This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kelly, Reid, Cleary Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VWC.2ACI/980.18 Message Board Post: My ancestors are blacksmiths from Monasterevin, and family legend has it that Thomas Cleary made swords for the rebels and sheltered a Catholic priest named Father Prendergast. For this he was hanged and his wife and children were forced to watch. Could you have a look and see if there's any reference to him please? Many thanks Richard Kelly.