James Farrell/ Mary Connolly Family

Roger,

that’s absolutely great! Thank you so much for digging that out. Mary seems to be our girl. I had really struggled looking for the marriage, of its only in the RC registers then that makes sense. Im descended from Annie, who sadly died the year I was born.

All best wishes,

Stewart

 

 

 

 

Hello Stewart, 

My name is Brendan Farrell my Grandfather was Peter Farrell of Newstone Drumconrath I believe he was the son of Lawrence and Mary. He joined the British army prior to WW1 serving in India before being sent to Belguim in 1914.

 

Best regards

Brendan 

 

 

 

 

Dear Brendan, thanks for reaching out - that’s interesting that Peter lived close to Clonberton. Did Your grandfather survive the Great War? My great-grandmother Annie Farrell spent some of the War in Ireland before following her sister Bridget to London where I still live. Best wishes, Stewart 

 

 

Hello Stewart, Great hearing from you! What I meant to say was that Peter was the son of James and Mary. He survived the war and spent the rest of his days teaching music and promoting music in the Drumconrath area. He was a Piper and served in a front line infantry regiment. I am in the middle of writing an article about the 2nd Leinsters and the Christmas truce of 1914 in which he took part. I lived in London for many years in Fulham,Battersea and Wimbledon.I now live in Wicklow. Most of Peter's children moved to England so I have quite a few cousins living there.There are still a few Farrells,or decendants, living in Meath near Drumconrath,Navan and Kells. Best regards Brendan

 

Hi Brendan,

I’d be most interested to read your article on the 2nd Leinsters, if you could let me know where I could obtain a copy. That’s a really nice piece of family lore of Peter F., I will pass that on to my branch, we are all music lovers - my brother a musician by trade.

My grandfather often told me there was a familial link to Drogheda, is this something you’ve encountered? I am Twickenham man now, so I know Wimbledon well...it’s a small World.

Thank you again for the information Brendan.

Best regards

Stewart

 

 

 

 

Hello Stewart, I have just published the following article on Irish Central : My Grandfather witnessed peace at christmas from a WW1 trench a bit of a mouthful, not my choice of headline and please excuse the American spelling! Pease google the link and send it to any family members who might be interested.Unfortunately I missed the deadline for Ireland's Own which would have been a more appropriate publication. Please note my email is brendanfarrell00@gmail.com

Best regards

Brendan