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My Dad was Brendan Doyle (son of Michael Joseph/mum Bridget)  They had 14 children - 12 surviving.  2 graveyards in Baltinglass - if you're related it won't be the Abbey one and I would find it hard to believe you are not related.  Michael took himself off to US (terrible times in Ireland and all that), managed to save a bunch a people in the San Francisco earthquake (he was a fireman) was decorated and received a pension.  He then found himself on another ship, lost an arm (and I guess received a pension from that).  At some point he found himself in Australia managing some kind of sheep farm (rings any bells?)  I can't believe he would be running a sheep farm with only one arm so maybe he did Australia first?  Anyway, he went 'home' to Ireland, married Bridget, bought a farm with the pension and everyone knew the Doyle farm in Baltinglass.  He did well with only one arm on that farm!  Uncle Jimmy had a mysterious past working for British Intelligence and Irish Intelligence at the same time and Uncle Ted moved to England and had one son.  The other two sons became Christian brothers (Brother Aidan died) and Brother Bernadine married a nun and has a bunch of kids somewhere.  Aunt Lucy was left run the farm but accidentally set fire to it when she was baking.  Hence the place is a ruin still.  4 aunts nuns and the only one alive was Sister Dymphna who retired to St Winnifred's convent in Shrewsbury.  She is the one who would know about her grandfather and her dad's relations.  Joseph was my great-grandfather.  I could try asking?  I doubt the name you want is Eliza (it's not a Doyle sounding name - would be Elizabeth - though we so many children, one would have received the name.  My dad recounts looking after a younger sibling in the farm who died at age 2 - I think they called him Michael John.