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Dave Hingerty- Musician and Photographer

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Dave Hingerty- Musician and Photographer Photo by Josh Sorenson on Unsplash  (not Dave Hingerty) Dave Hingerty  is a world renowned drummer and photographer and a HINGERTY! To find out about this talented Hingerty: Visit his website, go  here  to see his CV, a gallery of his photos etc Read an interview that includes a few music clips, go  here. Listen to podcast interviews with Dave, go  here  (Episode 6) and  here. See Dave launching his photographic exhibition in 2016  here.   See some of the photos from the 2016 exhibition  here. I hope you enjoy finding out how talented a Hingerty can be! Leave a Comment or send an Email hingerty@one-name.org

What's in a Name? -Irish Naming Patterns

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What's in a name? A traditional naming pattern was often used by Irish parents up until the 19th Century.  Some families strictly adhered to the pattern and, if a child died in infancy, the next born child of the same gender was given the same name as the deceased infant to ensure the pattern continued. Other families were more flexible in their application of the pattern and were also influenced by current naming trends (e.g popular saint's names), national heroes or much loved friends and the like. So, what is the naming pattern? First son usually named for the father's father Second son usually named for the mother's father Third son usually named for the father Fourth son usually named for the father's eldest brother Fifth son usually named for the mother's eldest brother First daughter usually named for the mother's mother Second daughter usually named for the father's mother Third daughter usually named for the mother  Fourth daughter usually named

Who was Hingo? UPDATED

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  Who was Hingo? Who was Hingo? UPDATE: Hingo was Denis Hingerty (1918-2000),  son of  Thomas Hingerty who was born in Preston, Lancashire in 1889. Thomas moved back to Ireland with his mother after the death of his father. He became a policeman and lived in Dublin, marrying there in 1917. Thank you to the Thomas descendant who solved this mystery for me. Denis is also mentioned in Roddy Doyle's book In his book about his parents'  lives, including growing up in Dublin, Roddy talks about Tommy Hingerty, Tom's sister Noeline and also their brother Denis who worked up in Belfast and who shared his fancy white bread with neighbours when he came home for the holidays. So, Denis is mentioned in two books about growing up in Dublin- quite a literary celebrity! Leave a Comment or send an Email hingerty@one-name.org

Hingerty Hennerty Hicks?

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Hingerty Hennerty Hicks? Percival Augustus Hennerty Percival Augustus HENNERTY was born in Brisbane 22 August 1891. The third of four sons born to John HENNERTY (1864-1930) and his wife, Sarah Bradbury. Percival's grandfather, William HINGERTY was born in Ballybeg Tipperary in 1840, the son of William HINGERTY and Mary Quinlan. William arrived in Sydney on board the Ocean Empress in 1862. Three of his sisters had emigrated previously. His sisters all married and lived in New South Wales. William HINGERTY married Ann Corcoran in Sydney 23 May 1864. Sometime between the marriage in May and the birth of their first child, John on 5 Dec 1864, the couple moved to Brisbane and changed their name to HENNERTY.  The cause of the change of location and surname is not known, but henceforth they and all their descendants were known as HENNERTY not HINGERTY.  Back to Percy.... Percy's childhood was not an easy one. A month before he was born, Percy's mother Sarah successfully took his f

Guest BlogPost- The Naval Career of Alfred Hingerty

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  The Naval Career of Alfred Hingerty Alfred Hingerty (1804-1875)- the likely ancestor of all native born Hingertys in the United States- spent most of his life as a boatswain in the United States Navy.  During his long naval career, Alfred served on the maiden voyage of the first steam-powered warship in the United States Navy, and as boatswain on the Navy's last all-sail ship, the USS Constellation .  This blog post provides only a partial summary of his long career. much ore detail can be found in the log books for his naval career. most of which survive in the United States National Archives. additional insight into his career can be gained by visiting his last ship, the USS Constellation , which survives as a floating museum in Baltimore Maryland's Inner Harbor. Alfred's sailing life before his commission in 1842- when he would have been almost 40 years old- is unknown. At some point in Alfred's youth, his father William had moved to Alexandria, Virginia, then one

Died in the Work house

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Hingertys who Died in Irish Workhouses Layout of Nenagh Workhouse In January 1839, George Wilkinson, who had designed work houses in England and Wales, was brought to Dublin to design workhouses which would be built across Ireland.  He was instructed that "The style of building is intended to be of the cheapest description compatible with durability; and effect is aimed at by harmony of proportion and simplicity of arrangement, all mere decoration to be studiously excluded." Photos, plans and more detailed descriptions of the layout and operation of the Irish work houses can be found at  The Workhouse in Ireland .  For a general introduction to Irish workhouses see  10 Facts About Irish Workhouses Information about the Nenagh workhouse can be found at  Nenagh Work House . Hingerty name bearers who were admitted to, or died in Irish work houses include the following: Mary Hingerty In October 1882 Mary Hingerty from Toomevara- 46 year old died of general debility- is this Mary

Hingerty Website October 2021 Update

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 Hingerty One Name Study Website October 2021 Update The Hingerty One Name Study is registered with the Guild of One Name Studies. A Hingerty website is hosted by the Guild and can be found at  hingerty.one-name.net . The website is only in its beginning stages and currently the only functions operating are the: *  SEARCH function- type in the name of your Hingerty ancestor in the search boxes and see if they are in the tree- let me now if they are not there or if any of their details are incorrect or incomplete. (NB Living people do not appear in the tree) * FEATURES- YDNA Project- this is a link to the FTDNA site which hosts the Hingerty YDNA Project. Please contact me if you are interested in being part of this project. * FEATURES- Hingerty Blog- which is a link to this blog! The initial focus has been to locate all Hingerty name-bearers across time and across the world and to place them into family groups. This has been a challenging task which still has a long way to go.... In the

16th Century, 17th century and 18th Century Records

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References to HINGERTY in 16th, 17th and 18th Century Records A One Name Study involves seeking out all references to the surname over all time and in all locations.  A search of various 16th, 17th and 18th Century Irish documents has revealed the following: 16th Century  1518 Donaldus Yhyngardeyll parish priest of Kilmackillogue becomes the parish priest of Kilcaslain and Kadmarra in the dioceses of Ross and Ardfert (Kilcasian and Kenmare?) Cited by Diarmuid O Murchadha. Family Names of County Cork 1997 (Note: The Townland of Kippaghingerghill is in the parish of Kilmackillogue) Fiants of 1500s: Numerous Fiants mentioning Hingerdell (and variants) and Harrington in Cork. First reference made in Fiant 3080.   Calendar of Ormond Deeds Vol VI 1584-1603 (Thank you to TM, a Harrington researcher in the UK for bringing this document to my attention) A search of the Index of Names for each of the 6 volumes only yielded one entry in Vol 6 1584-1603 23 March 1593 William O'Hingerdell of B