Hello Jean, My guess is that it stands for "connected". This is important as members of the RIC could not serve in any area where either they or their wife had family, to avoid any conflict of interest. I have a similar record for my great-greandfather, Francis O'Neill, who was from Killyliffer, Country Fermanagh, but in his RIC record it says, "connected in Monaghan", meaning that he had family there. As neither of his two wives were from County Monaghan and he was born in County Fermanagh, this remained a mystery until I discovered the 1917 pension application for his sister Sarah, which shows that the family lived in the townlands of Coraghy and Aghafin, County Monaghan in the 1851 census. Subsequent research proved that a branch of the family continued to live there after 'my' line moved to Killyliffer. So, the fact that your relative never served in County Wicklow because he had family there makes perfect sense. You may now have a whole new place to search for your family! Hope this helps. Regards, John in NC. On 2015/03/14 13:45 , Jean Bleakney via wrote: > Thanks, but he didn't serve anywhere near Wicklow. There were several others on the same page with same 'Observation', but different County. Wondering if it refers to some event after service??Jean > > > On Saturday, March 14, 2015 5:38 PM, Dave H via <fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Constabled?? > > > > > On 14/03/2015 17:17, 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 > > > > ================================== > > 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 >