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PJC
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Hi - many thanks for your efforts - I look forward to your next reply. I remember that laneway that goes up to the Christian Brothers school where I spent many happy  days (There was a house called St. John's)
Peter
Hi Again PJC , I called to St John's Cemetry this afternoon after hunting it down, for future reference it is quite small and located behind a shop called Shaws just off the main street in Athy. There is only one small Iron Gate and it is kept locked but I am told that there are community workeres working there on and off tidying it up andI had just missed them and they would be back from lunch at 2 I waited for them to come back till half but no luck they must have decided to know off early being Friday and all. I will check again on Monday and if necessary "Charm" my way inside for you , honestly the things we root chatters will do for each other, giggles  but otherwise have a few leads as to to where I can obtain the key for the gate so "A hunting I will go" on Monday, have a nice weekend regards Damsel |
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Celtic Damsel
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Hi PJC have manged to get into St Johns cemetry this morning it would seem there is only one grave for your Molloy family it would also seem that all of the people on that list are buried in what would have been from what I can see a double width grave, the headstone is faded but was just about readable and says it was originally erected by your Robert in the memory of his children ; Hannah Anne died 5th September 1824 aged 9 months Frederick 12th August 1825 aged 3 months and William 20th september 1826 aged 4 months the slab above the grave seems to have all of the other family members names on it but is impossible to read, I spoke to the workman there and he says there is only one grave for Molloy, I have photos of it for you if you can send me an email address on a personal message I will forward them to you, I assume as you knew the most of them were on your tree that you already have all other relevant information regarding to them? regards Damsel
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jud72
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Hi Damsel,
The story goes that my Corrigan ancestors were evicted from the Athy area sometime around 1800. There is a particular mention of Ardscull Moate but I'm not sure how accurate this information is. I checked the Athy Catholic parish records, and the main entry which I was interested in referred to a place called Tankardtown or perhaps Tankardstown. Do you know where this is? I also checked the main cemetery in Athy but with no success. Is there another cemetery which people from Tankardstown might have used? Thanks
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Celtic Damsel
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Hi there have sent you some infor on Tankardstown yes it is quite close to me You dont say if your people were Rc or protestant ? there are as far as i am aware no specific cemeterys for Tankardstown only the two RC cemeterys in the town here in Athy St Michaels Old and new , there is also a very old Protestant cemetry called St Johns but have checked and I dont see any Corrigans buried there so I assume you are looking for catholic burials. I have added here a link for information on Ardskull , The Moate which is a very historic area but it is not close to Tankardstown as such it is situated on the Dublin Road way outside the town in the opposite direction http://kildare.ie/SouthKildareHeritageTrail/ardscull.htm hope this helps ? regards Damsel
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Celtic Damsel
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Hi Again PJC I was a bit dissapointed for you yesterday when I discovered that the slab on your ancestors gravestone was so difficult to make out so I made some enquiries this morning and found out that in !997 a project was carried out to cut the graveyard out from the overgrown state it was in and to index and record all of the gravstones by a local group. They produced an excellent booklet on the project which I have managed to get a copy of , and it confirmed for me that your Molloys were all in plot 10 and 11 marked by one gravestone and slab which I have sent you photos of, and I have also sent you to mail a full inscription for the grave which they managed to make out by pouring of all things shaving foam on it !!! a hint for any would be "Grave Rubbers" so to speak !! anyhows hope this has all helped and good luck with your search form here on in, Regards Damsel
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Celtic Damsel
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well I am currently job hunting maybe I will Tee hee no probs PJC enjoy , Damsel 
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Celtic Damsel
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Hi Again Rory have managed to get information on the COI that possible would have records for your ancestors burials I will keep you posted in the meantime heres the information I have contacted the Rev Delamere already.
Burtontown is in the civil parish of Moone which is part of the ecclesiastical parish of Timolin. This is now part of a group of parishes based on Narraghmore.The rector is the Revd Isaac Delamere
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Celtic Damsel
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Hi John P not forgetting about ya !! calling in to the church in Kill on my way to Dublin tomorrow will keep you posted , regards Damsel
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RoryT
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Dansel,
Thanks very much for that. Maybe he should look at all possible spellings/misspellings of the name Talbot, Talbott, Turbet, Torbet, etc. As this has happened many times in my searches.
Rory
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jud72
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Thanks for the info on Tankardstown, Damsel. I see that there is an old Danish fort there - PERHAPS later generations knew there was some connection with a fort and presumed it to be Ardscull. Will try to see if there are Estate records for the area.
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Celtic Damsel
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 Tee Hee Christopher I wish !! I'm actually having fun helping out others as Kildare is not my native county I'm a "big Smoke " girl so its been teaching me loads about the area as well regards Damsel
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Celtic Damsel
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Hi John P , just got back from Kill an hour or so ago , you did'nt say if your ancestors were COE or in the case COI or Catholic as far as I remember ? but the only cemetry in Kill is on the grounds of St Johns COI Church.
The church itself is still in business "so to speak" , but only have services every couple of weeks or so. I walked the whole cmemtry and discovered that very few of the headstones are actually still readable, and quite a lot of the graves were only ever marked by a small Rock type stone which I imagine had the very basic information about the person on it. I have some photos for you of the church and cemetry if you send me an email address in a personal message I will gladly forward them to you. Without you having the exact grave it would be impossible to tell which one your ancestor is buried in, you can find this out by writing to, or emailing for the information to library@ireland.anglican.org , they hold of the records and are very helpful. I also spoke to Brian McCabe of the local history society he said he received your letter and will be replying very soon, sorry could'nt be more helpful but if you get the information and still want a photo of the actual grave I will go back and get one for you, Regards Damsel
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