My Patrick Byrne b. 1762 had 4 sons, James, Daniel, William and Edward. Edward did not perhaps marry Bess Pender, but they had a daughter Fanny Byrne b. 1838 d. 1892 who in 1863 married Marks (i.e. Marcus) Walsh. I need to check the dates but it would all be centred upon Adamstown/Taghmon.... they had been in Doonooney but slowly moved southwards towards Grasscur and Coollycall etc., via Newtown. Rushford name does not ring bells but Byrne/Pender is quite a coincidence! Kevin Byrne ----- Original Message ----- From: "John B" <lidan1413@hotmail.com> To: <wexford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 4:00 AM Subject: [WEXFORD] Byrne family history my great-grandfather john byrne was born around 1840 (possibly in ballylannon, tintern). in 1859 he married catherine pender at tintern. in 1860 he joined the british army (royal artillery) and served in halifax, nova scotia and gibraltar, where he finally settled. john and catherine's parents were john or william byrne and catherine rushford and patrick pender and mary mc dermott presumably from wexford any information on any of the above or john and catherine's brothers and sisters would be much appreciated, john byrne