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Hi John,   

Thanks for the additional information.  As my enthusiasm grows regarding this family search, my household chores continue to pile up.  I seem to be glued to my laptop.

After reading your message I rummaged through some papers and letters that had belonged to my mother.  Among them is a lengthy letter signed Vina.  It was from this letter that my mother and I learned the history of the Massy and Armstrong families.  It looks like Robert Carew married twice and produced 10 children, which includes 2 sons by the first wife.  It was from these sons that my g.grandmother Harriet received an inheritance.  Harriet was the 3rd daughter from the 2nd marriage.

Have you visited Farney Castle or Suir Castle?  We will only have one day to visit these places as we will be passengers on a cruise ship that will stop at Cobn (Cork) harbor.  I'm trying to reserve a car, but I'm afraid our ages will be a problem.  I'm 76, and my traveling companion is 80. 

This trip will be a sampling, and on another trip I shall plan to stay at least a week.    There is something magic about walking on the ground that our ancestors walked upon hundreds of years ago. 

Thanks again for your valuable information.

Doris   

Hi John

I think we may be cousins.  In doing some research for an upcoming trip to Ireland, I came across your post regarding Robert Carew Armstrong and Margaret Ann.  I had always wondered why and when my ancestors came to Canada.  Robert's granddaughter, Harriet was my great grandmother.  She married George Ryan and settled in the Vancouver area many years later.  Their daughter was my grandmother who called two countries home -- Canada and the U.S.   I was born in California and after 76 years am still here. 

Thanks for the valuable information which I will soon share with my brother and cousins.  My grandmother always talked about her ancestor, Lord Massy, who lived in Ireland but never talked about the Armstrong family. 

Doris