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marlee
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hi could you tell me where in Kilkenny Mothell is ..all i know of my ancestors is my gggrandad was christened in the church of Ireland Mothell in 1835 ..i do not even know the name of the church so am stuck as to were to look next ..i know his father was a military man Named Joseph price but that is all i know ..if i can find the area of Kilkenny this gives me a chance to try to go back further ..thank you Keith
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Celtic Damsel
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Hi Keith, the library in Dublin below have the registers for the Mothell Church Baptisms 1810-1848 Marraiges 1811-1950 and Burials 1817-1842 you can mail them they are very helpful and give them what you are looking for roughly and they will do a search for you for a small fee ....
http://www.ireland.anglican.org/index.php?do=about&id=42
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/KIK/Mothell/
also if you google Mothell you will get lots and lots of links for local family history also, hope this helps your searc if I can help in any other way let me know regards Bernadette
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marlee
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thank you so much for the info ..i only realised after i had sent it you are in Kildare and not Kilkenny ..i will contact that adress thanks so much best regards Keith
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Earth.Traveller
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Hello Damsel,
I am new to this board (only joined yesterday) and new to genealogy in general. I read all your postings in this thread and found them very useful. I live in Dublin and I have ancestors from Athy. I plan to visit the Town Council offices next week to view the graveyard records. I will also stop at Newbridge Library to view their copies of church records. Do you think these offices would be open as usual this month or perhaps they might close for summer holidays.
I tried to to view Athy church records in the National Library of Ireland, Dublin but the quality of the microfilm copies is very poor. Hopefully, the copy in Newbridge will be better.
Finally, my interest is in the family Dwen. HarryC posted several times in this thread about the name. I have some information that might be useful to him; should I post to this thread, open a new one or PM him?  Any suggestions would be much appreciated by this newbie! 
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Beasley/Beazley - Kerry, Ireland and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Doran - Dublin, Ireland and Brooklyn, New York
Dwen - Athy, County Kildare, Ireland
Kearney - Dublin, Ireland and Meath, Ireland
Mylod - Rathangan, County Kildare, Ireland.
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Celtic Damsel
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Hi there and welcome to Rootschat, you will find lots of helpful posts and lots of helpful and friendly people on here so good luck with your search. You should PM Harry C directly I'm sure he will be delighted with any help on the Dwens ( and all combinations!) dont know if you will find the copies any better at the Newbridge Library hopefully so, but bear in mind if you have some concrete dates or at least a ballpark figure you could call into the church while you are here and give her the information and she will do a search for you.
I would link up with Harry first as he may have already done this and it will save you time and money, none of the offices you will need to call to close for holidays so you dont need to worry on that account and the if I can be of any other help let me know, I have the caretakers phone number for the graveyard I can PM you and he is very good at meeting up with people and showing them where the plot numbers they have found are so keep in touch, regards Damsel
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Celtic Damsel
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Hi Chris,
just looking through my posts and wondered I never heard back from you as to whether you received those photos and the information I sent on your graves ? hope it was all of some help to you ? Damsel
Damsel
My Mother in Law has added she thinks the brothers name was Harry. He was definitately training to be apriest.
As for Dolly, I think she had to work for her food, possilbly pulling a cart or trap.
i am away for the next week so if you post I will reply when I return.
Many thanks
Chris
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O'Brien, Dublin, Kavanagh, Dublin, Owens, Dublin and Wales, Gibbs, London and Kent, Hill, London and Cork, Goldfinch, London and Kent, Connelly, Dublin
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mare
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Hello 
Welcome to Rootschat Earth. Traveller, I hope you enjoy using the site.
I have put the name Dwen on the Surname Interest Table. The information I have has been colated by a cousin of my late mother-in-law for a reunion of descendants of their ancestor Samuel William Dwen who left Athy for New Zealand in 1863.
Happy to share with you or Harry if there is some connection. I don't have anything relating to Athy though, in-laws did make a very brief visit some years back in the hope of finding added history and a few headstones but it wasn't fruitful.
Cheers for the thread Damsel
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Earth.Traveller
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Hello Damsel,
In an earlier message in this thread you mentioned that the library in Newbridge holds copies of Kildare parish registers. I am interested to view the RC registers for Athy.
Yesterday I was in the National Library in Dublin and I took a look at the microfilmed copies of the registers for St. Michaels Church, Athy. The quality of the copies is generally very poor. In some cases whole pages are completely illegible and many other entries are difficult to read; some entries are blurred due to camera shake. From what I know, the National Library microfilmed copies where done 30 or 40 years ago.
Do you know if the microfilms kept in Newbridge are copies of the National Library microfilms or are they of better quality?
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Beasley/Beazley - Kerry, Ireland and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Doran - Dublin, Ireland and Brooklyn, New York
Dwen - Athy, County Kildare, Ireland
Kearney - Dublin, Ireland and Meath, Ireland
Mylod - Rathangan, County Kildare, Ireland.
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Earth.Traveller
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Hi Damsel,
A few days ago I called the Athy Heritage Centre. The woman I spoke with said that there is a "genealogy office" in Saint Michael RC church. Is this a new development or does the old regime, which you mentioned in earlier posts, still persist?
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Beasley/Beazley - Kerry, Ireland and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Doran - Dublin, Ireland and Brooklyn, New York
Dwen - Athy, County Kildare, Ireland
Kearney - Dublin, Ireland and Meath, Ireland
Mylod - Rathangan, County Kildare, Ireland.
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Celtic Damsel
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Hi Im afraid I dont know what sort of quality the films are at the newbridge library as I have never looked at them, if you ring them and ask for their family history section and Mario Corrigan he may be able to tell you whether or not they are they same films.
I dont know why they are calling it a genaology office but I guess it means she will search in her usual office (there is only one) for a famly if you have some specifics, it's still one lady there as far as I am aware, sorry not to be able to be of further help, regards Bernadette
Hello Damsel,
In an earlier message in this thread you mentioned that the library in Newbridge holds copies of Kildare parish registers. I am interested to view the RC registers for Athy.
Yesterday I was in the National Library in Dublin and I took a look at the microfilmed copies of the registers for St. Michaels Church, Athy. The quality of the copies is generally very poor. In some cases whole pages are completely illegible and many other entries are difficult to read; some entries are blurred due to camera shake. From what I know, the National Library microfilmed copies where done 30 or 40 years ago.
Do you know if the microfilms kept in Newbridge are copies of the National Library microfilms or are they of better quality?
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O'Brien, Dublin, Kavanagh, Dublin, Owens, Dublin and Wales, Gibbs, London and Kent, Hill, London and Cork, Goldfinch, London and Kent, Connelly, Dublin
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LC_1986
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Hi
I am looking for Esther Brennan. Her married name is FANNING.
But Esther Brennan was born in 1909 in Kilkenny. She was living in Athy when she was in her early 20's as she had a baby girl out of wedlock when she was 24 in St Vincents Hospital in Athy. This was in 1933. Is there any way you could help me?
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Celtic Damsel
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Hi There, if you know the area she was born in in Kilkenny I could point you to the right church to get her baptism record, ( you dont say whether or not you have this ) and if she had the baby in Athy and you know the babies name you could write to the church here in Athy and request a copy of it ? hope this helps ? Damsel
Hi
I am looking for Esther Brennan. Her married name is FANNING.
But Esther Brennan was born in 1909 in Kilkenny. She was living in Athy when she was in her early 20's as she had a baby girl out of wedlock when she was 24 in St Vincents Hospital in Athy. This was in 1933. Is there any way you could help me?
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O'Brien, Dublin, Kavanagh, Dublin, Owens, Dublin and Wales, Gibbs, London and Kent, Hill, London and Cork, Goldfinch, London and Kent, Connelly, Dublin
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Earth.Traveller
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LC_1986, did you check the familysearch look-up site? It shows one possible match: Esther Brennan, born second quarter of 1909, registered at Thomastown, County Kilkenny.
Do you know the babies first name?
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Dwen - Athy, County Kildare, Ireland
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Mylod - Rathangan, County Kildare, Ireland.
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LC_1986
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Her First name is Lena. Whats the website?
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shanew147
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the familysearch Irish Civil Index is at : http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=2;t=searchable;c=1408347
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