My great-great-grandfather, James Downes, was born in 1818 in St. Mary's Parish to Laurence Downes and Eliza Williams. He joined the British Army and served for 21 years, of which 9 years were spent in India, and several months in the Crimean War. Upon discharge, he settled in England, anglicized himself by joining the Church of England and marrying an English woman, Rebecca Taylor, in Lancashire. His granddaughter, my grandmother, did not know that he was Irish and looked down her nose at the Irish!
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| Date of Birth | 14th Dec 1818 | |
| Date of Death | 3rd Feb 1893 | |
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1640
Cromwells lands during 17th century in Ireland
15th Aug 1649
1830
May Day traditions across Ireland
1st May 1830
1950
Darby O'Gill and the Little People 1959 Movie Premiere
24th Jun 1959