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    Can you help me find out more about my Irish great grandparents?

    Aug 22, 2023 2 minutes

    Q I am trying to get beyond my great grandparents without luck. They were Matho/Matthew McCoy (c1819–1873) born in Kilronan, County Roscommon, died in Newcastle upon Tyne; and Honora Guiheen (c1825–1865), his wife, whom I presume came from the same area in Roscommon. Her death was also recorded in Newcastle upon Tyne.

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