This was the guy I was looking for and hopefully his father EDMOND and on back to Feagh Mc Hugh himself.
The family appeared to originate from Ballinakill but which county ! Did you know there is a Ballinakill in nearly every county in Ireland. It was'nt Wicklow so maybe Carlow.
So on down to Carlow.
Checked all three graveyards in Ballinakill , NO joy. Got directions and drove out to Ballinakill, There I met Ned Cashin , current owner of the Byrne homestead. The Byrnes had long gone but he suggested I go and see Eddie McDonald, the local historian.
Eddie listened to my story and suggested we go back down to the 'old grave yard '
With tractor and trailer and shovels we arrived and Eddie went straight to a grass covered mound of earth and started digging.
WOW ! the memorial stone of ' Charles Byrne of Sleaty ' appeared complete with his Byrne coat of Arms.
The family appeared to originate from Ballinakill but which county ! Did you know there is a Ballinakill in nearly every county in Ireland. It was'nt Wicklow so maybe Carlow.
So on down to Carlow.
Checked all three graveyards in Ballinakill , NO joy. Got directions and drove out to Ballinakill, There I met Ned Cashin , current owner of the Byrne homestead. The Byrnes had long gone but he suggested I go and see Eddie McDonald, the local historian.
Eddie listened to my story and suggested we go back down to the 'old grave yard '
With tractor and trailer and shovels we arrived and Eddie went straight to a grass covered mound of earth and started digging.
WOW ! the memorial stone of ' Charles Byrne of Sleaty ' appeared complete with his Byrne coat of Arms.
The unearthed Memorial stone of Charles Byrne, 3rd son of Edmond Gaungagh Byrne of Ballinakill. The stone was badly mutilated possibly by his own family for changing his religion and flaunting same.
1990 Eddie McDonald local historian digging looking for the Memorial Stone of Charles Byrne of Sleaty in the old graveyard in Clonmore . He was the only person who knew it was there but had no further information about it.
He is watched by his wife Peig and Anne Byrne.