The 1839 Trial of Cornelius Hickey and William Walshe for the murder of Austin Cooper and W.V.Weyland (Wayland) gives an example of naming patterns in Co Tipperary, especially in regard to the habit of adopting an extra name for distinction from relatives of the same name, within family groups. The evidence of John Ryan (also known as John Ryan Patrick) reveals the following: 1.Cornelius Hickey (on trial) was also known as Con Hickey Michael (because his father was Michael Hickey) (nb.according to cousin Margaret Carty, Cornelius was also known amongst the family as 'Michael's Con' to distinguish him from his cousin Cornelius Hickey , known as 'Pat's Con' as he was the son of Patrick Hickey.) (according to court transcript, Cornelius Hickey's mother's maiden name appears to be Ryan.) 2.The same Michael Hickey (father of Con Hickey Michael) was known as Michael Hickey Barna, because the place the family came from was Barna ( though in 1838 he had been a tenant farmer of Wayland's at Kilmore, Co Tipperary). 3.Pat Hickey was the uncle of Con Hickey (and brother Michael).(according to Margaret Carty, a niece of Pat's.the latter had son's Daniel Hickey, Cornelius Hickey (known as Paddy's Con) and Denis Hickey, and a daughter Hannah Hickey.(so these were all cousins of Cornelius Hickey Michael) 4 Another relative of Cornelius Hickey Michael was Dan Hickey of Ballywater. (Cornelius was sentenced to be executed. His sister dropped dead in the street when he was sentenced). 5.John Ryan (known also as John Ryan Patrick) was the son of Thomas Ryan (also known as Thomas Ryan Patrick). 6.Thomas Ryan (also known as Thomas Ryan Patrick) had been a tenant on Waylands estate who had been evicted, 7,John Ryan (also known as John Ryan Corbett) was a relative of the above John and Thomas Ryan who lived at Curraun. 8,John Ryan also known as( John Ryan Mungo), was also a relative of the above Ryans. John Ryan Patrick also used "the Great Snow last February" and "Dick Reardon's funeral" as a means of providing a time frame for a meeting of the above name to plan the murder of Wayland. The Tithes Defaulter's indexes show many such extra additions to a surname. (eg..John Ryan Bawn or John Ryan Beg) and many of these seem as a description of a person e.g..Beag in gaelic means "small amount" but can also mean "slight or little" or "younger, little or wee brother"......so perhaps John Ryan Beg was a slight man, or else the younger brother in a family. The trial of Michael Carty in 1839 reveals that he was known to locals as a "Shaun Baan Carty". And Stormy Petrels were also known as "Mother Carey's chickens".