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 | | The other branches of this respectable name, are those ofBallinahalla, now of Beagh, Carrorea, Elmhill, Ffrenchgrove, Monivea,Portcarn, Rahasane and Tyrone in the County of Galway, ~allykeneave andCulliane in the Gunty of Mayo, and Foxborough, Frenchpark, Port,Rocksavage and Snipehill, in the Gunty of Roscommon 36a Arms. |
 | | They did not settle in the town atone time, or on the same occasion, as is generally supposed; but camehither, at different periods, and under various circumstances, as mayappear from the following concise account of each of the familiescomposing this peculiar community, which has been compiled from the mostauthentic documents. |
 | | This family is descended from Sir Maximilian Ffrench, the first of thename, whose descendants accompanied their kinsman, William the Conqueror,into England.[[35]] Their original place of settlement in Ireland,together with many other English and Anglo-Norman adventurers, was theCounty of Wexford;[[36]] from whence, in process of time, they graduallyspread throughout the other parts of the Kingdom. |
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