Contents

Vol. 16. No. 1 2022 Page  
Chairman’s Report 2022 Steven C. ffeary-Smyrl 1 Buy now
Tribute: Rosemary Melian Coleby, FIGRS Mary Casteleyn 3 Buy now
Wallace Clare Award - Julian C. Walton, FIGRS Steven C. ffeary-Smyrl 4 Buy now
New Fellows - David J. Butler, FIGRS and Richard Everard, FIGRS Paul Gorry 6 Buy now
Understanding property transactions in Ireland, III: principal landlords and grantors - Butler, Sithwick and Bruen Peter J.F. Coutts 8 Buy now
The Wild Geese in Spain: Mathew O'Callaghan, Knight of Santiago John F. O, Callaghan 45 Buy now
Finding Finnegan Robert F. Stieglitz 56 Buy now
The hunt for Nellie Ryan and some brief notes on Constance O'Mara Mary Casteleyn 70 Buy now
1798 in Ballycumber, Kings County: The lives and deaths of Murty Daly, Edward Feeney, Michael Conway and Bryan Daly Nerissa Stones 81 Buy now
The Crozier Case: The death of John Spencer Crozier Vanessa Waldron 95 Buy now
Tall Tales and Fish Stories: Folklore and Storytelling in South Connemara Shane Molloy 104 Buy now
Sir Patrick Alphonsus Buckley KCMG (1841-96) Julianna Minihan 113 Buy now
Reviews Mary Casteleyn 118 Buy now
Report and Financial Statements - Year ended 31 December 2021 Terence Hatche 123 Buy now
Whole of Vol. 16 no. 1     Buy now
How to find our library at The Society of Genealogists   IBC  
Vol. 16. No. 2 2023 Page  
Chairman's Report Steven C. ffeaty-Smyrl 127 Buy now
Tribute – Donal F Begley, FIGRS Paul Gorry 130

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(Pages 130-134)

Tribute – Rosalind McCutcheon. FIGRS Maly Casteleyn 131
Wallace Clare Award – Jennifer Harrison, PhD Paul Gorry, 133
Valued Service Certificate – Claire Bradley; Terence J. Hatche Paul Gorry 134
Understanding property transactions in Ireland, IV: The Watsons as leaseholders and landowners – Kilconnor and Ardristan Peter J.F. Coutts 135 Buy now
O'Crean of Sligo Thomas J. Crane 154 Buy now
The Mystery of Mary Jane Conroy Robert F. Stieglitz 160 Buy now
The Wild Geese in Spain. II: Brigadier Julian O'Callaghan and his Son Captain Dionisio O'Callaghan Joseph F. O'Callaghan 167 Buy now
John Whiteway, Surgeon of Dublin (1723-97) Allan Murphy 179 Buy now
The Gayers of County Antrim Hilary Jarvis 187 Buy now
Archbishop Crow's Charity School, Cloyne, Co. Cork: A useful source of information on 'poor' Protestant families of Cork Jim Ryan 202 Buy now
The Clarke Family of Ardress Jonathan Boody 214 Buy now
Skeffington Gibbon Alan M Moran 220 Buy now
Reviews Mary Casteleyn 233  
Report and Financial Statements – Year ended 31 December 2022 Melanie Harries 235 Buy now
Whole of Vol. 16 No. 2     Buy now
Submissions to the Journal – style rules   IBC  
Vol. 16. No. 3 2024 Page  
Chairman’s Report 2024 Steven C. ffeary-Smyrl 239 Buy now
Tribute – Maureen Fitzgibbon Steven C. ffeary-Smyrl 241

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(Pages 241-244)

Tribute – Bernadette Cass Thomas Murphy 242
The Wallace Clare Award, 2023 – Roz McCutcheon Paul Gorry 243
The Wallace Clare Award, 2024 – Claire Santry Paul Gorry 244
Understanding property transactions in Ireland, V: The Watsons as leaseholders and landowners – conveyance of Ballydarton, Co. Carlow Peter J.F. Coutts 245 Buy now
The Wild Geese: Irish military diasporas to Europe, 1600-1800 Andrew Brosnan and Lochlann Ungar 263 Buy now
Major Andrew Bailie Jonathan Boody 278 Buy now
The Izods of Grovebeg and Chapelizod Michael O’Dwyer 290 Buy now
Notes on the Stoney Family John Goodwillie 296 Buy now
St Mary of Mount Carmel Church, Florence, NY: a genealogical visit William L. Dowling 313 Buy now
Martin Kelly: a collier and his family in Slieveardagh, Co. Tipperary Sandra A. Hoare 323 Buy now
The Watkins of Dublin’s Liberties: brewery, family, and buildings Paula Dawson 335 Buy now
Reviews Mary Casteleyn and A.P.W. Malcomson 345  
Report and Financial Statements – Year ended 31 December 2023 Stephen Doherty 351 Buy now
Whole of Vol. 16 No. 3     Buy now
Vol. 16. No. 4 2025 Page  
Chairman’s Report 2025 Steven C. ffeary-Smyrl 355  
Tribute – Richard Everard, FIGRS Julian C. Walton 358  
Tribute – Kenneth W. Nicholls, FIGRS Julian C. Walton 359  
Long Service Awards Paul Gorry 360  
Understanding property transactions in Ireland, VI: wills, marriage settlements and mortgages Peter J.F. Coutts 361  
Conoghor Reagh O’Callaghan and his descendants Joseph F. O’Callaghan 385  
A problematic pedigree for James Gildea the Elder (c.1660-1729) of Cuslough, Co. Mayo Tomás G. Ó Canann 398  
Major Arthur Noble of Derryree, Aghalurcher Parish, Co. Fermanagh and his family, I J. Scott Noble 414  
Denis Santry: Cork born architect and cartoonist Mary Casteleyn 428  
D’Esterre of Dublin Paul Star 441  
Dromore West Union Workhouse, Co. Sligo and its administration, 1852-1922 Kathleen Flynn-O’Sullivan 453  
Longford to London: Maggie Sheehan, a life in domestic service Celine Doody 478  
Reviews Mary Casteleyn 487  
Report and Financial Statements – Year ended 31 December 2024 Stephen Doherty 491  

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