On 25 November 1778, in Dublin, Charles Fitzpatrick Esq of Ballagh, Queen's County, took the Oath of Allegiance to the King. Above his name in the National Archives, Catholic Qualification and Convert Rolls is Henrietta Fitzpatrick, spinster, also of Ballagh. This confirms that Charles and Henrietta renounced being Catholic. This would enable Charles' eldest son Joseph to inherit the land in Ballagharahin townland, Parish of Rathdowney. It would also facilitate his younger sons John and Mathew joining the army.
This is the final confirmation that my great-great-great grandfather John Fitzpatrick came from Ballagh in County Laois.
My thanks to Andrew Wallace via the Fitzpatrick List of the Fitzpatrick-MacGiolla Phadraig Clan Society.
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