Ka soo qaad magacyada dadka ku jira maqaalkan ku saabsan Robert Ball.
Context:Wuxuu ku dhashay Queenstown, County Cork. Wuxuu ahaa cunugga saddexaad ee Bob Stawell Ball, oo ah sarkaal kastam ah, iyo Mary Ball (née Green). Qoyska Ball waxay ku noolaayeen Youghal, County Cork. Robert wuxuu lahaa laba gabdhood oo walaalo ah kuwaas oo la wadaagay xiisaha uu u qabo dabeecadda, Anne, oo ah cilmi-yaqaan caan ah, iyo Mary, oo ah cilmi-yaqaan. Waxa kale oo uu lahaa walaal, Bent (7 Maarso 1806 - 19 May 1860), oo aan u muuqan inuu xiiseynayo meelahaas. Markii hore wuxuu dhigan jiray dugsiga Clonakilty, ka hor inta uusan dhigan dugsiga Quaker ee Ballitore, County Kildare halkaas oo xiisaha uu u qabo taariikhda dabiiciga ah lagu horumariyay dhiirigelinta macalinkiisa dugsiga James White. Wuxuu ku soo laabtay Youghal 1824 si uu u qabto jagada garsooraha oo ay ku lug lahayd safarka oo mararka qaarkood khatar ahaa, xitaa wuxuu ka badbaaday isku day dil, laakiin wuxuu ka caawiyay ururinta shaybaarkiisa taariikhda dabiiciga ah. Wuxuu ka tagay Youghal Dublin sanadkii 1827, maadaama uusan awoodin inuu waxbarasho caafimaad qaato wuxuu ka shaqeeyay 20 sano adeegga rayidka, marka hore wuxuu ahaa qareen xafiiska Constabulary iyo Yeomanry, Dublin, ka dibna wuxuu ahaa kaaliyaha maktabadda iyo ilaaliyaha diiwaanka isla. Wuxuu u arkaa shaqadu inay tahay "addoonsiga naf-xumada" wuxuuna raacay xiisaha taariikhda dabiiciga ah, isagoo si firfircoon ula shaqeynaya goobaha sayniska ee maxalliga ah. Ball wuxuu ka tagay shaqada dowladda sanadkii 1852 isaga oo haysta hawlgab yar, maadaama loo arko inuu waqti badan ku bixiyay hawlo cilmiyeed oo aan ku habooneyn shaqaalaha dowladda. Wuxuu safarro taariikhda dabiiciga ah la galay William Todhunter, William Thompson, Robert Patterson, George Hyndman, iyo Edward Forbes marka laga reebo safarada matxafyada Paris iyo shirarka Great Britain.
Bob Stawell Ball, Mary Ball, Robert Ball, Anne Ball, Mary Ball, Bent Ball, James White, William Todhunter, William Thompson, Robert Patterson, George Hyndman, Edward Forbes Waxaa ka mid ah: