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James Dowd drowning

  • 30-01-2016 10:23pm
    #1
    Hermy
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    I wonder can anyone with relevant access check for any mention of the drowning in the canal of a James Dowd of Clondalkin in 1920.

    Thanks

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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  • #2
    pedroeibar1
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    Hermy wrote: »
    I wonder can anyone with relevant access check for any mention of the drowning in the canal of a James Dowd of Clondalkin in 1920.

    Thanks

    Hi Hermy,
    Today is my last day of a 1 month trial on FMP UK, so I had a look at their Irish Newspaper Archive and the only result of a search using "James Dowd" with keyword "drowning" is in 1917, relating to nine-year-old Arthur James Dowds, one of four boys who drowned in Donegal - on page 4 of the Derry Journal, 4 July 1917.

    Using James Dowd and Clondalkin did not throw up any result.
    Rs
    P


  • #3
    tabbey
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    pedroeibar1 wrote: »
    Hi Hermy,
    Today is my last day of a 1 month trial on FMP UK, so I had a look at their Irish Newspaper Archive and the only result of a search using "James Dowd" with keyword "drowning" is in 1917, relating to nine-year-old Arthur James Dowds, one of four boys who drowned in Donegal - on page 4 of the Derry Journal, 4 July 1917.

    Using James Dowd and Clondalkin did not throw up any result.
    Rs
    P

    In the last couple of months or so, I have found the Derry Journal over represented in FMP Irish Newspapers. This probably means other papers are not coming up as often as they should.
    Do we know when this event in the canal occurred, if we had a date, we could look up the papers of that week.


  • #4
    Hermy
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    Thanks for the replies.
    I'm sorry don't have much to go on other than it being the latter half of the year.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #5
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,426 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    Thanks for the replies.
    I'm sorry don't have much to go on other than it being the latter half of the year.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #6
    Thomas from Presence
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,151 ✭✭✭Thomas from Presence


    James Dowd's death cert would tie it down to the day which would make a browse much handier.


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  • #7
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,426 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    This appears to be the family burial plot which records James' death on September 12th 1920 aged 65 according to the death indexes.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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