Tag: Rathkeale

William Mulcahy of Riddlestown evicted twice

William Mulcahy of Riddlestown evicted twice

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The Irish American Weekly of October 9, 1886 (published in New York City) had a short article about the case of William Mulcahy of Riddlestown, Rathkeale, Co Limerick, Ireland who was evicted twice from the family farm. The first eviction was soon after he inherited the leased farm in 1881 and the second time in 1886.

The article was relatively short but gave an interesting description of the eviction cases and his living conditions after being evicted the second time. I found the article on GenealogyBank.

Wiliam Riedy (Ready or Reidy) from Rathkeale, Limerick to New York about 1880

Wiliam Riedy (Ready or Reidy) from Rathkeale, Limerick to New York about 1880

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William RIEDY of Rathkeale was born around 1861/1862 and emigrated to New York City about 1880. He married Mary O’BRIEN (ca 1863-1918). His parents were Edward or Edmund RIEDY and Mary SCANLAN (we think). Her parents were Patrick and Bridget O’BRIEN.

His last name is spelled Ready in some documents and Riedy in others. The spelling Reidy is also used quite frequently.

William became a US citizen on 8 Oct 1890 in the Superior Court of the City of New York. On December 24, 1895, he was injured in a blasting accident and died about a month later.

The 1852 Griffith’s valuation found Edward RIEDY on a 25.5 acre farm in Riddlestown (townland), civil parish of Doondonnell, Rathkeale, Co Limerick. The farm was leased from Gerald Blennerhassett. This farm may have been around TallyHo Lodge.

More details are on my website.

Limerick Ireland Archives Search

Limerick Ireland Archives Search

Posted on by Jack

A while back I mentioned that Limerick City has archives online at http://www.limerickcity.ie/Archives/.

In the upper right there is a search box that will search many of the records. And it is worth noting that at least some of the records seem to be county wide, not just the city. For example, my Reidys are from Rathkeale in Limerick County so if I do a search on Reidy AND Rathkeale, 12 records are found including my gggrandmother in the 1901 census householders index. I also saw several indices of newspaper notices and some scanned newspapers.

I haven’t installed the viewer needed to view the digital records but I suspect that will make this site even more interesting.