The Irish Bomfords
The Bomford Family of Ireland and Allied Families
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Chapter 1 The Early Days from 1580 $$ ($$ = Land Summary)
Chapter 2 Mostly Land 1703 ‑ 1721 $$
Chapter 3 Oliver, Thomas and Laurence 1721 ‑ 1729
Chapter 4 Stephen of Gallow 1724 ‑ 1738
Chapter 5 Thomas of Rahinstown 1725 ‑ 1740 $$
Chapter 6 Thomas' Mortgage Problems 1740 ‑ 1760
Chapter 7 The Cousins of Clounstown & Killeglan 1734 ‑ 1759
Chapter 8 Mostly Marriages 1742 ‑ 1760
Chapter 9 The Two Stephens & The Rev John 1743 ‑ 1761
Chapter 10 Edward of Hightown 1750 ‑ 1762
Chapter 11 Children of Stephen the Elder 1760 ‑ 1780 $$
Chapter 12 Children of Oliver & Laurence 1759 ‑ 1769
Chapter 13 William of Cushenstown 1760 ‑ 1803
Chapter 14 William's Brothers & Sisters 1764 ‑ 1800
Chapter 15 The Bomfords of Rahinstown 1779 ‑ 1800
Chapter 16 David & his Brother Isaac 1780 ‑ c1800 $$
Chapter 17 The Last of Oliver's & Laurence's Branches; & The Unplaced Bomfords 1836 - 1899
Chapter 18 Stephen the Younger & his Children 1797 ‑ 1816
Chapter 19 Robert of Rahinstown & David of Gallow 1802 ‑ 1817 $$
Chapter 20 The Minority of George the Younger 1814 ‑ 1832
Chapter 21 Robert's Children - Marriages & Settlements 1821 ‑ 1839
Chapter 22 The End of the Rahinstown Family 1831 ‑ 1858
Chapter 23 Isaac Introduces the North‑Bomfords 1815 ‑ 1840 $$
Chapter 24 George the Younger comes of Age 1832 ‑ 1837 $$
Chapter 25 George of Oakley Park 1838 ‑ 1849
Chapter 26 Samuel Bomford & his Family 1813 ‑ 1980s
Chapter 27 The North‑Bomfords of Ferrans 1836 ‑ 1899 $$
Chapter 28 The Johns of Ferrans 1866 ‑ 1965
Chapter 29 George Bomford's Land 1854 ‑ 1899 $$
Chapter 30 George & his Family 1850 ‑ 1890s
Chapter 31 Bomford Trustees & Mortgages 1832 ‑ 1899
Chapter 32 Family Trouble 1881 ‑ l900
Chapter 33 John Francis' Children 1870 ‑ 1980s
Chapter 34 Death of John Francis & the End of the Irish Land 1911 - 1933 $$
Chapter 35 George Lyndon & his Family 1890s ‑ 2005
Chapter 36 Conclusion
Appendixes
Appendix A The Bomford Irish Houses
Appendix B Land Summary
Appendix C The Norman Barons in Ireland
Appendix D The Famine
Appendix E Index of Family Trees
Appendix F Index of Allied Families
Appendix G Killed in Action
Maps
Map of disputed bog of Clonfad
1730 Survey of Laurencetown (Oakley Park)
Townland of Oakley Park based on 1836 OS
Oakley Park based on 1883 Ordnance Survey
Oakley Park