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I saw that Roisin was buried with my grandparents, William McDaid and Rose Kelly, but didn't know why.  William McDaid, in the same grave, I believe is my father's (Quinton) brother - born 1905.  However, I don't have a Charles Gerard McDaid or Hannah Doherty on my family tree at all, neither Catherine Boyle nor James McDaid, so am intrigued as to what the link could be.

Thank you for all that information, Gaffy.

Mary Poppins - I've sent you a private message.

Hi - fantastic to hear from you.  I believe that makes us second cousins, once removed - I think!

I didn't know that Denis McDaid and Biddy Doherty married in 1864.  Do you know if there is a marriage certificate that I could order?  I know that records didn't begin until 1864 in Ireland.

I've also found online a copy of the 1911 Census for Lower Fahan, Illies, where Bridget (Biddy) aged 70, is living with Denis and Anne.  Interestingly, it states that she 'cannot read'. 

Do you know the dates of the deaths of Denis or Biddy?  On my grandparent's marriage certificate, in 1901, it gives Denis as being deceased at that time, while, obviously, Biddy lived beyond 1911.

 I'm very interested in obtaining certificates and, if I know dates of birth, marriage or death, I can ring the Letterkenny Register Office and order them over the phone.  As I live in England, it's a really great service.

Yes, I can see now, that the Denis mentioned by Tirconnell, was, in fact, the marriage of my great-grandfather's son, brother to William.  Thank you for explaining that.

I was also interested to see that your dad's name is Owen.  As you will see from my earlier post, our shared great-great grandfather was also Owen.
Thank you again for getting back to me.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you very much, Jorose, that is extremely helpful and gives me something more to work on.

Thank you so much, the information is quite clear.    I've pm'd you.