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After doing some reorganisation of the website again, I decided to fill in the missing census years for Denis Dineen. We have found him in 1861, 1891 and 1901. I looked first in 1881 and found a good match indexed under the name Dumis Devoven!!!

   1881                     7 Griffin Street, Newport, Monmouthshire
   Name                     Relat. Status Age Occupation Birthplace
   Dennis Devoven           Head    Mar     36        Fishmonger     Caerleon, Monmouthshire
   Martha Devoven           Wife    Mar     36                       Fleuredele Bedwclch?
   William H Devoven Son                    7         Scholar        Newport, Monmouthshire
   Elizabeth Devoven        Daur            3                        Newport, Monmouthshire
   J Powell                 Head    Mar     40        Bootmaker      Brecon, Breconshire
   Caroline Powell          Wife    Mar     39                       Christchurch, Monmouthshire
   Edwin Powell             Son     Unm     20        Fireman        Blackwood, Monmouthshire
   Elizabeth Powell         Daur    Unm     14        Scholar        Blackwood, Monmouthshire
   Pamela Powell            Daur            10        Scholar        Newport, Monmouthshire
   Sarah Hawks?             Visitor Unm     17        Servant        Newport, Monmouthshire
   Frederick Powell         Son     Unm     18        Invalid        Blackwood, Monmouthshire
 . . . quoted from RG11-5262-49-17 ()

I looked but could not find him in 1871 I was curious about the birthplaces for Daniel Dineen and Mary Nihan that I discovered in the 1861 census (see RG9-3997-219-25). The census enumerator recorded Daniel’s birthplace as Balemartel. There is no place of that name in Ireland today but I have a feeling, based on other Irish families in the same area, that the Dineens came from southern Ireland, with Cork being a high possibility. I checked an atlas of Ireland and there is a small village caled Ballymartle about 10 miles south-west of Cork which I think is the best candidate for Daniel Dineen’s birthplace. Mary Nihan’s birthplace is recorded as Balethin. Once again, there are no places of that name. There are, however, two villages called Ballyfin in central Ireland. Both are 3 or 4 miles from Portlaoise.