Communication with researchers on the Fitzpatrick List confirmed the Fitzpatrick ancestors of my grandmother, Grace (Goodfellow) Murphy were from Ballagh. This townland, Ballagharahin, is in the Parish of Rathdowney, County Laois, formerly Queen's County, Ireland.
This evidence is summarised in the poster above, which was accepted by organisers of the Fitzpatrick Gathering, to be held in Kilkenny from 4 to 6 October 2024.
It begins with the marriage settlement for John Fitzpatrick and Dymphna Shanahan in 1747, continues with John "who owned the whole townland of Ballagh", his son Charles' Oath of Allegiance in 1778, Charles' son John's marriage to Jane Howe in 1820 to their daughter Grace's marriage to Henry Goodfellow in 1847.
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