Thomas, The link switched to an index page. Searches on things such as "Vinegar Hill", "Wexford civil war", "1798 uprising" failed to produce a satisfactory result. Brian Rhynehart Canberra. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Beddy" <tom.beddy@gmail.com> To: <wexford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 12:48 PM Subject: Re: [WEXFORD] Uprising 1798 > Visit the website www.antiquesroadshow.com/wexford_civil_war_medal.htm > Both Jacob's are related to the Beddy family as daughter and > granddaughter Fredweed married Rev Joseph Fawcett Beddy. > Regards Thomas Beddy > 2009/3/9 Jack Connors <jjc@nf.sympatico.ca> > >> My wife and I had a memorable trip to Ireland late last year and as I >> stood >> on Vinegar Hill, I kept wondering, my ancestor was about 3 years old >> April >> 1798, where would Timothy and his family gone to escape. Would they just >> hid >> out in the bushes during the attacks and then returned to their home in >> Enniscorthy which, in all probability, would have been burned to the >> ground >> or would they have travelled to Wicklow or some other place. Would anyone >> have a view on this or know of some historical reference which could shed >> some light on the question! >> >> Your help is very much appreciated >> Jack Connors >> >> >> >>