grandmother of frank stapleton the footballer

[chelle 5]

looking for info on Mary Ann Reilly grandmother of Frank Stapleton the footballer.Mary Ann was the sister of my grandfathers father John .  looking for the Reilly`s but keep hitting brick walls thought the stapleton connection would help but hitting bigger brick walls.
any help would be appreciated
regards
michelle

[hallmark]

You could of course just write to Frank....he's been part of a wall on ocassions

[chelle 5]

I wouldn`t know where to start
michelle

[hallmark]

Just write to the FAI saying who you are...enclose a letter and ask them to forward it to him??

or

Director of Sports, RTE Television, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 as he often commentates on matches on RTE!

[chelle 5]

Thank you, will try that, anything is worth a try
have a lovely christmas
michelle

[hallmark]

Hope you score a goal or two!!!


Merry Christmas!

[Rustie]

Hi I am not sure if this is of any interest to you but I have a Kathleen Reilly as a witness to my aunts wedding in 1922.  My aunt Catherine Loughrey married John Nangle at St Lawrence O'Toole church.  On the other side of my family my uncle Thomas Moore married a Sarah (Sally) Stapleton.   Sally (as she was known) died 2 Octpber 2005 aged 78.  This is a Reilly/Stapleton connection.

[chelle 5]

Thank you for your reply,could be ,you never know and even if there isn`t a connection at least it will eliminate it from my line of searching.It`s the closest I have got so far,being as I have had no response from the letters that I wrote to Frank Stapleton,I know they know we exist as my husbands grandfather sometimes talked about meeting Frank when he was younger and just starting out in football and how he would make it into the big time,not sure if they think we will be a nuisance but we only want info on John Reilly`s family who was Mary`s brother.
anyway thank you for your reply
will see if i can write some details down for you
many thanks
regards
Michelle

[Rustie]

Have you tried looking on the Dublin 1911 census?  Probably teaching a grandmother to suck eggs!

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

My mother always told me that Sarah (Sally) was related to Frank Stapleton.  I think that she said she was his aunt.  Unfortunately my mother has been gone 11 years now and my aunts who are still alive in Dublin are in their 70's and 80's and they spend most of their time talking to the little people now.  It is a shame I never started this journey when my mother was alive.  Regards Lorraine