Dear Mr. Crowley. Thank you for your very informative reply. It was much appreciated! I also thank you for your offer to look for details of Sam Maguire's family. I do not know if he is related to my Maguire ancestors, but he seems to come from the same area as they did. I have been trying to trace my Maguire line for nearing 25 years with only some success in the last several months. It might be a long shot, but I thought that perhaps Sam Maguire just might be a relative! Again, my thanks and I will await your info that you find. Best regards, Rob Inman Jack Crowley wrote: > Sam is buried in a family plot in the churchyard of the St Mary's, Church of > Ireland, Dunmanway. > > http://www.fanlobbus.cork.anglican.org/ > > I have recorded details from his headstone. I will locate them in a day or > so and post them. > > There is an amount of family detail in a book by a lady whose name I think > is Walsh. I will try to find it. The book does not come up on a Google > search. > > The cup you mention is the All Ireland Senior (Gaelic) Football > Championship. It is the highest honour in Gaelic Football. This is not > soccer. It is played for in Croke Park, Dublin in September each year at the > end of a very keenly contested knock out competition. > > > http://dunmanway.pighaswings.com/page/sam_maguire/ > My maternal grandfather was from Ardfield. He was born in 1889. I never > heard say anything about Sam Maguire. As Maguire was 12 years older than him > it is probable he never knew him. My great uncle John was a closer in age to > Maguire. He took a similar career path to the civil service in London. They > all got a wonderful start in life from "The Master Madden". He educated many > boys and enabled to escape from rural subsistence existences to relative > comfort through their own exertions and hard work. Michael Collins was a > pupil there. My grandfather joined the British civil service before WW1 and > later joined the Irish Free State civil service. He got his chance because > of the fine education he received from Master Madden. > > Jack Crowley > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf of Jill Morrison > Sent: 09 April 2009 16:11 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Sam Maguire > > Dia Duit Robert, > Sam Maguire was born in Mallabraca near the town of Dunmanway in West Cork. > You have probably researched the abundances of information written that is > on the web. A search under Dunmanway would give you pictures of the statue > dedicated to him erected on the town green. Dunmanway's Historical > Society may have the information that you are researching. The web address > and telephone number is readily available to you when googled. > Good Luck > > > > --- On Thu, 4/9/09, robert inman <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: robert inman <[email protected]> > Subject: Sam Maguire > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, April 9, 2009, 12:16 AM > > Hi! > Would anyone have information on Sam Maguire who came from Cork and > became famous in the early part of the Twentieth Century? I am looking > for info on his parents and grandparents. Wikipedia only gives info on > his siblings. I believe a football (soccer) trophy was later named for > him in Ireland. > I would really appreciate any assistance or suggestions! I thank you > in advance. > Sincerely, Rob Canada > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >