George Maurice Ievers (1850-1908)

GEORGE MAURICE IEVERS (1850-1908) George Maurice Ievers of Ballinagarde House, Co. Limerick, and Inchera, Co. Cork was Norman Lancelot Ievers’ grandfather. He was born on 29th January 1850, the third son of Eyre and Mildred Ievers of Mount Ievers, and went to...
The O’Halloran’s: Merchants of Antrim & New Zealand

The O’Halloran’s: Merchants of Antrim & New Zealand

Early Origins   The O’Halloran family motto is generally given as “Ripis rapax, rivis audax”, meaning ‘On the banks rapacious, in the streams daring.’ Another version is “Rapax ripis, audax rives”, similarly translated as ‘Rapacious on the banks, audacious on the...