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  Hello  John,
       Did you find Anthony Leavy in Dublin in the eircom phonebook?

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                                                                        Con Maxwell

    Hello Mr Melia,
          Anthony Leavy lives at :     (*)

 Tell him  how you found him, that I am a son of the late Martin Maxwell.
  Once again, where are you?

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                                                                                   Con Maxwell

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 Hello Shane,
     You can be sure that the Rattigans I remember were relatives of yours.The name Rattigan is rare in Ireland and also rare among Travellers.I came across only one more Rattigan in my whole life, he is in Dublin and is not  a traveller.James Rattigan that I remember has to be a cousin of your father.I remember my mother saying that his wife Angela's maiden name was Donoghoe while my aunt said it was Gavin.Among Travellers there are often double connections between families, so you could have two James Ratttigans (cousins) married to women called Gavin (sisters or cousins).
             Is your mother alive? If you like you can contact me on the e-mail which is (*)
    I can give you more information.What is your surname.?Have you visited County Westmeath?

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  Hello Jason,
       I remember dentist Bray also.There was also another Bray family at Lacken, Multyfarnham which is about 10 miles from Mullingar. There was a William Bray in that family who died around 1975 agen almost 90.I did hear of  a relative of his called Christopher.William had a daughter called Imelda who died a few years ago.There is none of the family left.

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    Dear Mr Melia,
        I was born in Multyfarnham in 1960 and I know who you are referring to.The Farrells had a butchers shop in the village until about 1968.When I was a child it was run by Roseanne Farrell (who never married), her sister Bridget and Bridget's husband Stephen Leavy.The three of them liven in the house which contained the shop.The two women died aroung 1970 I think and Stephen Leavy died a bit later.The house is still there.Stephen and Bridget had one son Anthony Leavy, who is still alive.He spent a lot of his life in Dublin and about 3 years ago was one of a group of people who wrote a book about Multyfarnham.He still has links with the locality and if you are interested I can find out where he lives.I knew Stephen Leavy personally,I remember Bridget and Roseanne but I never knew them personally.
                                                                                              regards,
                                                                                                    Con Maxwell