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The Other Twin- Tom Hingerty 1923-1993

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Thomas Patrick Hingerty was born 20 minutes after his twin brother  John William Hingerty on 23rd December 2023 in Temora, New South Wales. Tom was named for his paternal grandfather Thomas Joseph Hingerty (1868-1940).  Tom and Jack were the first born of Francis Patrick Hingerty (1893-1946) and Margaret Jane (Peggy) Molony (1891-1980). Their mother Peggy used to tell the story that when she was heavily pregnant with the twins her feet were so swollen that the only footwear she could fit into was a pair of men's slippers. She walked up to the hospital in those slippers when she went into labour with the twins. The twins were soon joined by their younger brother Ted (Edward Francis 1926-2006) in April 1926. Ted was twin to a still born female. Three little boys under three years old must have been quite a handful for Peggy. Her younger sister Mel (Imelda Molony 1907-1999) travelled up from her hometown of Grahamstown (Adelong) to help her older sister. Mel remained with the family u
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What was our Clan Chief Wearing in 1600?

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  Created by CH and ChatGPT Having discovered that our surname links us to an ancient Irish clan, I have often wondered what our clan chief would have looked like? I suppose in my mind he would have looked like the image here to the left...... but how accurate is this image???? I know very little about the origins of our clan. What little I do know I shared in a previous blog  Link to previous post The first clan chief to be mentioned in a document (to my current knowledge) is Thady O Hingerdell "called O Hingerdell" i.e. he is the clan chief. He is found in a list of other clan leaders from the Cork area in a government decree called a Fiant (Fiant 3038) for 1577. They had been granted a pardon from the Crown with the payment of a fine of one cow. I do not know Thady's age in 1577, but the next mention of a chief for our clan is in relation to The Great March of the O'Sullivans on New Years Eve 1602. Is Thady still the clan chief? To find out more about the Great Mar
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UPDATED: The Two Harrington Families of Templederry

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Created by CH and ChatGPT (AI)            Updated- 19 July 2024      There were two Harrington                families in the Templederry area of Tipperary.....       Were these two Harrington families related?      Were they related to  Hingerty/Ingerton families? Did the ancestor of the first Harrington family in the Templederry area arrive from south west Cork with The Great March of the O'Sullivans in January 1603?? Let's begin with a bit of geography....  Where is Templederry?   Where were these two Harrington families located in relation to each other? Location of Templederry in Ireland Location of Templederry in Tipperary Family 1: Family 1 was discussed in a previous post in July 2023  Link to previous post Descendants of Family 1 still live and farm in the Cloghinch area.  Their family oral history has them arriving in the Templederry area from south west Cork with the Great March of the O'Sullivans in 1603. They believe that they, along with a larger group of men,
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