Greetings, Sure hope somebody can help the other Cheryl with that horse-jumping connection to the Army, fascinating. What would be this great uncle Pat's probable time frame in the Irish Army? We all could be submitting our own little quirky bits, and helping each other analyze them. My quirky story: My grandmother's oldest brother, John MAHONEY, [b. late 1850's - early 1860's, location somewhere near the Cork / Kerry border] was in the British Army. My aunt recalled that he was in a special unit with the term "Princess" or "Queen" in it. She said he was chosen because he was the right size to fit a particular uniform, for ceremonies! He supposedly never married, and died on Malta, after 1900. Importance of this? It's all we know about him, no photos. He was the only child not to emigrate to the USA with parents Cornelius MAHONEY and Margaret REGAN. So further info on him might be my best bet connecting to Kerry. Re-thinking and sharing family stories --even the trivial and unprovable-- really could improve our Irish luck! Regards, Barb Glassel

Barb My Great Grandfather Jeremiah Scully served in the army (48th Northampton Foot) in the same era, including a stint on Malta. He came from Kenmare, Kerry, not far from the Cork border. My cousin was able to obtain his army record from the British National Archives, through Tom Tulloch, a paid researcher: http://www.btinternet.com/~prosearch/ I don't know what it cost, but if you would like to see samples of what might be available, I could send them off-list. Cheers Neil Murus aeneus virtus - Virtue is a wall of brass http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~waltonfamily/ http://waltonscully.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=waltonscully&view=9&rand=811478136 http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/Neil-A-Walton/ -------------------------------------------------- From: "Barb Glassel" <tglassel@execpc.com> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 9:16 PM To: <irl-kerry@rootsweb.com> Subject: [IRL-KERRY] More Quirky Stories Needed > Greetings, > Sure hope somebody can help the other Cheryl with that horse-jumping > connection to the Army, fascinating. What would be this great uncle > Pat's probable time frame in the Irish Army? > > We all could be submitting our own little quirky bits, and helping each > other analyze them. > > My quirky story: My grandmother's oldest brother, John MAHONEY, [b. late > 1850's - early 1860's, location somewhere near the Cork / Kerry border] > was in the British Army. My aunt recalled that he was in a special unit > with the term "Princess" or "Queen" in it. She said he was chosen > because he was the right size to fit a particular uniform, for > ceremonies! He supposedly never married, and died on Malta, after 1900. > Importance of this? It's all we know about him, no photos. He was the > only child not to emigrate to the USA with parents Cornelius MAHONEY and > Margaret REGAN. So further info on him might be my best bet connecting > to Kerry. > > Re-thinking and sharing family stories --even the trivial and > unprovable-- really could improve our Irish luck! > > Regards, > Barb Glassel > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message