Re: 1. Lowe family of Tipperary: Fethard, Brookhilll, Roesgreen, Knockelly, Clonmel. (Dora Smith, Austin, TX) Hi Dora I don't know about the connection to the Westmeath Lowe family but if you contact me off line I have quite a lot of info re the Tipperary Low/e family to share. It might just cause more confusion but hopefully there may be something there that helps. A Hamilton Lowe b.1753., d. 27th February 1813 was supposedly the "uncle" of my 3XGreat Grandfather, William Hamilton Latham (1798-1865) and left him his estate in Fethard, including the Fethard Abbey, the house next to it that the family called "Hamilton Abbey" & that later became the Augustinian Priory, various other houses and lands around Fethard. This Hamilton Lowe lived in Hamilton Abbey and was member of the Fethard Town Corporation. I think the relationship was not quite uncle, but actually quite complicated so they used the term "uncle" for convenience. In 1721, an Elizabeth Taylor of Noan married my 6X Gr grandfather, William Latham of Ballysheehan. They had at least 4 children but William must have died as Elizabeth then married secondly to a James Lowe in 1733 and had more children, so the Latham and Lowe kids would have become a blended family. Many of the Lowe family were actually descended from the Hamilton family. It was a condition of an inheritance at one stage that the surname of a particular bloke be changed from "Hamilton" to "Lowe" to keep the Lowe name going. I think that is why so many of the Lowe men had Hamilton somewhere in their name or their properties as they knew they were really Hamiltons! Hence "Hamilton Abbey" for example, they didn't want the Hamilton name to die out. Just to confuse things there are therefore quite a few "Hamilton Lowes" and it is hard to be sure who is whom at times. (I think there was another Hamilton Lowe in Fethard, of about the same vintage, possibly the one who you mentioned "Hamilton Lowe, Fethard, Tipperary, 1816".) Am happy to share offline with you what info I have. I have another contact who might be able to help you and I have copied this to her. Wendy in Western Australia