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Meath / Re: McEntegarts
« on: Saturday 04 January 25 13:11 GMT (UK)  »
I am very late to this but my ggg-father was Bernard McEntegart who married Annie Mullen (or Mullan), daughter of Peter Mullan who was born in Co Navan in 1784. Anne Mullen was born in County Louth in 1811. My great-grandmother, Margaret McMahon (nee Margaret McEntegart in June 1849), had a brother, Bernard, born in 1837. They were in the Louth/Armagh region and Margaret lived in Dundalk before marrying my great-grandfather, Peter McMahon, at St Mary's Pro Cathedral, Dublin on November 30th 1888. In the marriage certificate he was listed as a Customs & Excise officer living at 2 Northumberland Square, Dublin. If anyone could shed some light on my mysterious great grandparents I would be most grateful as the genealogist I hired came back with nothing. 

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Cork / Re: Murphy and Reeves Rathpeacon
« on: Saturday 04 January 25 11:16 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you Sinann! I am amazed at how helpful you are. I could not read the text but my grandfather, Edmond, certainly had many problems in the early 1920's as the whole family moved from what was an idyllic youth to very hard times in Wales. He used to attend my rugby matches when I was a lad and often told me that he played for he South of Ireland in their famous win over the All Blacks believed to be in 1904. However, I have no idea if that is true as it's so long ago and he was clearly something of a scallywag! However, thanks for your very kind and informative help! 

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Cork / Re: Murphy and Reeves Rathpeacon
« on: Friday 03 January 25 17:45 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you so much Aghadowey & Kiltaglassen! You are both 100% correct in your posts. I have researched my father, Denis Joseph Scanlon b. 1914, and grandfather, Edmond, son of Daniel Scanlon from  but know very little about the Murphy line or what happened to Rathpeacon Hall immediately after they left in the early 1920's. Family history has all sorts of stories as to why they left in such a hurry- foot & mouth outbreak, black & tans raiding the house at gunpoint after an IRA raid nearby on the food train,   

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Cork / Re: Murphy and Reeves Rathpeacon
« on: Friday 03 January 25 13:30 GMT (UK)  »
Good afternoon everyone, This seems an informed group and I wonder if any of you can shed some light on my grandparents who lived in Rathpeacon Hall from sometime after their marriage in 1906 until leaving in a hurry in the early 1920s. They appear in the 1911 census as living in Rathpeacon Hall. Edmond Scanlon married Bridget Teresa Murphy who was the daughter of DJ Murphy, who owned and operated the former Western Star Pub in Cork. My father, DJ Scanlon was born at Rathpeacon Hall in 1914 but his mother Teresa died in London in 1940. All of her children , my many aunts and uncles, are deceased but they all spoke fondly of Rathpeacon Hall, which sadly is just ruins nowadays. But the land appears to be owned now by Timothy Murphy. I am now living in Ireland and would love to know if we have any relatives in Co.Cork. Any insights would be greatly appreciated.

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