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Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1865), "Walter Chaster, abode White Strand, buried December 30th 1865, aged 17". The Galway Express. December 30th. (1865). "Melancholy Accident" (an account of the shooting accident in which "Master Walter Chaster, second son of Mr. W.W. Chaster, Supervisor of Excise" died at Kilcolgan, Co. Galway). The Galway Vindicator. December 30th. (1865), "Fatal accident. Death of Mr. Walter Thomas Chaster", (a somewhat shorter account than is given in the reference cited above). The Galway Express. January 6th. (1866). A long address delivered at the funeral of "Master Walter T. Chaster, scholar of Queen's College, and son of our respected townsman W.W. Chaster Esq." is given in full. See a further long account in The Galway Express. January 6th. (1866). "The Late Master W.T. Chaster." W.W. Chaster, the father of Walter Thomas Chaster was a member of the Freemasons. See The Galway Express. June 27th. (1868). Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1874), "Eliza Mc Clean, abode White Strand Galway, buried September 15th 1874, aged 74". The Galway Express. September 19th. (1874). "Me Lean. On the 13th instant, of paralysis, at Whitestrand House, the residence of her son-in-law W.W. Chester Esq., Mrs Eliza Mc Lean, widow of the late Lieut. William Clayton Mc Lean R.N. aged 76 years. 'Her end was peace'". Vestry Minute Books (Vol. II), December 14th. (1874), 46. Mr. Chaster was granted permission to erect a tombstone over his late son and mother-in-law.