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Limerick / Re: A section or street in Bruree, Limerick by the name LOTTERA
« on: Wednesday 09 April 25 19:46 BST (UK)  »
Hi
There are townlands called Lotteragh Upper and Lotteragh Lower near Bruree. The gh is silent which would account for the different spelling  I presume it's the same place,  but it's not  a street in the village.  I wouldn't know Bruree in detail, just where it is.

https://www.townlands.ie/limerick/connello-upper/bruree/bruree/lotteragh-upper/

https://www.townlands.ie/limerick/connello-upper/bruree/bruree/lotteragh-lower/

Regards

Tom




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Armed Forces / Re: Help to identify uniform
« on: Thursday 31 August 23 21:53 BST (UK)  »
I suppose your noticed the name on the back of the postcard, Gordon Owen Gla?  Limerick Ireland.

The Welch fusiliers were in Limerick in the New Barracks from 1917 to 1921 2nd Battalion or 3rd  Battalion, depending on the year.  There are photos of them parading to St Mary's cathedral.  There are some war graves for members of the regiment in Limerick.

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Armed Forces / Re: New Barracks, Limerick City - 1877
« on: Tuesday 25 July 23 21:48 BST (UK)  »
1877 New Barracks Limerick

90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers(Light Infantry) OC Lt-Col Henry Wellington Palmer
82nd Regiment of Foot (The Prince of Wales, Volunteers)
5th (Prince Charlotte of Wales ) Dragoon Guards
87th Regiment of Foot (Royal Irish Fusiliers)
Depot Battalion (64th & 98th Regiments of Foot linked Battalion)
2nd Dragoon Guards
List not exhaustive.
Source; Images of Sarsfield Barracks Nosuch Publishing 2008 

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Armed Forces / Re: Irish Army Record - Can anyone help with the shorthand?
« on: Tuesday 25 July 23 21:18 BST (UK)  »
RO is Routine Order

Tom

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Laois (Queens) / Re: Abbeyleix blacksmith
« on: Wednesday 04 January 23 20:38 GMT (UK)  »
Yes you have it all there, Queen St was renamed Davis St in the 1920s.  No 9 still exists, no 8 was owned by Annie Walsh's sister and was still in the family up to 3 years ago.  John and Annie's house still exists in Upper Cecil St.  Quite close to the railway station.

Thank  you for your interest.

Regards

Tom

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Laois (Queens) / Re: Abbeyleix blacksmith
« on: Tuesday 03 January 23 20:53 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you all for your contributions, John Carty appears in the 1901 census for Tullyroe but is gone 1911.  He was in Queenstown Cobh with the railway and then on to Limerick.  He wife's family, Walsh were a railway family and ran a boarding house near the station.  How matches are made.  Here is a photo of John.  I never knew him as he dies in 1930.

Regards

Tom

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Laois (Queens) / Re: Abbeyleix blacksmith
« on: Monday 02 January 23 19:24 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for the reply

My Great grandfather was Daniel Carty who was a blacksmith and had his forge and house  in Tullyroe near Abbeyleix.  The building still exists and has been renovated and occupied by the current owner.  His father was  also called Daniel.  Daniel (ggrandfather), married a lady called Mary McEvoy. The people who ran Mooney's Pub are his descendants and cousins of mine. My grandfather was a John Carty (McCarthy) who trained as a blacksmith but worked in the railway and ended up in Limerick where he met my grandmother.

Looking back I posted some of this already apologies.

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Armed Forces / Re: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
« on: Tuesday 11 February 20 11:04 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Ken

I sent you a few PMs. Dunno if you got them but could you PM me in relation to the Inniskillings.

Regards

Tom

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Armed Forces / Re: 66 Battery Royal Artillery
« on: Thursday 03 October 19 14:13 BST (UK)  »
The are . My great uncle served in India from 1910 until 1914. He then served on the western front and in Mesopotamia.

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