It was my ambition with this study to trace the Musgrave family of Derrinasoo on the Roscommon-Leitrim border (and by extension of Cork) back to the 18th century. The earliest forebear I’ve found is William Musgrave (1817-1876). Alas, concrete evidence still eludes me although there are many strange connections, which are surely more than mere coincidences, linking the various Musgrave, Mosgrave and Musgrove families of Scotland, Northern Ireland, London, Limerick, Sligo and Roscommon, not to mention the Canadian branches.
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