I am researching the Kirwan family, both in Ireland, the west Indies, mostly in St. Croix, Antigua and Montserrat as far as I know, and also the Kirwan's in France. If any one has information I would apprediate it very much. My records start in the 14th hundreds
Aoife FitzGerald

on behalf of a friend i am searching for a sidney kirwan who was originally from antigua and was last known to live in the yukon. he studied the science of growing food and worked for the gov't. many thanks for any help you can lend me.
sincerely,
joy

Hi Joy
Do you have a bit more information about this Sydney Kirwan, when was he alive, do you know who his parents were etc, I do not recollect coming across his name, but I hope to go through the census and other records in the Public Records Office in London when I go over to England in February and if I come across anything on him I will let you know

Can you tell me if you found any sources in Antigua - where and what? I can't seem to raise anyone there to answer questions about 1700-1850's?

Dear Dee
I have not had too much luck myself with answers from the West Indies, even though I have written to Libraries etc. I did find a lot of information in
1. Analecta Hibernica no 4 (Irish Mss Commisssion 1932 Dublin) 'Documents relating to the Irish in the West Indies'
2. Caribbeana 6volumes (London 1909-1919) edited by Vere Langford Oliver
3. Kistory of the island of Antigua, 3 volumes (London 1894-99) pedigrees of many Irish families in the West Indies) edited by Vere Langford Oliver
4. Sugar and slavery an economic history of the British West Indies 1623-1775 Baltimore-The Johns Hopkins University Press 1973 Richard B. Sheridan.
Hope this helps
Aoife FitzGerald

'John Birmingham, Tuam & Ireland's New star @ by Paul Mohr, published 2002 by Millbrook Niva Press,
Toin an Gharrain, Cor an Dola, Co. Galway, has material about kirwans who married into the birmingham family, including the will of Sean Rua Birmingham, 19th sept., 1802, in which he bequeathed his estates in South America & the West indies to Robert Kirwan of gardenfield and Richard Kirwan, of the samw address. There is a large Kirwan mburial vault at Killbennan, Co. Galway.

I was born in Antigua and my grandmother is Edna Kirwan. St. Johns Antigua, a merchant and retail shop owner. She died in 2007.

Hi Joy,
Hope all is well I know its been a while since you posted this message but I was just looking at some old old messages when I came across this one. Are you still looking for Syd Kirwan?