O'Driscoll
The O'Driscoll clan have lived in
the Baltimore area of West Cork Ireland for over 1000
years. A shortened form of the name is Driscoll.
My great grandparents
Anthony Driscoll and Margaret Driscoll nee Glynn were born in Ireland
in 1831. The surname Glynn is from a place name, in this case probably
the small village of Glynn 6 miles south of Mallow County Cork.
Their
first two childern Nancy and Michael were born in
County Cork
The family then moved to live in
Chorley Lancashire England,
where their children Patrick and John were born.
John was born in 1865. The family then moved to Ashton under Lyne
Lancashire where Margaret died in 1880. Anthony died
in Chorley in 1896. John had joined the army. John, my grandfather who had joined the
army
served in the West Indies and South Africa. He came back
to England
and lived in Bury Lancashire, where he preferred to spell the family
name as Driskill. later he married Sarah Whitley of Bury Lancashire.
They had five children, Elizabeth, Elsie, John, Mary, and
Gladys. Mary called her self Mary Joyce and married John William
Cox of Settle. They had four children, Joan, Evril, Patrick, and Jean
who was born in 1942.
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John Driskill and
his wife Sarah
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I have spent several interesting
holidays in picturesque West Cork the
home land of the O'Driscolls and would be pleased to exchange notes on
my branch of the clan.
Please see the
contacts page.
There is an excellent O' Driscoll
web site at
http://tahtonka.com/driscolls.html