Can anyone help me, please, by letting me know the location (townland, parish etc, if possible) of "Finchey Island, Co.Cork"? I ask this because "Samuel Riggs son and heir of Edward Riggs of Finchey Island, Co.Cork, Ireland, Esq" was admitted to the Middle Temple 1680May10 - source: Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple from the Fifteenth century to the year 1944, published 1949 Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd, Temple Bar, London. I believe his father Edward may have been Edward Riggs, Esq, M.P., who is referred to as "the Second Edward Riggs of Riggsdale" (Rigsdale is a townland in Dunderrow Parish, co.Cork). If so, this Samuel may well be the Samuel Riggs of East Gully, whose Will was abstracted 1687Nov01 in the Cork and Ross Diocese - source: Indexes to Irish Wills, 5 vols, by W. Phillimore and G. Thrift, originally published 1909-20, reprinted 1970 Genealogical Publishing Co.Inc, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Gully was apparently a townland in the civil parish of Ballymodan, which was under the Poor Law Union of Bandon, therefore not too far from Rigsdale (which is just outside and to the south-west of Halfway). Samuel dying would square with the fact that, when Edward's son, Rt.Hon.Edward Riggs of Dublin, P.C., M.P. was admitted to the Middle Temple 1698Oct1 he was described as "second son of Edward Riggs", because Rt.Hon.Edward Riggs's elder brother Allen Riggs of Dunmanway, Co.Cork would have become the eldest son and heir on Samuel's death. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <@¿@> Geoff Riggs \~/ Chepstow, South Wales, UK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (@¿@) Searching for the Missing Links in the (~) RIGGS Surname Study www.riggs.org.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \\\|/// Please let me know if \\ ~ ~ // you happen to spot one ( @ @ ) riggs@one-name.org ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo---- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~