tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738645113712373547.post1048751395469060176..comments2020-02-09T12:02:41.953-08:00Comments on William Thompson : Low Country Poet : Poems from 1916 - 1957: Some of David Martin's PhotographsMark Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12820251983224121718noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738645113712373547.post-90591180096940422972020-02-09T12:02:41.953-08:002020-02-09T12:02:41.953-08:00Forgot to say message is from megmooney@sky.comForgot to say message is from megmooney@sky.comMargaret Mooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591618657606150731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738645113712373547.post-68415028764001984212020-01-07T17:25:38.621-08:002020-01-07T17:25:38.621-08:00My great grandfather George Drysdale drove the tra...My great grandfather George Drysdale drove the tractor for the Cloughey lifeboat. He is in the 1901 and 1911 census, living in Ballycranmore. Legend has it that the family name used to be Driscoll. In the distant past the family went to Scotland from Ireland, they came back and settled in Calhame. The family name had been changed to Drysdale.<br />George's father was James, a thatcher and stone mason. The father of James was probably Edward Drysdale, also a mason. James built a cottage in Ballycran Beg. Now gone. I am told that a younger George Drysdale drove the tractor too. Not sure who he was. My George is in the lifeboat picture that appears on some websites. Margaret Mooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591618657606150731noreply@blogger.com