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Tipperary / Re: Lady Ellisha Mathew
« on: Tuesday 22 September 09 23:24 BST (UK) »
rymer, that would be grand but I am not sure how to arrange this - can confirm that my father was James Walshe and he passed away in 1982.
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Tipperary / Re: Lady Ellisha Mathew
« on: Tuesday 22 September 09 20:23 BST (UK) »
Rymer, regarding my mother's family (the Wades), Winnie Wade was my auntie and her son Maurice my first cousin (he was a member of the old Greater London Council many years ago). He has two sons. My grandmother Josie Wade did have the three siblings you mention. My first cousin still lives near Cashel. My mother is the last surviving child of Josie Wade and she married James who was also a resident of Thomastown (in fact he lived on the farm by the Theobald Mathew statue). I am not sure if I am a distantly related to Shane Breen but it seems highly likely.
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Tipperary / Re: Lady Ellisha Mathew
« on: Thursday 27 August 09 23:37 BST (UK) »
I stumbled upon this fascinating discussion by chance but hope I can add a little to it. With reference to the Wade family, my mother is a sister to James and Josie (the last survivor of that generation) and was raised in what was then the lodge house to the Castle. It remains the family farm to this day and is run by one of my cousins. My Uncle James was father to Tommy Wade and his numerous siblings. As a child I visited the famous showjumper "Dundrum" on a number of occasions and Tommy Wade did indeed win a lot of competitions in Europe and the UK. I also visited the Castle a number of times as a child and clearly remember the gardens which were elegant even then (the 1960s and 70s). I have a lot of happy memories of the area and remember Thomastown well although it is a lot bigger these days. In terms of other names that have been mentioned, my grandmother (James' mother) was a "Breen" and related to Dan Breen, the man credited with leading the first armed act of the Irish Uprising. For a time he was one of the most wanted men in Ireland. I have a lot more blather about the families that lived in Thomastown if anyone is interested. Life is strange as my mother now lives near Hickstead after she moved to England. She married my father who owned the farm across the road from the lodge house to the Castle but they left Ireland not long after.
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