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Kilkenny / Re: The Mall, Thomastown
« on: Wednesday 13 July 11 10:50 BST (UK)  »
.Hi Tess,
I also looked in the 2011 census but didn't follow up on the missing data. I did find my mother's entry in Inistiogue. dashing out door now , hols for 2 wks. Talk to you again
Mick

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Kilkenny / Re: The Mall, Thomastown
« on: Tuesday 12 July 11 19:19 BST (UK)  »
Hi Therese,
The old house  is not O'Briens. It was up near the end of the mall near where Joe Cole, Pilsworth's gardener used to live and near the pump. Not sure how much of that area survives. In the original photo, you can see the arched entrance to Pilsworth's garden on the LHS.
Your dad did a lot of research on the family tree and would love to see the fruits of his labour. I asked Larry about this at a wedding in Kilkenny last year.
Mick

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Kilkenny / Re: The Mall, Thomastown
« on: Wednesday 06 July 11 14:16 BST (UK)  »
The horse in the picture is probably 'The Tetrarch' , nicknamed The Spotted Wonder, winner of a number of classics and buried in Ballylynch . Tom Murphy looked after him. Tom trained greyhounds also and had a taxi in Waterford in the late 50's, before moving to Birmingham. My sister, Joan, was in regular contact with Jim Murphy for many years before he died, and I also emailed him a few times.
 Nell O'Neill married Fred Gaskell, but there was not much contact between the families. It would be good to meet after all these years. Not sure if Tony (Gargoyle) followed up on his earlier contacts with Johnny Kelly c.07. I only became aware of the posting recently.

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Kilkenny / Re: The Mall, Thomastown
« on: Wednesday 29 June 11 20:53 BST (UK)  »
Ellen O'Neill was my aunt. We knew her as Auntie Nell. My father Michael and his siblings also lived in the mall house shown. Give me an update on how far you've got and we' ll take it from there.

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