My 2nd great grandfather did not survive the Famine. I found the story of his death in Liam Sword's "In Their Own Words": p164: "Tuesday 30 March (1847). Michael Coggers, Anthony Cannon, John Coggers, John Lavin, and Pat Mulderrig to Lord-Lieutenant complaining that they were not paid 8d a day for the use of their asses on the line of road from Springhill to Balla in the barony of Gallen."
"Bohola, Sunday 16 May (1847). P.J. O'Connor CC to Society of Friends re an order on Westport which was recalled. " . . . This very day I have to record the death of a man named Patrick Mulderrig of Grallagh who was found dead in his cabin and it cannot be ascertained when he died or how long he remained unheeded and unheard of but the fact of the greater part of the human visage viz. his nose, eyes and mouth and also his fingers and toes been eaten of by rats, tells he must have remained there unheeded for a considerable time. . .
Apparently, his wife had predeceased him. I only have knowledge of his 2 sons, Pat and Frank, who lived a few miles to the east in the next parish of Bohola. I was able to find Frank's wife's family surname among other residents of Grallagh. However, there were no Mulderigs but several Reddingtons, one of the variants of Mulderig, appeared in the Tithe Applotment.
I welcome contact with others researching the Mulderig surname as I have a large database.
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