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Tag Archives: Tipperary
The Mounseys of Clashnevin
I have mentioned the Mounsey family several times when writing pages about Lancelot Smith of Corballis and his children in the Family Stories section of this blog. As I described in those pages, Lancelot Smith lived near Cashel in County Tipperary … Continue reading
Elizabeth Westgarth
This post is about Elizabeth Westgarth and the family to which she belonged in Gamblesby in Cumberland (now Cumbria) in north-west England. Elizabeth was my grandfather William Smith’s paternal grandmother. So she was my great-great-grandmother. Elizabeth Westgarth was born in … Continue reading
Upcoming Topics – September 2012
In April of this year I posted a list of topics I hoped to cover in the following weeks. It actually took me almost six months to cover SOME of the topics on that list! This is an updated list … Continue reading
Priscilla Kent
This post is about Priscilla Kent, who was the mother of Elizabeth (Eliza) Upton and the maternal grandmother of William Smith of Blackhall. Therefore, she is my great-great-grandmother (2x great-grandmother). I am adding this post to my blog even though … Continue reading
Posted in Cashel, Going, Kent, Nenagh, Tipperary, Upton
Tagged Eliza Upton, Lancelot Smith, Lower Ormond, Nenagh, Priscilla Kent, Randal Kent, Thomas Kent, Tipperary
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Eliza Upton
(Updated November 17, 2017) Elizabeth Upton is the second Mrs. Smith that I am writing about in this blog. Her baptismal name was Elizabeth but it seems she was always called Eliza. Unfortunately, I know nothing about Eliza as a … Continue reading
A Wealth of Williams
This blog is named after my grandfather William Smith of Blackhall, County Meath, in Ireland. There are plenty of other William Smiths in our family tree. Following are the Williams I have come across in my searches; there are probably … Continue reading
The Life of Lizzie Bouskill
This post is about Lizzie Bouskill, someone I didn’t even know existed until last year when I was in Dublin doing some research on the Smith family. Elizabeth Bouskill (known as Lizzie) was born in Barnane, County Tipperary, on 3 … Continue reading
Posted in Bouskill, Photographs, Smith, Tipperary
Tagged Bouskill, Mary Smith, Tipperary, William Smith
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Upcoming Topics
I have a list of topics that I hope to add to this blog in the coming weeks. If you have looked at the blog’s layout, you will have realized that I am using the top menu as a means … Continue reading
The Great Famine in Ireland
In Ireland, the Great Famine was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration between 1845 and 1852. It is usually known outside Ireland as the Irish Potato Famine. This was only one of many famines in the country and … Continue reading
Posted in Smith, Tipperary
Tagged Great Famine, Smith, Tipperary
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The Farm near Cashel
When Lancelot Smith and most of his family moved to Ireland in the 1850s, they rented a farm near Cashel, County Tipperary, in the townland called Rathcoun (also written as Rathcowan, Rathcown or Rathcoon). The townland is about 2 miles … Continue reading
Posted in Cashel, Smith
Tagged Cashel, Corballis, Cumberland, Donabate, Eliza Upton, Hannah Smith, Joseph Backhouse, Lancelot Smith, Rathcoun, Tipperary
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William Smith Family History 