Grace (Shortall) Alley (abt. 1700)

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Biography

Grace was born about 1700. Grace Shortall ... ^[1]

Research Notes

Possible pedigree connections, as leads for further exploration:

• Several paragraphs summarising the activities of the Shortalls in Ireland between 1333 and the 1600s:
  • D'Alton, King James's Irish Army List (1689), Vol.2, pp.572-3:
    • http://www.askaboutireland.ie/aai-files/assets/ebooks/70-72-King-James-Irish-Army-List/70-King-James-Irish-Army-List-2.pdf

• Possible connection to the following James Shortall (born ca.1464):
  • James Schorthals, Baron of Ballylarcan and Ballykeefe. The Schorthals, later shortened to Shortall, are thought to have arrived in Ireland around the time of the Norman invasion in 1169. A Robert Schorthal was granted Ballylarkin, sometime between 1202 and 1218. James Schorthals was Baron of Ballylarkin when he erected the family monument at St Canice's [Cathedral in the city of Kilkenny] in 1507. He is also responsible for building the square crossing tower of the Black Abbey. James died shortly after 1534, aged c.70 years. His son Oliver Shortall was Lord of Ballylarkin in 1549-1562. Oliver was married to Honorina Grace, the daughter of John Grace and Honoria Walsh. [This John Grace was the son of Sir John Grace, the "Iron-Belted"].^[2]

• Kilrush Castle, seat of the Shortalls in the late 1500s:
  • https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6528474

• Kilrush Castle is one of the rare castles in Ireland with its studded wooden door (16th century) still intact:
  • https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4571582

Sources

1. ↑ A source for this information is needed.
2. ↑ "Effigial Tombs" of St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny:
   • http://megalithicireland.com/St%20Canice's%20Cathedral,%20Effigial%20Tombs.html