Ancestor’s Addresses

WORK IN PROGRESSIreland Dublin Thomas McEntyre & family. 6 Ely St Dublin. Work address (Griffith’s Valuation Office)Ranelagh Rd Rathmines Dublin20 Leinster Rd Rathmines. House Address between 1862-66.4 Edmund Terrace Fairview (with daughter Henrietta)10 Fairview Strand Clontarf 1880 48 Leinster Rd Dublin. (death) 1893Thomas purchased 3 homes in Wood Street,( # 6, 7 & 8 Wood Street) in […]

mtDNA lineage H3g1

1757, 6/7 th July Marriage, Hampshire, England. Hill Haggard of the Parish of Swindon in the County of Wiltshire, Batchelor and MargaretSouthby of South Marston in the Parish of Highworthey the County aforesaid, Spinster.Married in this Parish by Licences, with consent of Parents.Witness – Arth. Southby & Lucy Southby. (In memory of Margaret Haggard widow […]

Tokyo 2020 Olympics

I had an extraordinary summer. Two years ago I was interviewed for a job as a driver for Canada’s CBC media team for the Tokyo Olympics.Then when corona hit the job went out the window. A lot of debate about whether the Olympics would go ahead or not ensued. Personally, I was hoping they’d postpone […]

Alice & Catherine Murphy and co.

Alice (Alicia Maude) Murphy on her wedding day. 24th May 1887 While reading through the parish baptisms where Alice and Catherine’s were I found some older siblings. These are Ballymore parish records.Microfilm 04246 / 01 Two James’, of which one must have died as an infant and older sister Margaret ( Margret ). Catherine Coughlin […]

Irish Origenes Case Study

INISHOWEN? I finally got around to getting Tyrone Bowes Ph.D a genetic researcher in Ireland to do an appraisal for me. He runs a few sites with Irish Origenes the main site for Ireland. His first quick reply confirmed a lot of what I already knew but was good to read over his site again. […]

5 Stewart Place Paddington

James McEntyre’s last abode before fleeing to New Zealand leaving his wife and 2 children to fend for themselves.Below is an excerpt from the Police Gazzette found on Trove 25 3 1903 [Issue No.12]  Photos of the abode on current real estate sites.

Keyhole Garden without the keys!

2 days left for my summer vacation, so decided to do something with the garden. Especially since the weather had cooled down. Inspired by a recent FB friend’s picture of a keyhole garden I knew that was what had to happen. Also after planting melon, watermelon, pumpkin, eggplant, red peppers and mini tomatoes this year […]

2013 Goodbye

Tough year…. Lost some posts with the immigration of the blog to the main page. The file was too large so had to use an older back-up. Nothing important missing I don’t think. Lost all the links in the side bar as well. Will try and find them in google cache… Here are some pics […]