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Below you will find an overview of all Journals which the IFHS has published over the last 40 years, with a listing of articles.

Due to limited stock, we no longer offer Journals for sale on our website. Hardcopies of most of the recent volumes will be available for purchase at some of our in-person events.

For our members, most of the Journals can be downloaded in digital (PDF) format for free in the Members’ Area of this website.

Ticket for IFHS Talk: A Beginner’s Guide to DNA

Non-member ticket for talk: A Beginner’s Guide to DNA

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Ticket for IFHS Outing: RCBL Visit

Visit to the Representative Church Body Library (RCBL) in Churchtown, Dublin. The RCBL is the repository for the Church of Ireland (Anglican church) within the Republic of Ireland and holds the majority of the surviving Church of Ireland parish records.

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Ticket for IFHS Talk: The Family Tree Chart – a Document of Remembrance

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol. 39 (2023)

Editorial, Roy Atkinson, 6
Chairperson’s Report, Lucinda McMahon, 7
Finding Sarah…, Kieran & Kevin Jordan, 9
What the Dead can tell us, Michael van Turnhout, 15
House Names (follow on), Ros Underwood, 27
Review: Burning Big House, Lucinda McMahon, 29
A Family Account, Rory O’Flanagan, 35
Review: Claret in Georgian Ireland, 45
National Archives Revisite, Garry Ahern, 51
Danie McRobin, James Robinson, 53
Political Activism, Brid Fitzpatrick, 67
Review: The Telling life of Ellen O’Hara, Michael Foley, 70
Dead and Alive: Death Notices, Lucinda McMahon, 73
Stray Obituaries, Roy Atkinson, 83
Review: Morristown, Lattin Estata, Lucinda McMahon, 89

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol. 38 (2022)

Editorial, Roy Atkinson, 6
Chairperson’s Report, Noel Jenkins, 7
Patricia Moorhead Tribute, Joan Sharkey, 9
Research in Unexpected Placed, Patricia Phelan, 13
Thomas & Eliza (Extract), Stephen Lally, 21
It All Started With A Visit, Ann Coulter, 23
Murder Of A Clergyman, Geraldine O’Reilly, 31
On His Way, Michael O’Riordain, 43
Who Do You Think I am, Linda Tayler, 47
IrelandXO, Kieran Jordan & Denise O’Leary, 55
Matt & Collins, Martin O’Ceardubhain
Housename, Lucinda MacMahon, 63
Thomas & Eliza (Extract), Stephen Lally, 65
Tithes, Michael van Turnhout, 69
From Knock to Old St. Patrick’s, Partricia Phelan, 77
“Stray Obituaries”, Roy Atkinson, 83
Book Review, Lucinda Mac Mahon, 89

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol. 37 (2021)

Editorial, Roy Atkinson, 6
Chairperson’s Report, Noel Jenkins, 7
Danny McAuliffe, Joan Sharkey, 9
Get Black on White, Terry Ingles, 11
The Lady Nelson – Shipwrecked 1809, James Robinsons, 21
200 years after the 1821 Census, Kieran Jordan, 43
Further Research on Owen McArdle, Joan Sharkey, 51
To Die for One’s Country, Terry Ingles, 69
Massey’s Estate and Killakee House, Michael van Turnhout, 75
Life of General Seán MacMahon, Seán MacMahon, 87
Journey Back to Slane in the 1940’s, Frank Lynagh, 91
“Stray Obituaries”, Roy Atkinson, 103
Magazine Review, Lucinda Mac Mahon, 109

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol. 36 (2020)

Editorial, Roy Atkinson, 6
Chairperson’s Report, Noel Jenlkins, 7
Fr. Sean McGearty (1934-2019), Michael Byrne, 9
John S. Dyer (1930-2020), Joan Sharkey, 13
Ellen Bingham – Sexton, Ann Jenkins, 15
Resolving a Family Mystery, Shonagh Love, 23
Matt and the Missing Aunt, Martin OCeardubhain, 31
My search for Owen McArdle, Joan Sharkley, 39
Four Weddings, Five Funerals and a Fantastic Legacy, James Robinson, 53
Frizelle Story, Patrick Garnett-Frizelle, 69

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol. 35 (2019)

Contents
Editorial – Roy Atkinson – 6
Chairperson’s Report – Noel Jenkins – 7
It started with a letter – Dan McAulife – 9
Where is Margared Cornes buried? – Althea Johnson – 21
From Timahoe to Yokohama – Michael Foley – 27
Alexander McDonnel – Edward B. McDonnell – 43
The North Kildare Constituency – James Robinson – 45
Westminster General Election 1895
George Gilliland- A Dear Uncle – Ann and Noel Jenkins – 63
“Stray” Newspaper Obituaries – Compiled by Roy Atkinson – 69
The Huguenots in Dublin – Linda Taylor – 77
Katie Doyle and her Postcard – Elizabeth Smith – 89
Book Reviews – Lucinda Mac Mahon – 97

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol. 34 (2018)

Editorial – Roy Atkinson – 6
Chairperson’s Report – Noel Jenkins – 7
Margaret Loftus: an Appreciation – 9
Lands and Houses Starting in Geashill, Co Offaly – Anne Coury – 11
Why Of Why? – Lucinda MacMahon – 23
Is anything ever what it seems? – Rodaleen Underwood – 27
Thomas Yeates 1858 – 1928 – Maura Flood – 35
Unearthing the O’Mahiny family line – Michael Foley – 41
The Greffins of Caherea – Conal O’Rafferty – 51
“Stray” Newspaper Obituaries – Compiled by Roy Atkinson – 61
Philip McArdle and his secret family life – Joan Sharkey – 71
Reproductive Loan Scheme of Kilconickney – Kieran Jordan – 87
Roycroft Family Reunion in Schull – Roy Atkinson – 93
Book Review – Lucinda MacMahon – 99
Book Review – Lucinda MacMahon – 101
A Forgotten Hero – Linda Taylor

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol. 33 (2017)

John Fenton Hudson, 1932 Captain, Royal Dublin Golf Club, The ‘Missing Photo’ Challenge – Jillian van Turnhout
Samuel Elliott from Ballynashee, Co Antrim – Bruce Elliott
Joseph Leslie Curley, An Irish Australian in WW1 – Maura Flood
My Hickeys from O’Briensbridge in Co. Clare – Michael Andrews
Mary Byrne-McDonnell-Wall – Judy McDonnell
How to use evidence of photos, artefacts and stories in your family history – Fiona Fitzsimons
Irish Connections – Anne Gabrielle Murton
Records and Record-Keepers, Reading Between the Lines – Rosaleen Underwood
EPIC – The Irish Emigration Museum, Custom House Quay, Dublin – Maura Flood
Silk Manufacturing in Rathmore, Co. Kildare (1784-1786) – James Robinson

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol. 32 (2016)

Richard Flatman (1943-2016) – Patricia Moorhead
A Tale of Two Lives My Father and Kevin Barry – Patricia Moorhead
The Murphy’s of Rathangan – Thomas A Burke
Some observations on the family background of the signatories of the Proclamation – Aiden Feerick
The Laois Origins and Continuing Presence in Kerry of the Moores, Kellys, Dowlings, Lawlors, Dorans, Deeevys or Dees and McEvoys – Dr Michael Christopher Keane
Pioneers of Esperanto in Ireland – Bill Chapman
The Wards of Coles Lane and Moore Street – Thomas A Burke

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol. 31 (2015)

Darius Joseph The Mac Egan (1856-1939) and his Wife Madame Marie O’Beirne Mac Egan (1874-1961) – James Robinson
The Packenham-Longfords – Hugh McFadden
Joseph Mansfield: “Armed with Drumsticks and Courage” – Patricia Mansfield Phelan
One Dodd Family from Co. Cork, Ireland to Salem, Massachusetts, USA and Beechworth, Victoria, Australia – Judy McDonnell
Inscriptions on. Headstones in the Old Abbey Graveyard in Naas, Co. Kildare – Brian McCabe
Cornelius Kelly (Born 1897- Killed 1917) – Miriam Meade & Ina Kelly
The use of Insquisitions, Post Mortem and Inquisitions Post Attainder as a lesser used source for Irish Genealogy – Fiona Fitzsimons
Monk’s Lucky Nugget: A Letter From Australia – David Keeling
A Derry Cousin Who Served and Died at Gallipoli – Barbara Holt

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Irish Family History Journal Vol. 30 (2014)

Dublin’s Deserted Children – Patricia Moorhead
Family History and Sporting Records: From Sporting Laurels to Family Trees – Hilary. McDonagh
Peter Lunell (1652 – 1720) – An Irish Huguenot and His Family – James Robinson
Peter Grace, An Irish Settler in Early Auckland, New Zealand – Geraldine O’Reilly
Irish Soldiers of the 1st Troop, 1st Brigade, Bengal Horse Artillery, who died during the insurrection and at the Retreat from Kabul, in the months of November and December 1841, and January 1842 – Leslie Rogers
‘Archive of the Month’: The RCB Library Reaches Out to a Worldwide Audience at www.ireland.anglican.org/library/archive – Dr Susan Hood
Drumlane Graveyard Yields Fitzpatrick Family History – Patricia Mansfield Phelan
Family Snippets from the Irish Petty Sessions – Joan Sharkey
Court Registers Alderman Daniel Burke – Grocer, Tea, Wine and Spirit Merchant – Tom Burke

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol. 29 (2013)

Where a photograph led: Gillmors from northwestern Ireland in 1850s Iowa, USA. – Desmond A Gillmor
The Bog Tenants of Oldconnell parish, Co. Kildare with a close look at the townland of Lattensbog – Robert Delaney
Sources for children raised in Care in Ireland 1840s to 1990s – Fiona Fitzsimons
A Family in Print, William Samuel Gray of Co. Kildare – Anne Robinson
Prison records for family history – Brian Donovan
Three Brides for Three Brothers, The Gibneys and Tyrrells, bakers, millers, malters and medics – Thomas Burke
Castilla & The Bradstreet family – Anne Robinson
Records of the Irish Land Commission – Fiona Fitzsimons
Drama on the High Seas – The Davys family – Peter R P Davies

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol. 28 (2012)

John Heueston (1935-2012) – Richard Flatman
Mona Germaine Dolan (1918-2012) – Patricia Moorhead
Discovering and tracing an American branch of an Irish Gillmor family – Desmond A. Gillmor
Eoin O’Mahoney (also known as “The Pope”) Barrister, Genealogist and Renaissance Man – H Stanley Jennings
My Grandfather’s Military Service Records – War of Independence Period – Noreen Maher
“Money from America” – Eamonn Dowling
Letter to Mary – Tyrrell and Donegan families of Co. Offaly – Karys Fearon
John Shea, Mayor of Cork in 1850 – Margaret Jordan
The Saga of the Kinsella Bible – John Kinsella
Other Internet Sources – Shonagh Love
The Place Names of Ireland – H Stanley Jennings
The Galway Militia and the Harrison and Seymour Families – David Wilkins
An unusual Church Register Occurrence – Michael Murphy
The Lady Nelson – Shipwrecked 14 October 1809 – James Robinson
The Mystery of the Man in the Military Uniform is solved (volume 27)
The Life and Times of a Family of Crooks – Richard Flatman
Irish Church Records – Joan Sharkey

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol. 27 (2011)

Terence MacDonald (1810-1874), Tithe Farmer, Jigginstown, Naas, County Kildare – A Study of Person and Place – James Robinson
The Davies Family in the Customs and Excise – Peter Davies
A Coat of Arms – Thomas Laurence Cooker
The Rigleys of County Wexford – Eamonn Dowling
Irish Soldiers in the St. Helena Muster List – July 1827 – Colin Fox
Robert Burnett Flatman (1903 – 1974) – Richard Flatman
The Irish Diaspora, A Challenge for Genealogists – Stanley Jennings
‘A Cautionery Tale’ or ‘Why One shouldn’t Wish Upon a Star’ – Ken Watson
Finding new Gibney relatives – Joan Sharkey
Genealogy: How to Get Started – Patricia Moorhead
How to Obtain a French Death Certificate – Patricia Moorhead
50 Websites for Irish Genealogy – Mary Beglan

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol. 26 (2010)

Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained – Áras and Uachtaráin Visit – Gerry P Cahill
Robert Atkin (1744-1826) and Catherine Wheelock (c.1750-c.1805): A Methodist Family of Note in Nineteenth Centry Wexford – G Rex Meyer
Welsh Family Members – Thomas Spencer Eveleigh Welsh
Australia’s Bard ‘Bango’ Baterson and an Irish Racing Connection – James Robinson
Headstone Inscriptions: A Conversation with your Ancestors – Kieran Jordan
Making Sense of the Census – Patricia Moorhead
An Ordinary Man True and True: The Story of Patrick Hannon’s Army Career from his Military Records – Robert Delaney
The Kimmage Family from Ireland – An Overview – Deirdre Irwan & Christopher Kimmage
Brickwalls – Michael Weymes
Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh and The Irish Genealogies – Adrian Martyn
Calendar of the Ancient Records of Dublin, Vol.XV – Richard Flatman
An Irish Breakfast. Observation on the state of Ireland from a series of letters written by John Christian Curwen. Vol. 2. 1818 – Michael Weymes

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol. 25 (2009)

A look back over the years – Mary Beglan
Tour WW1 Battlefields Ypres and The Somme – Patricia Moorhead
William Sprott (1840-1918) Line Manufacturer of Dromore and Belfast, Ancestors, Business Activities, Family Life and Descendants – G Rex Meyer
CSM Joseph Aloysius Phillips (1881 – 1918) – Ivor J Faulkner
The Story of the Delaney Family of Killucan, Co. Westmeath – Robert Delaney
In search of Thomas Smyth, Mayor of Limerick – Jonathan C Spurrell
DNA & Family History – Peter R B Davies
Field, House and Tenure Books, Helped Broaden My Ancestral Research – Mary Russell
Death and Justice at Grangemellon, Athy, Co. Kildare, 1623 – James Robinson
My Grandfather – Lucy Mary (née Dunlap) Doran – Maureen Hambrook
The Will of Patrick Hughes – a typical will of the 1890s? – Rosaleen Underwood
The Dowlings or Doolans of Carricknaughton, Athlone – Eamonn Dowling
Extracts from Roman Catholic Clergy lists, 1704 to 1800 – Richard Flatman
Do you recognise any of these? Victorian Prisoners Photograph Albums at TNA – Mary Beglan
Tombstone Inscriptions of the Carmelite Abbey, Loughrea, Co. Galway – Adrian James Martyn

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 24 (2008)

Artane Industrial School 1901 Census (Part II) – Brian Wray
Mother Berchams Hughes FCJ (1861-1925) – Patricia Moorhead
Language in a Boat – Dr Dymphna Lonergan
The Elusive Sailor – George Frederick Kierans – Joan Sharkey
Rev John George Frederick Schulze (1764-1839) Addenda – G Rex Meyer
Serving the State with Eighteenth Century – The experience of a Skerries family – Dr Maghréad Ní Mhurchadha
The Life and Times of the John Shea-Lawlor BL – Margaret Jordan
Gentleman Donovan – Market Gardener and Publican – Judy McDonnell
Newberry Hall, Carbury, Co. Kildare – James Robinson
The Duffy and Sillery Families of Mentrim, Co. Meath – Richard Flatman
From Inistioge to Indiana – A Genealogical Guest – John S Dyer
Country Life in Particular in the Barony of Carbury – Sam Holt
A Strong Willed Ancestor – Maureen Hambrook
The Dowlings or Doolans of Carricknaughton, Athlone – Eamonn Dowling

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 23 (2007)

Emigrants from Offaly to Nelson – Helen Whelen
Lottery Win circa 1802! – Margaret (O’Shea) Jordan
My Irish Ancestry — a 3x great granddaughter’s view – Elizabeth Kraus
A Clareman’s Journey to the Antipodes – Loreley A Morling
Surprising Benefit of IFHS Membership – David Wilkins & Peter Davies
Human Ballast on Cargo Ships – Hilary Murphy
Bringing History to Life – George R Ingham
“What’s in a Name” – Peter RB Davies
Emigrated to Mexico – Patrick Power
Assessing Australian Army Records – Ignatius Fennessy OFM
Artane Industrial School – Brian Wray
A Tully Lineage in Canada & USA from 1840 till to-day – Ken Watson
‘The Story of the Ringrose’ Part II – Ken Watson
Irish Methodist Newspapers — A Neglected Resource – G Rex Meyer
Have You Shaken Your Family Tree? – Tony Duffy
Rathfarnham Burial Ground – Kieran Swords

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 22 (2006)

Jeremiah Ledsam and the Voyage of the ‘LADY MACNAUGHTON’ – Judith Saunders
“The Story of the Ringrose” – Ken G Watson
Rathangan, Co. Kildare – A Brief History – Michael Mulpeter
Michael Walsh, Merchant, of ‘Mount Michael’, Scholarstown, Co. Dublin – Patricia Moorhead
The Earl, the Nephew and the Mountain Man – Eddie Brennan
Your Genes, My Genes, Jean’s Genes – Thoughts on what makes us what we are – Rosaleen Underwood
Searching for the Birthplace of Molly Keane – Karel Kiely, Kildare Heritage & Genealogy
Bridget Agnes Flynn – Patrick Cassidy
Pilot Officer Norman Robinson (1917-1943) – Killed in Action, World War II – James Robinson
On the Trail of Two Josephs: Researches in the 1871-1901 English Census – Ann Chapman
The Closure of Bluebell Graveyard Inchicore, Co. Dublin. 30th June 1873 – Richard Flatman
Irish Census Returns Extracts (1901-1911) – Paul J Gallagher
Relocation of Elmbank Cemetery, Toronto, Canada, 2004 – Doreen (O’Donnell) Barber
Index to ‘Irish Family History’ Journals 1985-2006 (Vols 1 – 22) – Richard Flatman

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 21 (2005)

OUT OF STOCK

Editorial
James Gribbon Meyer MA (1845-1897) – Educator, Career and Family Connections – G Rex Meyer
Recollections – Looking for Ancestors in Ireland – Margaret Purcell
My Cavan Caulfields – Anne Gabrielle Murton
My Grandfather James Michael Duffy – Richard Flatman
The Jacob Family in the Registry of Deeds, Dublin – Margaret Purcell
Getting to Know My Great-Great-Grandfather Bernard Sheehan 1800-1868. Part II – Patricia Moorhead
“Ah cum from Yarkshur” – Peter Davies
Early Nineteenth Century Schools in Ireland – Margaret Purcell
Cold Case – Solved! – John Kinsella
Publish Your Own Book: Here’s How We Did – James Kinsella
Legacy of a Dispensary Doctor – Hilary Murphy
The Clearing of the Ranges, Kilworth, Co. Cork – Kieran Jordan
Oscar Wilde’s Friend and Benefactor, Helen Carew (c1856-1928) – James Robinson
The Hartnett Family of Co. Cork, Ireland, Charleston, South Carolina, USA & NSW & Victoria, Australia – Judith McDonnell
Famine Orphan Girls to Australia 1849-1850 – Perry McIntyre
St. Audeon’s Roman Catholic Church, High Street, Dublin – Una Semple
The Gweedore Estate of Lord George Hill – Margaret Sonar
Customs and Excise Officers in Fingal 1684-1765-All Officers – Maighread Ni Mhurchadha
Old Maudlins Cemetery, Naas – Brian McCabe
Reviews – Books & CDs

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 20 (2004)

OUT OF STOCK

Editorial
What’s in a Name? – Margaret Murray
A ‘Returned Yank’ – Mary Dunne
Customs and Excise Officers in Fingal 1684-1765 – All Officers – Maighread Ni Mhurchadha
Mary Marshall (Brennan) – Eddie Brennan
The Model Genealogist – Dick Hainsworth
Great Grandfather William Doyle – Nick Donohue
Saying Thank You Paid Off – Sheila L Simmill
James Gribbon Meyer MA (1845-1897) – Educator, Career and Family Connections – G Rex Meyer
The Elusive Sailor – George Frederick Kierans – Joan Sharkey
Vestry Minutes – A Useful Tool – John Heueston
Almost 350 Meathmen Died on WW1 Battlefields – Bernadette Murray
Little Elves …. – Rosaleen Underwood
Gravestone Inscriptions, St Anne’s (old) Graveyard, Bohernabreena – Michael Murphy
The Search for the O’Keefe Homestead – Marcella O’Keefe
Irish Genealogy on the Internet – Mary Beglan
The Butcher, the Gaoler, the Runaway Drapers – The Carriggs of Ennistymon – Rosaleen Underwood
Reviews

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 19 (2003)

Editorial
Ballinafagh Parish – J N S Reid (RIP)
At last my Stepfather’s Roots have Been Found – Mary Russell
Kathleen Rose Quigley – Anthony J Murphy
A Friend of every Man (Father Pat) Rev. Henry I Irwin – Ms Pat Baylis
Reward for Honesty – Peter R B Davies
The Emmet Family – Mirriam Meade
How many children did Daniel & Johanna McCormack have? – Leonora McCormack
Laurence Carew MP (1853-1903) – James Robinson
I was told this in 1958 in my Grandma’s letter – Carolyn M B Rhodes
Rev John George Frederick Schultze (c1763-1839) and the Stranding of The Margery and Mary near Wexford in 1806 with its Unusual Consequences – G Rex Meyer
“Died at Sea”: A Family Table? – Patricia Mansfield Phelan
Unraveling our Mulvihill – Ryan Connection Mary A Russell
Report of Mulvihill Trial, March 21, 1821 in Kerry Evening Post – Mary A Russell
Looking for my Ussher Ancestors – Joan Ussher Sharkey
Are the Celts Truly Self Uprooted? – John D Rugg
If Only – Norah Davies
Is There A Graveyard Nearby? – Margaret Bonar
The Long Search – Paul J Gallagher
Some of the Fitzpatricks who went to the USA – Lillian Fitzpatrick Wright
The Problem with Names – Angela Rider
Extracts from Kildorrery RC Parish baptismal Records (1800-1883) – John P Myers Jr
James and Edward McGarrigle – Carolyn M B Rhodes

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 18 (2002)

OUT OF STOCK

Editorial
Charles Frizell (1738-1812) – A Surveyor In County Kildare – James Robinson
John Dempsey, Patriot. Prisoner & Pioneer – Judith Saunders
Shirleys of Kilkenny and Carlow – Anne Nosov
A Kilmacduagh Lad – Nick Donahue Richard Jennings (1787-1874) – Heather B Ronald
The Mystery Remains – When was he born? When did he die? – Maureen Hanson
Rev. Robert Jacob Meyer (1810-1892) – Methodist Minister in Ireland – A Family Touched by Tragedy – G Rex Meyer
What is Tel-El-Kebir, Mammy? – Bernadette Marks
National School Registers – a little known primary source of family history research – Kieran Jordan
Touching on Some Misconceptions – Marcella J O‘Keefe
It all began with a letter from America – Margaret Murphy
A Journey of Discovery – Saunderson Griffin
The Catholic Studderts of Clonderlaw – lvor Faulkner
Convict Connections in Australia – Pat Henshall
Register of Freeholders, County Wexford 1825 – 1911 (this concludes the register) – Hilary Murphy
“Nothing about the Oakes Name to be Ashamed of” – John Kinsella
Marr – The Surname. Not Married Bliss – David Wilkins A Difficult But Compelling Subject – Angela Rider
Daisy Bates – Irish Friend of the Aborigines – Loreley A Morling
Have you looked at Scottish Records? – Anne Gabrielle Morton
What’s Right About Copyright – Matt 0’Connell
A Ward Connection – Ms Pat Bayliss
A listing of Books Presented to the Library with some information on same – Richard Flatman

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 17 (2001)

Editorial
If at First You Dont Succeed – Annette Bourke
Toberara Graveyard, Tyrellstown, Athy, Co. Kildare – Peter J Riordan
Intellectual Struggles or The Life History of a Peasant – C I Johnston
Those Elusive Herberts and the Boileau Connection – Léfayre H Palmer
My Irish Connections – Carol Harding
The Lost “Dog Tags” of Soldier John Coulter – John Heueston
Tracing Records of Susan McCusker – Joy Dean
Wards of Bagenalstown Family Lines – Ms Pat Bayliss
St. Mary’s Burial Ground, Athy, Co. Kildare – Peter J Riordan
Private Martin Finn, 25th Regiment of Foot – H C Finn
Looking For John – Margaret R Murray
Creating Your Own Family Photographic Archive – Kieran Jordan
The Streamstown Murders – James Robinson
Irishmen in the East India Company Army – Peter Bailey
Register of Freeholders, County Wexford 1833 – 1841 (part 2) – Hilary Murphy
From Dublin to Brooklyn: James Ryan, “Loved and Esteemed by All Who Knew Him” – Patricia M Phelan
Barkerville Cemetary/Richfield Cemetary, BC, Canada – Ms Pat Bayliss
“Use that tongue In Your Head” – Carolyn M B Rhodes
Book Reviews

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 16 (2000)

Editorial
The Merrigans of Wicklow – Colleen T Simmons
My Wish – C E Cannon
My Ancestor Martin Finn – H C Finn
Former Irish Native – Pat Bayliss
Irish History – A Cornishman’s View – D Penberthy
A Little Bit More But Not Enough – Léfayre Heslehurst Palmer
Samuel Hughes Boot & Shoe Maker and Farmer of Dublin – Patricia Moorhead
Castlebar and James Faulkner Esq., JP 1825-1911 – Ivor J Faulkner
Where is the Luck of the Irish? – C E Cannon
Wynn(e)s Who Were Once – Brian F Wynn
Register of Freeholders, County Wexford 1833-1841 – Hilary Murphy
Glassmakers and Allied Trades Index 1600-1900 – Brian J M Hardyman
Robert Watchorn 1858-1944 – Frank H Skinner
Joseph Smith Sheehan – A Corkman with a Picturesque Career (1845-1926) – Patricia Moorhead
Lord Cornbury, Govenor of New York 1702-08, probably the first recorded transvestite in Anglo-American History – Ivar O’Brien
Some Connections that Caught the Eye – Heather B Ronald
My Cottingham and Robinson Families – W S Griffith
Thomas French, Proprietor of “The Western Star” Newspaper – Vivienne Mitchell
Irish Genealogy can be very Difficult – But It’s Not Impossible – John J Kinsella
Extract from Family Bible – Abigail Shepherd
Book Reviews
4th Irish Genealogical Congress

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 15 (1999)

Editorial
Getting to know my gg grandfather Bernard Sheehan 1800-1868 – Patricia Moorhead
A brief History of Clydagh Estate – Michael H Carroll
An Irish Comunity in Bombay – Abigail Shepherd
The Road to Luggawannia – Joseph M Lalley
Snippets from “Relatively Speaking” – John C Heueston
The Army: A Family Business? – David C A Wilkins
The Huguenot Connection – Paula O’Kelly
Three Huguenot Days! – Mona Germaine Dolan
Killybegs Old Graveyard, Prosperous, Co. Kildare – J N S Reid/Peter J Riordan
Sky News Test Family Tree Pages – John C Heueston
Going Home – Thomas J Sheehan III
Catherine Cardiff Emigrated from Glenmore Ireland to Australia 1869 – Pat Rossi
San Fransisco 1879 – Bernadette C Murray
A Duggan Family from Galway – Eugene Duggan
Phillip Gilligan & Michael Nugent Wine & Spirit Merchants, Dublin – Patricia Moorhead
Book Reviews

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 14 (1998)

Editorial
An Appreciation of Noel Reid
Seymour of County Galway – David C A Wilkins
Too Good to be True – Nora Hickey
The O’Reachtagain Family Gathering – Tom Radigan
Count Florimond De Basterot – His Ancestors – Mona Germaine-Dolan
Presentation Convent Burial Ground Maynooth – Peter J Riordan
Strays of Irish Origin – Harry Poole
Irish Yeoman Veterans in Leeds County – John C Heueston
The Story of the Stones – Thomas J Sheehan III
Extracts from the Journal of The House of Commons, Dublin, 1798 – Susan Reid
1798 – Rebel Freemen Disfranchised – Richard Flatman
The Wife’s People (A Family Historian’s Nightmare) – Peter J Riordan
O’Brien, John Aloysius (1878-1956) – Heather Ronald
The Occupiers at Nos 90 & 91 St. Stephens Green, Dublin – John C Heueston
Overworked Union Official – Richard Flatman
Thomas Harrison, Local Surgeon and the Ballinasloe Dispensary – David C A Wilkins
List of Retired Union Officers 1872 – Richard Flatman
1798 Victors – Granted freedom of City – Richard Flatman
Evictions Townland of Moneygall and Commons, Co. Kilkenny – Richard Flatman
Book Reviews

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 13 (1997)

A5, 127 pages

Editorial
The Huguenots – Mona Germaine-Dolan
Corporal John Lyons VC – Dennis Allen
My Higgins Enigma – Teresa Lodge
Donaghmore Churchyard, Navan – Noel French
Major Thomas Crean VC DSO – Patricia Moorhead
The “Jewellery Box” – Noel Reid
The Griffith Family – W S Griffith
The Presbyterian Congregation at Dromore West, Sligo – John Heueston
From County Kildare to India – Tom Radigan
Quebec Emigrant Hospital Returns – Eileen Campbell
Book Reviews

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 12 (1996)

A5, 120 pages

Irish Disneyland – Hugh Disney
Irish Scottish Links – Charles Kelly
Early Irish Settlers in Michigan USA – Hilary Murphy
Grosse Ile Gateway to Canada – Tom B Radigan
My Irish Convict – Pam Valentine
Mother Berchmens Hughes – Patricia A Moorhead
Moran Family, Co. Wexford – James G Moran
Fr Stephen Daly – Michael J Egan
Transported to Barbados – Richard Flatman
Michael Dyer, Pioneer Settler – John S Dyer
Abbeygormican Cemetery – Paul O’Donnell
Friends in Dublin – Sr Katherine Butler
The McNevins – George R Inghram
Anne Lee & Arthur Guinness – Enda Lee
Some Notes – Matt O’Connell
Bossorah Merchant’s Passengers – Nora M Hickey
Moneypenny – Brian F M Foley
Is there a Secret Skeleton – Léfayre H Palmer
The Delamain Family – Danny Parkinson
Waterford Elections 1826 & 1830 – Anthony McCan
Quebec Emigrant Hospital Patients – Eileen Campbell
A Ballyverdough Letter – Hugh Casement
The Griffith Family – W S Griffith
Book Review

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 11 (1995)

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The Forrestals in Australia – Carmel McAusland
Captain Hughes and the Ghost Ship – Patricia Moorhead
The Conroy Family – Jean Conroy
Meat on the Bones – Bernadette Marks
Edward Egan – Maryan Egan-Baker
Ancestral Guidance, Intuition, Pure Luck – Colin A Rogers
Blacksmiths registered at Dublin Castle – Sandra Pigott
Ithe India Callaghans – Alfred D F Gabb
1766 Religious Census – Richard Flatman
Inishowen Peninsula, 150 years on – Conn Smith
The McClelland Detective Story – Pamela Stephens
New Foundland Fire 1816 – Richard Flatman
Liverpool and the Famine – Jo McCann
Urban History Records as a Source – Michael Byrne
Bourney Graveyard – Nancy Murphy
Early Mount Isa Mines Ltd. Irish Employees –Terry Eakin
Woulfe Flanagan Family – Danny Parkinson
Book Reviews
A Letter – Sandra Pigott
Raheny Heritage Society
Eliza Mary Dwyer – George Careeg

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 10 (1994)

Irish Interest Group of New Zealand Society of Genealogists – Gwen Reiher
A Crunch Point in Research – Chris O’Mahony
A Photographic History of my Ancestors – Kieran Jordan
A Wexford Californian Pioneer – Hilary Murphy
Ellen Reilly 1838 – 1916 – Jean Conroy
The Battle of the Somme – Dennis Allen
Michael Dwyer’s Daughter Mary Ann & her Descendants – George Careeg
The Letter from America – Bernadette C Murray
From Kent Co., Ontario Marriage Records 1857 – 1869 – Helen Reaume
The Famine – Aideen M Ireland
William Thomas Downie – Kevin J Pollard
Then and Now – 130 Years on, has anything changed? – Paula O’Kelly
Born in Ireland, Died in Canada – Thomas B Radigan
Rental of the Incumbered Estates – Thomas P O’Neill
IFHF Family History Research – Gerard M Delaney
Iris Oifigiúil – Frank McCabe
St. Mary’s Church, Thurles – James Ryan
The Famine and the Irish Mind – John J Tunney
1881 Census Burton Upon Trent Registrar’s District, Staffs, England – Julia Kibbler
Book Reviews

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 9 (1993)

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Lesser Used Genealogical Sources – Sean O’Suilleabhain
Limerick O’Shaughnessys – Brother John P M Feheney
They Fled the Famine – Anne Groome
Jamaican Memorials of Irish Interest – Richard Flatman
Irish Genealogical Project – John Winters
Dun Laoghaire Borough Heritage Society – Emer Malone
IFHS Branch Reports
Irish Family History Sources in the PR Office, London – Dennis Allen
St. Davids Church, Naas – Brian McCabe
Byrnes and Wickhams of Wexford – Hilary Murphy
The Algerian Connection – Noel M MacMahon
1841 Census – Killeshandra – David H V Sheridan
Records of Catholic Churches in Liverpool – Jo P McCann
To America via Australia – Carmel MacAuslan
Irish Roots held firm the Tree – Heather B Roland
The Duggan Millions – Hillary Murphy
Rear-Admiral Lucius O’Brien, RN – Ivar O’Brien
Strays of Irish Origin – K M Pellet
Vernon B C Cuttings – Pat Bayliss
Book Reviews

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 8 (1992)

The National Archives – Aideen Ireland
Admiral Robert O’Brien – Ivar O’Brien
From the Rocks of Limerick to the Rocks of Sydney – Christopher Ryan
The Genealogical Office – John Grenham
Just Peter – Dianne Jackman
Across the Sea to Cavan – David H V Sheridan
The Traceys of Tipperary – Colleen Tracey Simmons
A Visit to Salt Lake City – Charles Kelly
Rainsford, Lancashire – Jo P McCann
1851 Census, Rainford, Lancs.
1861 Census, Rainford, Lancs.
1871 Census, Rainford, Lancs.
1881 Census, Rainford, Lancs.
Records in the General Register Office
A Visit to the Valuation Office – Richard M Flatman
Trehy Family – Loreley A Morling
The Pierce Family of Killeigh – Patrick Conheady
Corballis/Corbally Families of Co. Dublin – Danny Parkinson
Wexford Catholic Inhabitants – Hilary Murphy
Book reviews

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 7 (1991)

Discoverers and Discoveries – Thomas P O’Neill
Trace Your Ancestors in County Cork – Nora M Hickey
Colonel Howard Bury – Ruth Illingworth
Dr Barry Cotter – Jemma Ussher
Martins of Irish Birth Married in Victoria, Australia – David Martin
Boston Newspaper Obituaries 1986 – Katherine Keough
The Edgeworths (Part 2) – Miriam Hyland Meade
Anglo-Norman Families of County Wexford – Hilary Murphy
Information Technology and the Irish Genealogical Project – Shane Gaughan
Irish Family History Foundation Centres
Book Reviews

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 6 (1990)

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The Irish in Argentina – Billy Foley
The Graveyards of West Mayo – Ian Cantwell
The Surnames of County Longford – David O’Leary
Irish Burials in Victoria, Australia – Joan Esam
The Ancient Gaelic Families of Co. Wexford – Hilary Murphy
Irish Graves in Ontario, Canada – Wendy Lee Barry
The Edgeworths – Miriam Hyland Meade
Irish in Bristol: 1861 &1871 – Jane Baker
The IGP: A Tourist Agenda for Genealogy – John Tunney
Designated Centres in Ireland – Irish Family History Foundation
Family History Research in Co. Kildare – Noel Reid
Dr Ignatius Cleary – An Appreciation
Social History and Emigration in the 19th Century – Dr Ignatius Cleary
A Visit to the National Archives (Head Office) – Richard M Flatman
Church of Ireland Records – Raymond Refaussé

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 5 (1989)

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Constitution of the Irish Family History Society
Reports
The Puxleys of Beara – Riobard O’Dwyer
A Proposal for a Reconstructed Register of Irish Emigrants – Sean Murphy
Graveyards: A Genealogical Resource – Noel French
The Robinson Papers – Virginia Mahony
To My Holy Mountain – Marian Keany
Irish People who came to Canada and settled in Ontario and Quebec – Wendy McNiff Barry
A Visit to the General Register Office – Richard M Flatman
The Odlums of Offaly – Rev D L Graham
The New Zealand Fencibles – Shirley E Kendall
A Goodbody Reunion – Michael I A Goodbody
Magheragallon Old Graveyard
A search for Mortells – Brendan F Mortell
Irish Carahers in Australia who made their mark – Doreen Caraher-Manning
Edward Swords – A brief biography of a brief life – John Goggins
Book reviews

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 4 (1988)

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Melbourne General Cemetry, C of I Section – Lucille Arundel
Dear Son, If You Are My Son – Richard Flatman
The Irish in Australia, 1861 & 1871 – Richard Flatman
The Irish Contribution to Australian Immigration – Dr Richard Reid
The Duchess of Northumberland – Susan Tooth
An Irish Convict Priest – Dr Michael Egan & Dr Kevin Whelan
From Newport to Van Diemen’s Land – Nancy Murphy
The Celebration of the Centenary – Dr Richard Reid
Waverly Cemetary, New South Wales – Max Millhouse
The O’Brien & Leddin Families – James V O’Brien
Famous Kinsale Australians – Nora M Hickey
The D’Aran Family in NSW – F G V D’Aran
The Irish Who Made Their Mark – Australian Dictionary of Biography
Sources for Australian Research – Joan D’Aran
Archival Addresses in Australia – Kate Press
Australian Birth, Marriage & Death Indexes – Kate Press
The Fenian Influence in Australia – Book Rreviews – Walter McGrath

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 3 (1987)

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Irish Family History News – Michael Byrne
Research Centres in Ireland
A Note on Dublin City Genealogical Sources – Sean Murphy, MA
The North Tipperary Settlements of Upper Canada – Bruce S Elliot
Lancaster Castle Gaol: 1851 Census – Ms N Wolff-Vorbeck
Plymouth (Stonehouse): 1881 Census – Brenda Quintrell
St. Mary’s Cemetry, Lee, Mass., USA – Frank J Kelly
Some Irish Memorials in Liverpool – Ms N Wolff-Vorbeck
New Zealand Obituaries – Shirley E Kendall & Carolyn M Rhodes
Summary of the Territorial Divisions Used in Ireland – Richard Flatman
A Brief History of Mullingar Jail – Marian Kearney
Sykes Family – The Yorkshire Connection – Margaret Baker
1881 Census, Liverpool – Ms Crook
From Wexford to Iowa – Hilary Murphy
Alphabetical Index to the Suprintendent Registrar, Districts/Poor Law Unions – Richard Flatman
A Comparison of Civil & Catholic Parishes in Co. Cork – Nora M Hickey
A Swords Family Collage – Molly St. Patrick Swords
Monumental Inscriptions of Irish Interest in Bristol Area – Margaret & Jane Baker
Laois Men at Quebec – Patrick Meehan
Emigration to the Colonies, 1832 – 1841 – Richard Flatman
Book Reviews

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol 2 (1986)

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Editorial
Constitution of Irish Family History Society
Committee Members Photograph
Reports by County on Research Activities in Ireland – Michael Byrne
Irish Family History Society News
Athlone, Co. Westmeath Genealogical Records – Garoid O’Brien, DLIS, FLAI.
A note on Historical sources of Genealogical value in Co. Meath – Carmel Duffy
The Surnames of Co. Clare – G Kennedy
The Value of a Master Index – G Kennedy
100 Wexford Surnames – Hilary Murphy
When Wexford Farmers emigrated to Brazil – Hilary Murphy
The Memorial Inscriptions of Wexford and Wicklow – Brian J Cantwell
Liverpool “Strays” of Irish Interest – Ms E Wolff-Vorbeck
Some Tomestone inscriptions of Irish interest in British Colombia, Canada – Dianne Jackson
Obituaries and tombstone inscriptions from Canada – Marie Daly
Hugh Tyrell (1130 – 1199) First of his race in Ireland – Alma Brook-Tyrrell
The Mooney family of Doon, Co. Offaly – Liam Cox
Member’s Interests Lists
Book Notices
IFHS Membership List – alphabetical
IFHS Membership List – details

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Irish Family History Journal, Vol. 1 (1985)

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Draft Constitution of the Irish Family History Society
Reports by County on Research Activities in Ireland
Irish Family History Society News
The Clare Heritage Centre – N O Cleirigh
Irish Parish Register Indexing Projects – Michael Byrne
Family History Research Notes
From King’s County to Queensland – John Kearney
Irish Emigrants to South Australia 1850 – 1882 – Mavis Ahearn
Some Tombstone Inscriptions of Irish Interest in Massachusetts, USA – Frank J Kelly
Marriages of Irish Interest in Liverpool, England – Eileen Crook
Some Headstone Inscriptions of Irish Interest in New South Wales, Australia
King’s County (County Offaly) Subscribers to the Crimean War ‘Patriotic Fund’
Interests List
Library Accessions 1984-1985
Book Notices
Irish Family History Society Membership List

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