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Welcome to the Coates family website.The name Coates is of ancient origin and was written in the earliest records as De Cote (meaning from the coast). It was a Norman name and the letter "a" was added to help in the correct pronunciation in English. The "A" occurs in the spelling as early as 1331, when in the fourth year of Edward III, William De Coates was Lord of Coles DeVille in Leicestershire, England, and again in 1347 John De Coates, with an "a" held lands in Lincoln, although the name was generally written Cotes until the seventeenth century.There are landed proprietors bearing the name Coates in England, Wales and Ireland. The first Coates family arrived in Ireland in the early 1700s. Shortly after arriving in Ireland, the family bought land in Kildare around Donadea, Kilcock and Ovidstown from the Aylmer family, where they built their family Estate at Knockanally. They also had a house in Brighton, England.Matthew Coates Esq. built the original Knockanally House, which was to stand for almost 200 years. This was built in the late 1700's and he was the first of four generations of the Coates family to own Knockanally. He was known to locals as "Miner" Coates, a reference to mines he owned in Africa. His son William Coates Esq. built the present Knockanally House in 1843. He was the local magistrate in the area of Enfield. The estate remained the Ancestral home of the Coates family until 1942 when it was sold to the Irish Land Commission and re-destributed to Irish families. The House still remains today and is the Club House of the Knockanally Golf Course. Nowadays, the family is spread out over five counties, Dublin, Wicklow, Westmeath, Meath and Kildare. |
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Christian Coates outside the Coates Mansion at Knockanally |
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| The Coates family in 1885 on what is now the 1st tee at the golf couse |
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My family moved to Dublin in the 1885 and opened a piano factory. My Great Great Grandfather, Joseph Jennings Coates from Eccleshill in Yorkshire, England, was a composer, pianist and piano tuner. His wife Jessie Coates was a professor of Music from Exeter in Devonshire, England. Since then the family have always had a very musical background. His son, Ernest and his wife Emily (my Great Grand-Parents) were also pianists and music teachers. Most of their children including Harold, Richard (My Grand-Father) and Frederick became musicians, able to play, repair and tune many instruments. In time both Richards and Fredericks children followed in their footsteps, forming several bands that played all over England and Ireland. |
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Below is a family tree going back several generations (for a more detailed family tree of the entire Coates family in Ireland, click on the link for family tree on the left).
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The Musical History |
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Business card of Albert Coates |
Business card of Ernest (Great Grand Dad) Coates |
News paper clipping of Great Grand Mother Emily Coates at 90 years old playing at a senior citizens party. |
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The Bands |
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Richard (Grand Dad) Coates '50s (Grand Dad is first on the left) |
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Freddie Coates '50s |
Harold Coates '50s |
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Ricky Jennings and the Waves (Ireland '60s) (Centre- Gwennie (Coates) Walsh & George Coates (Ricky Jennings was his stage name). |
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Ricky Jennings and the Waves (Ireland '60s) (Second & third from right- Gwennie (Coates) Walsh & George Coates (Ricky Jennings).
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The Reg Coates Experience (England '60s) (From the left- Norman Coates, Reg Coates, Vick Steel (from the Hollies) & unknown) |
The Reg Coates Experience (England '60s) (From the left- unknown, Reg Coates, Norman Coates & Vick Steel (from the Hollies) |
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The Reg Coates Experience (England '60s) (From left- Reg Coates, Vick Steel, Norman Coates and Unknown) |
The Reg Coates Experience (England '70s) (From Left- Norman Coates, Cliff, Reg Coates, unknown, Gordon) |
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The Harmony Grass (Ireland '80s) (From left- Austin Coates, Gwennie (Coates) Walsh, Dave Scot, Dickie & Norman Coates). |
The Harmony Grass (Ireland '80s) (From left-Richie Tyler, Austin Coates, Gwennie (Coates) Walsh, ? drummer, Norman & Dickie Coates).
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Harmony Grass photo shoot just before appearing on an RTE Show late (Ireland '80s) |
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The Harmony Grass, (Ireland early '90s) (From left- Austin Coates, Gwennie Coates Walsh, Dickie & Norman Coates). |
Reg Coates (England '70-'80s) |
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| The Reg Coates Experience(England '80-'90s) |  |
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Jason Coates (The temple Bar -Irish Bar Portugal '06) |
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| Poster of Rose Coates (stage name Jackie French) |  |
John Coates (Singer/songwriter) |
Catherine Coates (Singer)-front cover of one of her albums |
Gemini 2005 Gwen (Coates) Walsh & Norman Coates
Second Nature 2004 from top: Rachael, Olivia and Virginia Coates |
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