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Monaghan / Re: Banbridge Tutorial Peter Michael Finnighan Clones
« on: Wednesday 27 February 13 10:03 GMT (UK) »
Thank you Annclare,
I have seen that record. The oral info we have is that when he arrived in Scotland he was a crofter, but interestingly while he was in Monaghan he had worked for some large estate, name not known. Could he have been a blacksmith while working there? It is getting more intriguing. I find that the Major problem we have is that there are many variants to the surname Finnighan, it has been suggested that it originated in Scandinavia, maybe they arrived with the Norsemen?
Kernon
I have seen that record. The oral info we have is that when he arrived in Scotland he was a crofter, but interestingly while he was in Monaghan he had worked for some large estate, name not known. Could he have been a blacksmith while working there? It is getting more intriguing. I find that the Major problem we have is that there are many variants to the surname Finnighan, it has been suggested that it originated in Scandinavia, maybe they arrived with the Norsemen?
Kernon