Friday, July 24, 2009

Steve searching for his Roots

Pictured is the town square of Dunmore. While waiting for Patrick McWalter to meet us we were entertained by some comical and genial fellows at the corner pub.

Pat McWalter's mother Kathleen's grandmother was Anne Treacy who was James Joseph Treacy's sister. Steve can supply you with the chart if you need it. Uncle Bill met this family in the 80's when he visited here and they remembered him fondly and asked about him. Steve and Pat are double third cousins because a Treacy and Boyle married each other's siblings!


In these photos you'll see Steve leaning on the ruins of possibly Joe Treacy's home not a relative. There's a cemetery that probably has some unmarked Treacy graves and group photos of Pat, Kathleen, Thomas and Steve. Pat is a primary school teacher and Thomas is a police officer in Dublin. Kathleen served us tea and salmon salad sandwiches. We had a very gracious visit.





Below are third cousins Steve and Pat.


Above is a photo of Steve and I standing in front of the location where Grandfather James Treacy's family home once stood. The spot is just to the viewer's left of the big clump of trees behind Ann's head.







Kathleen lived in the Treacy home as a child and described it to us. She said it had two bedrooms plus a loft bed accessible by a ladder. There was a large kitchen with an open fire place for cooking. There were three front windows with a table and chairs in front of one to sit and see people coming to visit. They dug peat in the bog at the back of the house to burn in the fire. She said that there is a cottage replica at Bunratty just like it. We saw it there and will include it in the next blog. It was wonderful to hear her talk about it!


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