Thanks for taking time to reply to me David, i suppose i dont live to far away from you i'm at Stockton on Tees, which used to be part of Co Durham, we also had lots of foundries and iron works in the area as well as the river Tees, ship building was going on in the early days before 1900, i think thats what brought the large Irish folks here 1850 onwards, my g g grandad James Casey as you may have seen by my posting was a Pudler of Iron, it seems where ever he worked a Comaskey followed or there before him, which makes me believe the Comaskey's and Casey kept the strong family ties going, my g g g g grandmother was Bridget Comaskey Casey born perhaps 1780 { there or there abouts } Comaskeys even came to our town of Stockton on Tees one family found in the 1881 Census, but beleive Comaskeys could have been here earlier
hope that explains why i wanted to know about iron works in Spennymoor and Witton Park, all the very best Derek
