Ms Maeve Mullin:

We do the due diligence research to make sure that it is the correct person. Éamon Ó Cuív is such a good name from a genealogical point of view, but if it is somebody who had a very popular name, we have to make sure we are speaking to the correct Patrick Murphy and not another Patrick Murphy. That is part of the due diligence research.

There are always two sides to research in that there is the desk research and the records and making sure that all the records add up to the story, and then there is the anecdotal information from the family.

Sometimes those can be at odds but all of the jigsaw pieces have to fit together.