Thank you so much for all the trouble you have gone to especially on Father Joseph Blake. As i said earlier his photo hung up in the wall of my grandads house and my mother and her sister,s would relate the stories of their past including their time in Killorglin where 8 police were killed in a ambush and several wounded, my mother recalls the bodies been brought into the Barracks. Another time they would discuss Dunmanway when they had a private house to live in there, the housekeeper told my grandfather that her son led an IRA unit and they were intending to try and kill him. apparently a group of men came over a small bridge near the house and tried to force their way in. at that stage my grandfather had all his family upstairs and the youngest were under a bed. he smashed an upstairs window directly above the men with his revolver, the men fired a number of shots through the door and made off across the bridge. I believe he served in both stations for awhile before been moved to West Cork. He is listed in a book "Beleaguered" which shows his service and pension. It is only recently I found an old piece of paper in my mothers old purse which actually showed the address he and his family went to in England. 47 The Avenue. Ramsey Huntingdon. Its strange this because they never spoke of their time in England and I dont even know how long they stayed there before returning to Belfast. The birth of a Kathleen on the 11th Feb 1915 in Caherciveen really has me puzzled as they had 2 further children Victor Blake who died in 1968 in Belfast I have no idea where he was born and my Aunt Nellie who married a William Hills in London sometime after 1945. I am not sure if this is Kathleen who preferred to be known as Nellie as she spent her life in London or did they have an additional 2 children after his postings to Dunmanway and Kilorglin. The Blakes are a real mystery to be sure!!! but I really cant thank you enough for all the research you have done for me. Gerry
