; ‘The hat my father wore;’ ‘The old turf fire;’ ‘Shake
hands with your Uncle Dan;’ and  ‘The stone outside Dan Murphy’s door.’)

We shall amend our entry on Johnny Patterson in our Clare People section
accordingly (http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/people/johnny_patterson.htm).

Thank you for bringing this query to our attention.
With best wishes,
- Peter Beirne,
Clare County Library.

2)  DNA studies confirm that Murphy and Kelly are the two most
numerous Irish names.  Several unrelated families of the name
were founded in Ireland.  I recently read a DNA report saying
there were 100 different original families…… I am not sure about
that at first glance…… I bet many a man took on the name of
Murphy or Kelly at will, and they were not Murphy or Kelly at
all.

3) The 1821 census for the parish of Forkhill, Co. Armagh is online at

https://brsgenealogy.com/armagh/login.php?viewIndex=1&redirect_url=quis.php .
These are very rare fragments of the 1821 census of Ireland.

4) For several years now I have been warming up the small crowd
here in the evening with an old tune or two from the 1800s that
was popular with the Irish way back when.  After I am finished
the real musicians come out with more modern fare most days…..
I have been forced to agree to have the recordings of my little
tunes released on the web site soon….. it might be fun for those
of you interested in the greatest hits from the 1800’s sung by
an amateur historian of the same !
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Book of the Month
County Meath and Westmeath genealogy and family history notes.
http://www.irishroots.com/id4780.htm

-end of Irish Family History extract-

County Meath Families on the 4 Masters Map
What families were in the county in earlier days ? This
might provide a clue to the locations of your family today.
Here are some of the families given on the Map in the History
of Ireland by the 4 Masters: (Connellan translation. 2003, I.G.F.)
E. = Earl, L.=Lord, C. = chieftain:

Barnwall, B.
de    Bathe
Bellew, Baron
Betagh
Butler, B.
Chevers
Cruise
Cusack (O’Cisoghe)
Dalton, B.
Darcy
Dardis
Dillon
Dowdall
Drake
FitzEustace, B.
Fleming, B.
de    Geneville, L.
Hussey, B.
de    Lacy
Langan
Mac    Grane
Marward, B.
Missett, B.
de    Mortimer, L.
Nangle, B.
Netterville, B.
Nugent, B.
O’    Carolan
O’    Connolly, L
O’    Dunn, L.
O’    Duvan, C.
O’    Finnelan, L.
O’    Fox
O’    Gogarty
O’    Halligan
O’    Hart, P.
O’    Hea, C.
O’    Kelly, P.
O’    Kindellan, P.
O’    Melaghlin, King
O’    Murtagh
O’    Regan, P.
O’    Reilly, C.
O’    Rory, P.
O’    Scully, B.
O’    Traynor
Phepoe
Plunkett, E.

AND the families given in County Westmeath Ireland on the map:
Dease
Dillon, B.
Fagan
Fitzsimon
de    Lacey
de    Lacy
de    Lamare
Mac    Auley, L.
Mac    Evoy, L.
Mac    Geoghegan, L.
Mac    Geoghegan, P.
Nugent
O’    Carbery, C.
O’    Casey
O’    Coffey, C.
Mac    Ruarc
O’    Corrigan
O’    Curry
O’    Daly, L.
O’    Dooley, C.
O’    Fay
O’    Fox
O’    Hanrahan
O’    Hanvey, C.
O’    Hennessy, C.
O’    Higgin, C.
O’    Kearney, C.
O’    Malone
O’    Melaghlin, P.
O’    Mulleady
O’    Reilly
O’    Shiel, C.
O’    Sionagh (Fox)
O’    Tolard, L.
Petit, B.
Tuite, B.
Tyrrell
de    Verdon
deLamare

-end of extract from The Annals of Ireland by the Four Masters-
http://www.irishroots.com/id4772.htm
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Coming Up Later in this episode
UFO photograph in Meath identified

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Time to raise our eyes skywards, give thanks, and  ask for help !
Here are todays “Magnificent Seven” :

1) New member Susan Barrett of Burnaby, Canada
Searching for Flanagan French McLaughlin Doyle

2) New member Adrian Gillespie of South Yorkshire,U.K.
I am looking for family related to Thomas and Margaret Walsh of
Ballymote and Tuam Galway

3) John Sanders of Brentwood, TN, your Milesian Families has shipped

4) Dana Cochrane of Saskatchewan in Canada, your Surnames of
Ireland shipped

5) Mrs. Alcon of Marsden, Australia your ‘Genealogy and Family History
of Kings and Queens County Ireland’ has shipped.

6) Javier Pedrosa of Pontevedra, Spain, your Irish Book of Arms has
shipped to your gift recipient.

7) Mary Caffrey of Westford, MA., your County Cavan Genealogy book
has shipped.

Check out our online search list at:
http://www.irishroots.com/content/view/21/45/
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Thanks to all of our members - without you these
podcasts would not be possible -  !
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Irish Family Name of the Day: French

Todays family history in honor of member: Susan Barrett

Searching for info on  Flanagan French McLaughlin Doyle

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Related Spellings of the Name: Ffrench,
Varient spelling groups: #652,

(Taken from the Master Guide to the Various Spellings
of Irish Family Names http://www.irishroots.com/id4918.htm

History of the Name
In Keatings History we find that in the 12th and 13th centuries
several English and Welsh families etc… settled in the town of
Galway and other parts of the country.  The Ffrenches are given
as one of the principal families who did so, and eventually they
became one of the 14 tribes of Galway.
The line of the most noted family of the name arrived first in
England, coming from France with William the Conqueror.
(Theophilus de French is given to be the founder of this family)
This line subsequently settled in Co. Wexford with branches
later in Galway (early 15th century), and Roscommon, where
they became known as the ‘Ffrenches of Ffrench Park’.  They
are on record in Roscommon from the early 1600’s.
In 1659 French was a principal name of Wexford and found in
Roscommon and Cork as well.  By the time of the 1890 birth
index the center for the name was given in Co. Antrim, with a
total of 24 births recorded in all of Ireland……

copyright 2007, IGF, based in part upon
The Book of Irish Families, great and small
http://www.irishroots.com/id4098.htm
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Irish Family Coats of Arms
Here is some of the information given in the Irish Book of Arms
http://www.irishroots.com/id4861.htm
Four Coats of arms illustrated in this book including:
1) 1806 AD, Frederick French
2) French of Co. Roscommon
3) French of Co. Cork   (quartered)
4) French-Brewster of Cloonanartmore (quartered)
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The Free Master Index Search of Irish Names
at Irishroots.com finds the family 85 times
including the following examples :
http://www.irishroots.com/content/view/21/45/

1)   King James Irish Army List
2)   The Families of County Kerry, Ireland
3)   Milesian Families of Ireland
4)   1659 Census of Ireland
5)   The Families of County Galway Ireland
6)   Capt. Charles French obituary in J16 (periodical index)
7)   Several in Co. Galway Genealogy and Family History notes
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Website of the Week:

The Registry of Deeds (Ireland)
Henrietta St.
Dublin 1
Tel: (01)804 8410
Fax: (01)804 8406
www.landregistry.ie
Mon-Fri: 10:00-16:30

The above is a site for :
“The Registry of Deeds was established in 1707 to provide a system of
voluntary registration for deeds and conveyances affecting land and to
give priority to registered deeds over unregistered registrable deeds.
The Registry of Deeds currently operates under the provisions of part 3
of the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006.
The Registry of Deeds is under the control and management of the Property
Registration Authority under the 2006 Act (sections 4 and 10 refer).
When a deed is registered in the Registry of Deeds it is not filed there; it is
returned to the party who delivered it for registration.”
There are two separate systems for recording transactions in relation to
property in Ireland:
The Registration of Title system operated by the Land Registry since 1892
The Registry of Deeds system operated by the Registry of Deeds since 1708
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Curious News and Notes

1)  The Village of Virginia, Co. Cavan, Ireland just held its
second annual Pumpkin festival, which draws folks from
all over Europe.  They turn out all the lights, have a pumkin
lighting ceremony and then a street festival, including
fire eaters an dancers and the choosing of the King and
Queen Pumpkin for the year, to say nothing of the 3000
Euro cash prize for the largest pumpkin…

2)  The New York Times, which has fallen upon hard
times financially of late, has asked Irishman ‘Bono’ of U2
notoriety to write a column next year.  Meanwhile we also
read that Bono is building the biggest bedroom in Ireland,
which also overlooks Dublin Bay !

3) There is so much congestion, building projects and traffic
in Dublin these days, they are talking of banning all through
traffic into the centre of Dublin City.

4) Originally home to the O’Briens, Dromoland Castle in
County Clare has been named the Hotel of the Year. Located
close to Shannon airport, many world leaders have stayed
there including George W. Bush and Bill Clinton to say nothing
of John Travolta !  ( see more in the Irish Independent online)

5)  It seems a slew of frogs was found along the road from Athlone
to Roscommon recently.  Strange thing was that some of them
were encased in ice….. They say it is a rare phenom - but occasionally
frogs can be swept up by the winds into the higher atmosphere and
come back down with the rain…… Now there is one for the books,
perhaps the little people were at play…

6) More on UFO’s….Carl Nally of the UFO or Paranormal Research group
in Ireland still says he saw a UFO, but newlyweds Andrea and Lynden
James say it was only the Chinese lanterns that they launched at
their wedding in Dunboyne last August.
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About Your Host
A one of a kind resource, Mike is the most published author
his field including numerous hard bound books; guides;
newsletters; podcasts; videos and hundreds of articles.
Today, he hosts the first weekly broadcast on Irish Family
History at www.Irishroots.com

The founder of the Irish Roots Cafe, he also publishes
great works of history, including ‘The Annals of Ireland by
the Four Masters’; and Keatings ‘History of Ireland’.

He recently completed the Irish Families Project,
a 34 book set on Irish Family History, published by the Irish
Genealogical Foundation.
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