Nice piece of research to fill out the story, Deirdre. Thanks, Nan Begin forwarded message: > From: "McEvoy, Deirdre" <deirdre.mcevoy@ibicorporatefinance.ie> > Date: October 26, 2010 8:39:12 AM CDT > To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Centenarian's death Mayobridge 1905 James > M'Darragh > Reply-To: nir-down@rootsweb.com > > Hi Nan > > On further research, the dead man's name was actually John McAdarra, > he > lived in Aughnagun, which is a townland near Mayobridge. He married > Margaret Carr on 7 May 1841 in Clonallan parish and had 7 children. 6 > of his children ended up in Jarrow, Co Durham but his daughter > Catherine > stayed behind to look after her parents. She died in 1914 although > she > is missing from the 1911 census. In the 1901 census, both John and > Kate's ages are way off target, he is younger by 12 years and and Kate > has wiped 18 years off her age. > > Deirdre > > > -----Original Message----- > From: nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nan Brennan > Sent: 24 October 2010 10:37 > To: countyDownGenealogy@yahoogroups.com; nir-down@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Centenarian's death Mayobridge 1905 James > M'Darragh > > Irish Times > Nov 14 1905 > > COUNTY DOWN CENTENARIAN'S DEATH > > Yesterday the funeral took place of James M'Darragh > of Mayo-bridge, County Down, who when he died was > in his one hundred and third year. He was intelligent > hard-working man, who lived all his life on his farm, > and a few days before his death was moving about as usual. > > Note: > > Odd--I can't find any McDarraghs in Mayo townland in 1901 > and I don't find the name in Ros Davies Surnames Database > either. > > > -------------------------------------------------- > 472 list members as of 1 Aug 2010. > -------------------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > IBI Corporate Finance Limited is a subsidiary of Bank of Ireland > Group. > IBI Corporate Finance Limited is regulated by the Central Bank of > Ireland. > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individuals > or entities to whom they are addressed. If you are not an intended > recipient of this email, do not duplicate or > redistribute it by any means. Please delete it and any attachments > and notify the sender > (and info@ibicorporatefinance.ie) that you have received it in error. > It is possible for data transmitted by email to be deliberately or > accidentally corrupted or intercepted. For this > reason, where the communication is by email, IBI Corporate Finance > (or any other member of Bank of Ireland Group) > does not accept any responsibility for any breach of confidence > which may arise through the use of this medium. > IBI Corporate Finance Limited, 40 Mespil Road, Dublin 4. > Registered in Ireland. Registered Number 89053. > > > -------------------------------------------------- > 472 list members as of 1 Aug 2010. > -------------------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message