Obituaries would sometimes mention members of junior branches as from an ‘old and respected family’ (who were not wealthy at all) and this can be very useful for genealogical research. In my experience, Catholic families so described in the late 19th and early 20th centuries tend to descend ...
Observations of Breton traveller Jacques Louis de Bougrenet (De Latocnaye) in West Cork, Bandon, Macroom, Dunmanway ‘The Priest’s Leap’ and Bantry 1796, keening at funerals. Obituaries would sometimes mention members of junior branches as from an ‘old and respected family’ (who were not ...