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| Forward | Why I wrote this history |
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| Story of the search | A synopsis of my search for the Grant roots |
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| How the various Grants fit into this tree | An overview, with a chart of the spread of the Irish Grants |
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| Conclusions and brief analysis of family tree | Read this to get an overview of the Grant line in Ireland |
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| DNA use in Family history research | I have had the 25 marker DNA test done |
| My families descent from The Geraldines in 1057 | From the Geraldines to today in a straight line |
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| The preamble to the Norman invasion of Ireland | The Grants in Europe and England before the invasion of Ireland in 1169 |
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| Why Ireland was invaded by the Normans | It happened almost by accident, it was not planned by the English |
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| The genealogy of the Barons of Iverk | There were 5 Barons of Iverk, before the Grants lost the title |
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| William Grant the Elder | Mayhem in the Middle Ages |
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| Ireland from 1320 (sale of the Barony) until 1640 (Cromwell) | It is important to understand what was happening in Ireland |
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| The genealogy of the Grants of Iverk from 1320 until 1640 | Butler rent records help to track the family |
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| Ireland from Cromwell , 1640, until William of Orange, 1690 | Momentous happenings in Ireland |
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| The Grants of Iverk, 1640 to 1690 | The complications of the period with different armies in Ireland |
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| The Wild Geese and the Grants in exile | Following the Cromwellian confiscations some fled to France or Spain |
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| The Grants of Waterford City, 1500 to 1690 | Some Grants drifted to Waterford, just across the river from Iverk |
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| Jasper Grant | Pirates and country gentlemen |
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| Stephen Grant of Waterford (b.@1650) | The first Stephen recorded in Waterford |
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| Ireland 1690 to 1798 | Events leading to the Act of Union in 1801 |
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| Grants of Co. Tipperary, 1660 onwards | There are enough records to give us a statistical view on where they lived |
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| Tipperary Chart | How do all the Tipperary Grants fit together |
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| Grants of Moyaliff | Covering the change in religion from Protestant to Catholic |
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| Grants of Moyne, transported to Australia | Highwayman and convicts |
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| John Grant transported from Moyne | Fascinating tale of a convict transported to Australia |
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| Jeremiah Grant, highwayman | Stranger than fiction tale of a highwayman and prison escaper |
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| Grants of Templemore | The Templemore branch of the Grant family has now died out there |
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| Ireland 1798 to 1922 | The Land Wars and Irish Independence |
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| Rural unrest in Tipperary 1750 to 1850 | The Whiteboys in rural Ireland |
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| Grants of Shinrone, Co Offaly from 1798 | John Grant (b.1770) moved from Moyaliffe to Shinbone |
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| Shinrone history | |
| chart A John Grant b.1770 | My ancestor, the second of the Grants to move to Shinrone |
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| chart B James Grant b.@1770 | Son of Stephen Grant (born @1740) |
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| chart C Stephen Grant b.1775 | Son of Stephen Grant (born @1740) |
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| chart D William Grant b.@1785 | The family went to Canada - none left in area now |
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| chart E Thomas Grant b.1787 | Much of this branch is missing |
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| Charts AA onwards, descendants of John (b.1770) | |
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| chart AA John (b.1805) Stradbally & Ballysheehan | This branch died out with a migration to Canada |
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| chart AB William (b.1808) Canada | This branch of the family continues in Canada, but not in Ireland |
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| chart AC Stephen (b.1811) Ireland & USA | Stephen was my great great grandfather, gatekeeper in Kilconell, Co Galway |
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| Woodlawn House and the Trench family | Stephen Grant (b1811) worked as gatekeeper here. |
| chart AD Thomas (b.1813) Ireland | Many emigrated, but many remeni there today |
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| chart AE James (b.1816) | This branch probably died out during the famine |
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| Charts ACA John(b.1838) USA | This branch lives on in the USA |
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| Chart ACB Charles (b.1840) Durham | Son of Stephen (born 1811) |
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| Chart ACC Richard (b.1843) Australia | Son of Stephen (born 1811) |
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| Chart ACE Stephen (b.1848) Ohio, USA | The Grant name has now died out in this branch |
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| Chart ACF William (b.1850) Dublin | Son of Stephen (born 1811) |
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| Chart ACG Thomas (b.1852) Dublin) | Thomas was my great grand-father |
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| Chart ACI James (b.1857) Australia | Son of Stephen (born 1811) |
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| Other children of Stephen | Other children of Stephen (born 1811) |
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| Chart of descendants of Stephen of Drumbane | This big chart is difficult to put on the web! |
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| Place names associated with name Grant | List of towns, villages, fields, etc named after Grants |
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| Sub -divisions of Polroan and Kilmacow in Norman times | Glossary of townlands in this part of Barony of Iverk |
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| Grant births in Shinrone register | The Shinrone Birth register runs from 1741, these are the Grant entries |
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| Grant marriages in Shinrone register | Over the period from1826 to 1877 |
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| Grant deaths in Shinrone register | Covering Grant burials at Shinrone from 1800 to the present day |
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| Modreeny & Cloughjordan registers | Covering part of the 19th century |
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| Other C of I registers in Shinrone area | Covering Church of Ireland Parishes |
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| Modern C of I church unions | In Diocese of Killaloe and of Cashel |
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| RIC police records | All Grants that served in the RIC |
| Trench family | The Trench family were the Grants landlords in Tipperary and Galway |
| Diocesan misc. records | Raw data from various sources |
| Limerick Area | The Grant family really do not appear to have settled in Limerick |
| The spread of the Grant family | Statistical analysis of how the Grants spread from Kilkenny/Waterford |
| Waterford before 1700 | An attempt to unravel the differnt Grants in Waterford prior to 1700 |
| Spread of the Grant Family | Further statistical analysis by county from 1200 on |
| Nil results | A list of souces consulted with NO Grant names in them |
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| Kilconnel Co. Galway | Kilconnel Parish, Co Galway records |
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| Other Places the Grants settled | |
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| Banagher | Banagher and Cloghan Parish in Kings County |
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| Belclare, Tuam, Mayo | Grants of Belclare, Tuam, Mayo |
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| Mallow | 132 |
| Tullamore | A separate family from most Irish Grants, Samuel emmigrated to the USA |
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| Australian tree from Moyne | 135 |
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| R.C. records in Tipperary | 136 |
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| Mount Jerome, Dublin graves | 137 |
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| Cangort | Cangort near Shinrone |
| Cangort Park | Cangort Park near Shinrone |
| Sopwell Hall | Sopwell Hall near Shinrone |
| Stradbally | 138 |
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| Richard - Canada | 139 |
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| Henry - Mrs Boyland | 141 |
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| Pigot | Just 17 Grant tradesmen out of 39,000 named in Ireland |
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| Griffiths Tipperary | All Grants in Griffiths @1850 |
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| Griffiths Offaly | All Grants in Offaly from Griffiths circa 1854 |
| Griffiths Galway | All Grants in Galway from Griffiths circa 1850 |
| Robert Grant - Talbot migration | Robert Grant went to Canada with the Talbot group |
| Iverk | 151 |
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| Waterford RC Records | |
| Tithe Applotment Books 1830 | 155 |
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| Transportation records | 156 |
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| Waterford 1665 on | 157 |
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| John Grant USA 4343 | 158 |
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| Hargreaves Aus | 159 |
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| Georgina Grant | 160 |
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| Data base of all Grants | 152 |
| Donegal |