Hi GillyBW
My mam two brother's are still alive, Harry who lives in Essex and Christy who lives beside my grandparents family home in Camac Park, Bluebell, Dublin, your mam might remember it. Charlie, Breda and Liam have all passed on. Whereabouts is your mum living now?
I never met either of my granddads and my grandmothers on both sides passed when I was 6. I also lost both my parents very young, so finding all this info out now is fantastic, it's stuff that's been a mystery for years.
Thanks Obbie for all the info, and GillyBW, nice to meet you.... cousin!