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Hi Guys,

A few details on Liffeylander's Jan 9th'11 post re:    Mary Duffy  /  Elizabeth Tighe (nee O' Brien)   /   and Thomas Tighe.

Paragraph 4 :  Details required linking Mary Duffy to the O' Brien family and also Willis - the purchaser of the grave.
Ok, here goes,

It's seems from the following that Mary and Elizabeth were sisters - both formerly O' Brien's and Thomas was very possibly Elizabeth's son. Check this out;

Mary and Owen's marriage cert on 24 Feb 1900 state Mary's parents as Daniel O' Brien and Mary A. Willis. [ Shane 147 reply #16 17th July'12,19:54pm ] http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/a888180061602

Searching these names displays the following as their children;

Maria O' Brien,                                                             
http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/9621b20103375

Eliza o' Brien + Catherine O' Brien http://www.rootschat.com/links/0qg9/

So, Willis's daughter didn't marry an O' Brien - Willis's daughters WERE  O'Brien's!

I haven't come across a marriage cert for Elizabeth O' Brien and a Tighe but I searched for a 33 year old  Elizabeth Tighe in the 1901 census and I came across one married to Francis Tighe at 14.1 Gloucester Place.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Dublin/North_Dock/Gloucester_Place/1275059/

This couple had a son called Thomas who's very close in age to the Thomas Tighe in Liffey St with Mary Duffy (nee O'Brien).
Veteran Rootschatters please give me your thoughts on this and confirm if you can.

If this is the case, it's entirely natural that Thomas would have spent time with his Aunt Mary in Liffey Street. The census enumerator must log into the census who's in the dwelling at the moment they call,-whether you live there or not.
 The 1911 census shows two extra mouths to feed for the Tighe family (Jane and Patrick) and also a change of address to 4.2 Fitzgibbon Lane. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Dublin/Rotunda/Fitzgibbon_Lane/31212/
Although Thomas's name is still down as residing with Elizabeth, it's plausible that he moved out to ease the burden, over to Liffey Street to his Aunt - Mary Duffy.

Also, if this is the Thomas Tighe in question, this means that the Irish Independent on 29th July 1914 was incorrect when it stated that Mary Duffy had a SON and a nephew in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers (5th Battalion). It means Mary would have had 2 nephews in the RDF,-
(1) Thomas Tighe
(2) William Duffy, son of Thomas Duffy who was the brother of Owen Duffy - Mary's husband.

Hope this Thomas is our man as I'm losing brain-cells trying to piece this puzzle together!
Many thanks to the veteran rootschatters for their fantastic contributions so far.

Phil na Heireann.

Hi,
1st post and totally out of my depth, but here goes;
Batchelors Walk massacre 1914.
My great grandmother (Mary Duffy) was one of the four fatalities.
On 9th January 2011 'liffeylander' posted here seeking assistance tracing the burial place of Mary Duffy's husband- Owen Duffy.
Recently, I visited  Owen and Mary's grave, and also the graves of Patrick Quinn and James Brennan - other victims of the tragedy.
I'd really like  'liffeylander'  to see this post. Can anyone help because I'm a bit clueless in relation to posting.
Cheers guys.