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'unknown' STACK
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The Stack surname is common throughout Ireland, especially in Munster where the strongest concentration is in north Kerry. It is a Norman name and originally had a 'de' prefix - 'de Stac', 'de Stak', etc. The Norman Stacks settled in the Abbeydorney / Kilflynn area, building a residence nearby in Crotta in 1320 and giving the name Stackstown to Kilflynn. The mountains between Tralee and Lyrecrompane became the Stack Mountains, and the whole area was named Pobal Stack (Stacks' Country). One member of the clan, Maurice Stack, born in 1499, became bishop of Kerry and carried out major improvements to Ardfert Cathedral where he is buried. By the 16th century, the Stacks were adversaries of the English, and fought on the Irish side at Kinsale in 1601.
Descendants of 'unknown' above lived in Gortdromasillihy, Moyvane, Co. Kerry, and perhaps 'unknown' lived there too. I wonder, therefore, if 'unknown' was an ancestor of Edmund Stack who married Johanna Barrett, lived in Gortdromasillihy and had the following children (I have been unable to link this family to 'unknown' but it is likely they were connected):
Edmund (baptised 23 October 1830
Bridget (23 January 1832
William (15 September 1833)
Honora (24 August 1835)
Richard (29 September 1837)
Thomas (10 September 1841)
Mary (5 October 1842)
Bridget (10 December 1843)
Note from Helen: Although neither my husband nor I am descended from 'unknown' above, a descendant of his, Tom Stack (c.1855-1909), married my great-grandaunt Ellie Shanahan in 1884. In the course of my research into the Shanahans I was given much valuable information on the Stack family which I have included in the website. I hope it is useful to Stack researchers. I have been asked in the past if jockey Tommy Stack from Moyvane, Co. Kerry who rode Red Rum to victory in the 1977 Aintree Grand National, is connected to the Stack families in my family tree, but I have so far found no link between Tommy and my families.
Descendants of 'unknown' above lived in Gortdromasillihy, Moyvane, Co. Kerry, and perhaps 'unknown' lived there too. I wonder, therefore, if 'unknown' was an ancestor of Edmund Stack who married Johanna Barrett, lived in Gortdromasillihy and had the following children (I have been unable to link this family to 'unknown' but it is likely they were connected):
Edmund (baptised 23 October 1830
Bridget (23 January 1832
William (15 September 1833)
Honora (24 August 1835)
Richard (29 September 1837)
Thomas (10 September 1841)
Mary (5 October 1842)
Bridget (10 December 1843)
Note from Helen: Although neither my husband nor I am descended from 'unknown' above, a descendant of his, Tom Stack (c.1855-1909), married my great-grandaunt Ellie Shanahan in 1884. In the course of my research into the Shanahans I was given much valuable information on the Stack family which I have included in the website. I hope it is useful to Stack researchers. I have been asked in the past if jockey Tommy Stack from Moyvane, Co. Kerry who rode Red Rum to victory in the 1977 Aintree Grand National, is connected to the Stack families in my family tree, but I have so far found no link between Tommy and my families.