RICHARD RIORDAN
ALL I KNOW ABOUT MY GRANDFATHER IS THAT HIS NAME WAS RICHARD RIORDAN, BORN IN CORK IN THE 1800's AND HE WAS IN THE CAVALRY IN THE BRITISH ARMY. I THINK HIS WIFES NAME WAS ELIZABETH. HE HAD 5 CHILDREN - ALFIE WHO EMIGRATED TO MONTREAL, JJ WHO EMIGRATED TO ENGLAND, RICHARD (my own father who lived in the family house in Bishopstown, Cork)AND 2 DAUGHTERS, MAUREEN WHO LIVES IN KENT AND CECIL WHO LIVES IN MIDLETON,Cork.
ALL I KNOW ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE WAS FAIRLY GRUMPY AND HAD GREYHOUNDS IN BISHOPSTOWN FOR A WHILE. I THINK HE MORE OR LESS DESERTED THE FAMILY AND WENT TO ENGLAND. I WONDER IF ANYONE OUT THERE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT HIM??
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Re: RICHARD RIORDAN
Ralph Connors 9/26/09