Acknowledgements

All of those family members, both living and deceased who have contributed their knowledge of family matters over the years;

My wife Patricia for her suggestions and for the tolerance of my many and somewhat colourful descriptions of Microsoft Word;

My daughter Frances for devoting some of her limited spare time to the proof reading of raw text;

Robert Gough and William Harvey Mellor and Doreen `Reddan for their very useful contributions of knowledge, artwork or text; Janice O’Donoghue for contributing the knowledge of a competent librarian; Judith O’Shea for her enthusiasm and support; and Terrance Holland and his wife, Janette (nee Nolan), for their encouragement in this undertaking.