Thanks Jean. Kilskeery and Trillick appear to have been rather lawless places; almost every item I’ve located in newspapers of that period report instances of violence, murder and civil unrest – generally in the reported proceedings of the Omagh assizes. Some parishes in Ireland in those times were like that. However, I haven’t given up on that front; I’m always looking. Please remember, I am nothing more than just an amateur! All the best, Len Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 From: Jean Crozier<mailto:jecrozier@shaw.ca> Sent: Wednesday, 10 February 2021 5:51 AM To: Len Swindley<mailto:len_swindley@hotmail.com>; CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List<mailto:cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> Subject: RE: the Masonic order Well, my goodness, that certainly clarifies the prohibition -- no fooling around there!!! Thanks again, Len. And. . . if you happen to run across items associated with Kilskeery Parish, in Co. Tyrone, prior to about 1832 . . . and that you'd want to put into this database, I would be forever grateful!! Thanks again for all your contributions. Jean in western Canada At 03:10 AM 2/9/2021, you wrote: This item may explain things: Masons did not exclude membership of Catholics Papal ban of Freemasonry - Wikipedia<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_ban_of_Freemasonry#:> Len Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10