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annieoburns
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I am following up a lead from memoir of a great uncle. He recalls being a boy of aroung 10 yrs in 1870 and being taken by his father, Denis Daly, along the Grand canal to Hazelhatch near Celbridge. His father took him to a "nearby graveyard and pointed out a large gravestone with many Daly names on it that were his family". The grandfather's name was Bartholemew Daly and they would have been R Catholic.
Would anyone have an idea which graveyard this might be? and would it be practical to visit and search a graveyard this old? Hazel Hatch is near the Co Dublin/Kildare border but the memoir does mention Kildare rather than Dublin. I have tried searching for transcriptions but no luck.
I have found the great uncle in Mt Jerome cemetary and Denis Daly in Glasnevin which has a computerised records database from 1900 onwards. It would be nice to find this older gravestone after all these years!
Anne
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Wiffen, Utton, Clark, Spires, Frisby, Raybould, Charlton, Green, (England)
Flood, Daly, Doran, Mc Kercher, Gardiner, (Ireland/England)
Reid, Burns (Ireland)
McGourty, Daly (Ireland/America)
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Christopher
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1939 - 2009
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Hiya Anne,
I owe you an apology.
I omitted to welcome you to RootsChat when replying to your PMs.
I posted a message to a friend who lives in Leixlip and have just received her reply ....
Would you believe Chris that Hazelhatch is about 5 kilometres from here.The graveyard in question might be Oughterard ( I know, sounds like Galway)....it's actually the final resting place of Arthur Guinness! where the memoirs seem to be referring to might be Ardclough where I work?
If it is the cemetery at Oughterard the site is a National Monument which includes a castle dating from 1636 and church from circa 1189.
Have you had a look at Daly in Griffith's Valuation for Co. Kildare which took place in 1851?
Christopher
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annieoburns
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Great to get local person to comment and so prompt! As the family were shipwrights and involved in canal boats, I presume the father and son travelled by boat to Hazel Hatch so I am focusing on somewhere within walking distance of there but no obvious one from looking at maps. Interesting the Guinness connection as family were later employed by Guinesses repairing the barges that took the stout to ships for export. So far I have found four generations of shipwrights in this family.
Yes I had a quick look at Griffiths but think the dates do not line up. The gr gr grandfather was born in 1819 and was reared in Dublin city. It would help to finetune the townland and also would be of interest to look at the 1901 census whenever it is online and searchable by name/area.
I hope to take a trip in that direction over the summer and see what I can find if that is not too impractical.
Thanks again to your contact for that extra one.
Anne
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Flood, Daly, Doran, Mc Kercher, Gardiner, (Ireland/England)
Reid, Burns (Ireland)
McGourty, Daly (Ireland/America)
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Christopher
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Thanks Ronnie.
Anne, my friend in Kildare sent a message saying ...
"The graveyard at Confey is in Leixlip and is just over the bridge from the canal."
Christopher
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Christopher
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Hello Anne,
It was great meeting you at the Dublin City Library on Saturday. I'm sorry we only had a few minutes chat. Maybe you'll be able to meet some of the other RootsChatters in the Dublin area when we have another gathering.
I mentioned your story about your great uncle and his father going along the Grand Canal to Hazelhatch and then visiting a graveyard to the proprietress of the B&B in Leixlip where I stayed this weekend. She kindly offered to ask a Leixlip teacher who is keen on local history and may be able to provide some more information.
I'm sending you contact details in a PM.
Christopher
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Frazer
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Hazelhatch is located between Celbridge in Co. Kildare and and Newcastle in Co. Dublin.
Did you find the location of the cemetery? If not, I may be able to help.
Last year I went with a friend to a tiny graveyard not far from the canal at Hazelhatch (her ancestors lived in the area and worked on the canal). The graveyard is tucked away off the beaten track and is not very well known. Let me know if I can help.
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annieoburns
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Thank you for your interest Frazer. I have not got any lead at the moment. There are several in Celbridge area and so far have had no luck with someone of local knowledge contacting me. Holiday time etc. No reply from Co Council either. I did see reference to small grave near Hazelhatch in a book and that it was used in famine times (c 1840's) so this could be this one. I suppose I discounted it as thought perhaps no gravestones. I would be grateful if you could help with its location as I have not found it on maps that I have. I should look at 1840's maps. What was the condition of the graveyard? were the stones still legible?
Thank you for reigniting my search!
Anne
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Frazer
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Anne,
If you like, I can take you to the cemetery. I have sent you a pm with my phone no.
For the benefit of others who might read this, the cemetery is known locally as the Reiligin (spelling??) which, of course, is Irish for little graveyard. Although in Co. Dublin, Hazelhatch is as close to Celbridge as it is to Newcastle and baptisms, weddings, funerals could well have been held in Celbridge church. Apart from the reiligin, burials could have taken place in Newcastle cemetery or Donacomper cemetery in Celbridge. I think Brownstown is one of the local townlands for that area.
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annieoburns
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I am delighted to report that the Daly grave has been located in the small graveyard identified by Frazer. It is in fact in the neighbouring county of Dublin and is officially known as Loughtown Lower, being the townland. A bit of research with this name reveals that there is a transcription record of all the stones in this graveyard and this is available in Dublin City Library. So now I have details of the stone. Apparantly it has now fallen forward and is difficult to read.
I am off tomorrow to visit - weather permitting!
Many thanks again to Frazer for help in this search and of course thanks to this great resource we have of Roots chat!
Anne
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keni
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Hello Anne, looking for some info. on my grandmother (Anne Daly at birth) I did a search under the name Daly and your post came up. I read that you knew of a Bartholomew Daly. My Gran's father was called Bartholomew, could it be the same I wonder? Did you find any more info. on him and where he's buried etc? Ken
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annieoburns
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Yes we may well have a match - I will send you a PM
Anne
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