Context:
have
 been
 
a
 farmer
 in
 both
 Canada
 and
 the
 United
 States
,
 an
 
occupation
 he
 like
ly
 pick
ed
 up
 as
 
a
 young
 man
 working
 on
 the

 farm
 his
 father
 work
ed
.
 
Although
 it
 is
 clear
 that
 Patrick
 and
 Bridge
t
 
lived
 in
 Lis
naw
ul
ly
 
during
 the
 late
 eight
eenth

 century
,
 the
y
 did
 not
 
remain
 there
.
 
Irish
 
records
 show
 that
 at
 some
 point
 the
y
 
moved
 to
 Monast
er
bo
ice
 Paris
h
 in
 County

 Lou
th
,
 
which
 is
 
approximat
ely
 25
 miles
 to
 the
 south
 of
 Dun
dalk
.
 The
 reason
 for
 
their
 move
 is
 un
clear
,
 though
 it
 was

 most
 like
ly
 for
 economic
 reason
s
 as
 
crop
 
failure
s
 and
 food
 short
ages
 were
 common
 at
 the
 time
.
 
However
,
 it
 may
 have
 also

 been
 
political
ly
 motivat
ed
,
 de
pending
 on
 
when
 the
y
 
moved
,
 as
 the
 
1798
 Rebel
lion
 affect
ed
 many
 parts
 of
 Ireland
.
 
Regard

less
 of
 the
 reason
 for
 
their
 move
 to
 Monast
er
bo
ice
 Paris
h
,
 Patrick
 and
 Bridge
t
 
lived
 in
 
a
 village
 in
 this
 par
ish
 
called

 Kier
nan
s
cross
 (
also
 Kier
ans
cross
).
 Like
 Lis
naw
ul
ly
,
 this
 part
 of
 County
 Lou
th
 is
 rural
,
 and
 farm
ing
 was
 the
 
primary
 

occupation
 of
 
those
 who
 
lived
 there
.
 
Although
 
these
 three
 
entries
 in
 the
 T
ithe
 App
lot
ment
 Books
 may
 be
 possible
 
matches

 for
 Patrick
,
 it
 is
 un
clear
 if
 any
 of
 them
 are
 inde
ed
 
records
 for
 him
.
 
Although
 the
 
1833
 entry
 is
 for
 
someone
 with
 
a

 similar
ly
 spell
ed
 name
 that
 
lived
 close
 to
 
where
 Patrick
 is
 
known
 to
 have
 
lived
,
 it
 is
 un
clear
 if
 this
 record
 is
 for

 Patrick
,
 as
 it
 
contains
 no
 
additional
 information
.
 It
 seem
s
 high
ly
 like
ly
,
 more
over
,
 that
 this
 record
 is
 for
 
a

 different
 person
 than
 the
 other
 two
,
 
which
 seem
 to
 be
 for
 the
 same
 “
Pat
t
 Kier
nan
.”
 As
 with
 the
 
1833
 entry
,
 it
 is
 un

clear
 if
 the
 
1825
 and
 
1827
 
entries
 are
 for
 Patrick
.
 
However
,
 it
 is
 
worth
 not
ing
 that
 Tull
y
d
onnell
 lies
 
between
 Lis
naw
ul

ly
 and
 Kier
nan
s
cross
.
 Per
haps
 Patrick
 and
 Bridge
t
 
lived
 in
 Tull
y
d
onnell
 after
 le
aving
 Lis
naw
ul
ly
 and
 before
 
moving
 to

 Kier
nan
s
cross
.
 W
hether
 the
y
 
lived
 in
 Sport
man
shall
,
 Tull
y
d
onnell
,
 or
 just
 in
 Lis
naw
ul
ly
 and
 Kier
nan
s
cross
,
 life
 for

 Patrick
 and
 Bridge
t
 was
 in
 all
 like
li
hood

Input:
 
Catherine
 "
Kate
"
 
Brooks
 (184
9-19
28)
,
 had
 eight
 children
,
 four
 of
 who
m
 stay
ed
 in
 
Clare
 and
 four
 of
 who
m
 
immig
rated
 to

 the
 United
 States
 and
 se
ttled
 in
 Chicago
,
 Ill
.
 Many
 of
 the
 descend
ants
 of
 
these
 Chicago
 Mes
calls
 b
ecame
 police
 
officer
s

 or
 fire
fighter
s
.
 A
 
s
izable
 number
 of
 Mes
call
 descend
ants
 also
 made
 
their
 way
 to
 the
 New
 York
 City
 area
,
 particular
ly

 Brooklyn
.
 The
 name
 Mes
call
 is
 some
what
 un
usual
 in
 Ireland
 and
 its
 origin
 is
 un
clear
,
 as
 is
 the
 origin
 of
 the
 Mes
call

 clan
,
 
a
lthough
 the
y
 were
 numero
us
 around
 Co
ora
clare
,
 Kil
rush
 and
 En
nis
 in
 
Clare
 even
 in
 the
 late
 1800
s
.
 As
 for
 
when
 the

y
 arrive
d
 in
 D
anganan
ella
 West
,
 
a
 list
 of
 land
holders
 in
 
1825
 (
the
 T
ithe
 App
lot
ment
 Book
)
 
does
 not
 list
 
a
 Mes
call
 in
 D

anganan
ella
 West
,
 
a
lthough
 the
 wedding
 record
 for
 the
 original
 Patrick
 
does
 list
 his
 father
,
 yet
 
another
 Patrick
,
 and

 give
s
 his
 
occupation
 as
 farmer
.
The
 record
 
does
 not
 list
 
where
 the
 father
 lives
.
 I
'
m
 
a
 great
-
grand
son
 of
 the
 
1838

 Patrick
 and
 I
'
d
 love
 to
 get
 more
 information
 on
 the
 other
 Mes
calls
 from
 around
 west
 
Clare
 to
 try
 to
 connect
 them
 to
 
a

 common
 an
cestor
.
 I
'
m
 also
 interest
ed
 in
 
tracking
 down
 more
 of
 the
 present
-
day
 Chicago
 descend
ants
 of
 the
 Patrick
s
 and

 what
 the
y
'
re
 up
 to
.
 Records
 of
 Mean
e
y
s
 on
 the
 family
 dair
y
 farm
 in
 C
lohan
more
 West
 (
also
 spell
ed
 Clo
gha
un
more
 --
 "
Cl

ogha
un
"
 for
 "
qu
arry
"
 and
 "
more
"
 for
 "
big
")
 go
 back
 to
 at
 
least
 
1825
 and
 the
y
 
probabl
y
 had
 the
 farm
 there
 for
 many
 years
,

 if
 not
 centur
ies
,
 before
 that
.
 The
 
earli
est
 I
'
ve
 found
 in
 the
 
records
 is
 
a
 John
 Mean
e
y
,
 
listed
 as
 
being
 there
 in
 the
 T

ithe
 App
lot
ment
 Book
,
 
a
 list
 of
 land
 
holders
 compil
ed
 in
 
1825
.
 
However
,
 there
 is
 
a
 family
 story
 from
 
a
 de

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