It is short for Converted, probably where he enrolled and trained. Basically it is military slang for converting a civilian to a position in the armed services. On Saturday 14 March 2015 17:17:40 Jean Bleakney via wrote: > Hello, I've been looking at RIC records on microfilm at PRONI. Does anybody > know what Con'd Co. Wicklow (in the final 'Observations' column) might > mean? The individual in question was pensioned in 1897.ThanksJean > ================================== > > https://www.google.ie/ > ================================== > http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/placenames/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FERMANAGH-GOLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks to all for your thoughts. John, that sounds like a possibility. He was Monaghan-born, but he was 18yrs and five foot eight-and-a-quarter inches at conscription. I'm led to believe that is below the minimum requirements (19yrs, 5' 9") for all except the son of a serving RIC man. So maybe he had a Wicklow parent. Killyfole, likewise if he had a serving father, he might have started out somewhere remote. Thanks indeedJean  On Saturday, March 14, 2015 7:58 PM, Killyfole and District Development Association <gold@fermanaghroots.com> wrote: It is short for Converted, probably where he enrolled and trained.  Basically it is military slang for converting a civilian to a position in the armed services.