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johnny patterson songwriter

Kerry

Johnny Patterson, famed for the song 'the stone outside dan murphy's door'...also wrote a song i remember vaguely from my childhood called 'bridget donoghue'....what i recently found out is that this lady is my great grandmother! she married a man named john lucey and had... bridget,katie, john, michael, william hannah tom and norah...she would have been born around 1856...this song can be seen on youtube...are there any other relatives connected to me out there???  

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yes, i believe both these records are correct. it is michael, who married my grandmother hannah whose maiden name was kennedy...both hannah and michael are buried in tralee...my aunt has recently got the headstone changed to include names of other people buried on the same plot including bridgid lucey died 1932 also a tom lucey infant son, thomas bridget conroy and a hanna fitzgerald. the two thomas' are a bit unclear as to whether they are two people or what...i would assume so as i have a tom married to a mary hogan and i have met one of their daughters. ...i would be interested in the lucey side as to relatives...i do know there was a willie married to a jenny jones and living in wales, kate married bill day who eventually had a daughter bridie who married a curtin man and is the mother of dj of kerry blues fame...there is a nora who may have married a burnane man....hanna married a richard fitzgerald and i assume she is the one buried in the plot where my grandparents are...bridget married a dan conroy...john had something to do with moving to new jersey...and of course michael (my grandfather) married hannah...i dont know anything about the matriarch bridget donoghue....maybe i have supplied information regarding other peoples hunt for relatives, or maybe i have confused you! any info on bridget donoghue's side of the family would be appreciated...thank you.

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I am confused now!!

Can you give me some dates or places for Bridget although it sounds you have lots of family contact to help you.

Martine

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