Hello: Having exhausted many avenues of research with respect to my Eedys, I would like to request some general information. First of all, can anyone confirm or clarify the term "Admons. and Bonds"? It is my understanding that when an individual made a will, it could be registered prior to or at the time of death. Hence an "Index to Admons & Bonds for the Diocese of Cork" which states a date for 'bonds'. On this index, the date varies from the date listed on the "Index of Wills for the Diocese of Cork" which notes the date as the 'year of probate'. Both of these indices were done by Phillimore. My second enquiry has to do with the general Protestant settlement in Ireland. A family tradition has always referred to 2 brothers as "foot soldiers for Cromwell" although no records can be found to support this belief. I have found documentation placing the Eedys (and variant spelling) in County Cork from 1717 on. The 1717 entry is for Rathcony and the rest are for the area around Bandon and Clonakilty. (I am not sure of the exact location of Rathcony.) A 1753 deed from William Morris gave Nicholas Eedy the Younger a 999 year lease on the lands of Knockavohor. I was able to confirm that William Morris was a yeoman and I assume received land as the time of distribution. The story goes that Jonathan Eedy apparently settled with Sir Michael Cox at Killdee and Nicholas Eedy at Killbree with Col. Allen. I have read everything I can find on the Cromwellian settlement including Prendergast's book and there is no reference to the surname Eedy. Thank you very much for any information you may be able to shed on any of these queries with respect to admons and bonds, Rathcony, Sir Michael Cox, Col. Allen and Protestant plantation prior to County Cork. Susan Eddy