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Hi Nicole,
Yes Co. Wexford is the area I am researching and I found these interesting tidbits of information....
The first of the name in Ireland was Alexander Redmond (or "FitzRedmond"), who was granted the Hook area of Co. Wexford in the first wave of the Norman settlement. His descendants Robert and Walter built the castellated mansion known as "Redmond's Hall" in the early fourteenth century, and the family became known as the "Redmonds of the Hook and the Hall". The descent of the senior lines of this family is very well documented down to the twentieth century, although they were dispossessed of much of their property, including Redmond's Hall in the upheavals of the seventeenth century. It is now known as "Loftus Hall", after the grantee, Nicholas Loftus.
There is also a native Irish family of Co. Wexford, the MacDavymores, who adopted the surname of Redmond in the early seventeenth century, taking it from their fourteenth century ancestor, Redmond MacDavymore. This family were descended from Murchadh na nGael, brother of Dermot MacMurrough, the king of Leinster whose alliance with the Normans resulted in the Norman invasion. Their adoption of the surname Redmond seems to have been an attempt to retain their lands by associating themselves with the Anglo-Irish family of the name. In any case, they were based in the north of the county, while the Norman Redmonds are most strongly associated with south Wexford, where they first settled.
If I find out anymore information on Ignatius or George I will let you know.
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