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My castle, aka Ballytarsna, in County Tipperary, Ireland.
(the short history is that the Norman family, the Hacketts came to the Cashel region of Tipperary in the 1100's and ruled that area. This clan slowly devided as some of them intermarried with the Irish and took on the Catholic religion. The family disbanded over the dispute, packing up the family crest and moving to the north claiming there were no more Hacketts in Tipperary. This clan was banished to family property south of here in Ballygambon, near Fethard. But they wanted nothing to do with the Hackett riches and wanted to return to the Ballytarsna region which they did, as land renters. Apparently a family named Murray had associated themselves with the Hacketts and moved to the Ballytarsna area with them, namely to Curraghtarsna. One Hackett daughter, Mary, married one Murray son, Patrick. I believe Patrick worked at the quarry owned by her brother, Walter Hackett. Their son, Thomas grew up and I think, also learned the trade at his uncles quarry for when he went to the US, he followed a classified ad to western Massachusetts to work at a sand quarry near Pittsfield. He married a young Irish lass named Julia Aherns and they had a large family, incuding a son, named Walter, my grandfather. So on behalf of my mother Constance Murray, her father Walter Murray, his father Thomas Murray, his mother Mary Hackett, I lay claim to Ballytarsna! (just dont tell the Texan who now owns it and is restoring it to its pre-1700 splendor!)
OK! I may have to relinquish title to the castle after all, LOL! More research shows my lineage to the Fethard line of Hacketts (themselves descended from Pagamus de Haket the patriarch who was in the service of King John given extensive land in Cashel, County Tipperary). But I cannot find a direct link between Sir William Hackett who built Ballytarsna (circa 1500) and my ancestor Major James Hackett of Ballygambon (circa 11700) later of Curraghtarsna. The family split due to religion appears factual however, I just can't place my line up in Ballytarsna before their relatives resided in Ballygambon.
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My name is Sean Hackett. I live in Boston Ma. I have trying to do some research on my family history. I was wondering if you had any additional information on Mary and Walter Hackett. My great grandfather's name was Jesse James Hackett. He was from the Pittsfield area of Massachusetts - more specifically a toen called North Hampton. Unfortunaley, know little about him, in-terms of sisters brothers ect. i am not sure if you are familiar with the Pittsfiled area, but it is very rural. I think it would be highly unlikely that two families of hacketts could co-exist in this area during the late 1800's without being related somehow.
any insight would be appreciated
Thanks
Sean
My connection to the Hackett family is only that of a marriage in Curraghtarsna between a daughter Mary Hackett and a neighbor, Patrick Murray so I don't have any living Hackett relatives in Pittsfield, just Murrays.
I have been unable to locate a grave for Patrick and Mary who were last recorded as having land in Knockbritt, a crossroads around the corner from Curraghtarsna. I believe they may have moved to Clonmel in their later years to live with a spinster daughter.
Mary had a brother, Walter Hackett, who ran a quarry with a man named Tobin in a place halfway between Curraghtarsna and Ballytarsna. I have not been able to find his grave either nor any Hackett graves of that family. Walter married and had children but I believe the Hacketts of Curraghtarsna have all died out or moved on. Another brother, John Hackett, lived nearby in Moyglass, and I think one of his descendants, an elderly woman named Hackett who lives over near Killenaule is the last of the clan. I haven't had the opportunity to meet her yet.
I hope you can unearth more information about your greatgrandfather, especially exactly where he may have been born. I have been unable to link between the Ballytarsna Hacketts and my Curraghtarsna Hacketts despite the story told to me that I posted above under the picture of the castle. The castle has been unoccupied since a Patrick Hackett lived there in the mid 1700s and by 1800 it was listed as abandoned and 'ruined by vandals'.
As I say, my Mom's famiy is from Pittsfield, so yes, I know it well. Not really a small town except when compared to a place like Boston, LOL! There are all sorts of archived records back there that might help you discover more about Jesse James' family. If he married there, you would want to find the marriage record to see if it lists witnesses that might be a brother or sister, and of course would verify the identity of his father and maybe mother. Getting the birthplace of his father might come from naturalization papers. If you find Jesse James in a census, maybe he will be listed with his family? The census then would also say how long he and each member have been in Massachusetts and what was their country of origin. Working backwards, maybe you get the marriage info on HIS parents (if they married in the states). Getting his mother's maiden name would be a great help as you could then look at family names back in Tipperary and maybe confirm that she was from a certain town or parish. I visit every year and will be glad to keep my eyes open on records I have and in wandering the countryside and graveyards of the area for your family names.
feel free to email me directly at bbmyls2go@hotmail.com bruce.
We just heard you are going to be up this way in October. Kathy is planning on having a dinner at her house so we all can get together and catch up. There is a pretty cool Irish pub in Burien near Kathy's house so if it works out Matt and I were thinking we could drop Jack off at Grandma and Grandpa's and go out for a Beer or two with you. I know your trip will be short so if you can't squeeze it in, no big deal but let us know! We are looking forward to seeing you!
Angela
I'm really looking forward to the visit!b
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He's not really defending redwoodpecker, but for some reason he is going on day 4 of trying to snipe apart my post, word by word, and even inserting assertions I did not even make by redefining what I have said, saying I made implications when I did no such thing, and today he lowers himself to tell me I use poor grammar, I spell badly, and don't write clearly. Yeah, 4 years of college and 10 years of writing professional-grade reports for police deparments, judges, and retail management has left me a real inarticulate kinda guy, LOL! (though I confess, quick laptop typing on a steering wheel is not very conducive to great hunt and peck typing accuracy!)
I've used that very passage of the TOS just as I did with Cardigan, on Mindsay. I highlighted the appropriate words (harmful, abusive, harrassing, vulgar, obscene, hateful, and *drum roll* otherwise objectionable), in emails to Adam, but never once, in 4 complaints, recieved a reply or saw any change (like a porno/vulgar video clip being removed from a blog ) .
They have other things to do, and right now, I would guess with the ads, revenue is number one, and they would have to hire someone to police the blogs (not to mention get whatever software would crawl the entire site to identify key words or images). That would take money, so it won't be done any time soon.
But if someone could get their ear, maybe they would initiate their own forum on the topic that THEY moderate.
Jim Schweizer has done a couple of posts on this very thing since he is an administrator, but I don't recall if any of the input was reviewed by mindsay or if he did it for his own professional enlightenment.
thanks for the comment! bruce.
You're right, he wasn't defending rwp in that particular post, but he has in other posts. When he told me on my blog a while back, "I hope your babies die", I went right to the feedback page to lodge a complaint. I go to the point where it asks whether the person has broken any laws, and I just threw up my hands in disgust. You're right -- Adam and Brian want ad revenue, and I have no problem with that. It's just that a completely lawless society will quite quickly become one that people don't want to be part of. Thanks for sticking up for some semblance of decency around here!