hi my great grandfater was a coastguard between 1880 ish to 1918 when he died,his name was stephen pilcher,he became chief head coastguard,he was posted at ballycotten, youghal, knockadoon an dungavan ,maybe more,he was born in queenstown about 1864,he married kate cunningham about 1896,they had 7 children,stephen,clara,maud,kathleen (my nan),arthur,ernie and william,all born in different places,when he died his body was taken to england and he is burried in a naval cemetery in portsmouth,i would like to know why that would have happened,also his 2 youngest sons were sent to greenwich naval college after he died ,is this usual, thanx, cathie

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i ve been trying to find the marriage cert of stephen pilcher (maybe recorded as pelcher) born 1862/3 cobh cork and catherine cunningham born ballymacoda cork 1876 ,his first posting after being at sea for about 20 years was at nockadoon ,their first child ,also stephen was born while he was coastguard here in 1898 ,so they must have married between 1896 to 1898 ,i ve looked for nearly 2 years now and still nothing thanks cathie

Any information on John Hunt. Who was a Coastguard at Ballyglass / Knocknalina. Coastguard Station. in 1855.

A possible daughter of his was married to a William Gaughan. Belmullet, and had family born there.

Greatly appreciated
Phil

Hi, I have just become a member and would like to find out more about my great grandfather Charles Pocock who was a stoker with the coastguards when they were in Rathmullan, Co. Donegal. He married an Elizabeth Canning from Rathmullan and he was born in England.
Thanks, Kathleen

Hi - thanks for the site My great great grandfather was a coastguard in Ringsend. James Reilly married to Ellen (helen) Devine. He died sometime before 1901. They lived on Pidgeon House road.
I'd love to know how he died and how long he was a coast guard for.

Hi there, I have recently moved to Co. Mayo & was hoping to find out some information about my Great Grandad who was a coastguard stationed at Youghal in the late 1800's early 1900's. His name was Patrick O'Brien & was married to Hannah (Lewis), I know of 2 children who were my Grandad Patrick Joseph O'Brien born 5/4/1915 & his sister May. He moved to be a coastguard in Budleigh Salterton (Devon, UK) shortly after 1915. Many thanks, Brett

Any information about George Weekes. Son Rubin born in Bere island, April 1904.

Hi my great great grandfather John Blackmore was a coastguard in Ireland. I believe he was born 1839 or 1840. I have his coastguard long service medal and a Naval pension document showing a pension number. The pension was being drawn in Portaferry County Down. He died 1/5/1906 and is buried in Cloghy. I believe he was from Devon . Would like to know where he was born , when he became a coastguard and where he was stationed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello, and thanks for considering this. My GG Grandfather was reportedly in the Irish Coastguard for a period between 1848 and 1856 but I cannot find any record to confirm this. His name was Edward John (or John Edward) McCarry. He was born in Donegal (Co) abt 1833. Can anyone help?

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I have just become a member and am trying to find any records of:
Name: Charles Robinson
Sex: Unknown
Other information in the record of George Robinson
from Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913
Name: George Robinson

Event Type: Death
Event Date: 30 Aug 1870
Event Place: Castletown, County Mayo, Ireland
Event Place (Original): Castletown, Killala, Mayo
Gender: Male
Age: 76
Birth Year (Estimated): 1794
Relative's Name: Charles Robinson
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Record Number: 2
He was a farmer and a coastguard in Lacken