Fogarty Family - Edgeworthstown

[Jenny Elizabeth]

Hello

My husband's cousin is a beginner family researcher living in Australia  and wants to study her paternal family in Ireland.  The family names were Fogarty and Smythe and they lived in Edgeworthstown/Mostrim.  I am going to send her some of the useful links but wondered if anyone can give further advice.  I know there are different areas of Edgeworthstown so will find out more.  

I have studied my own UK family history but understand there are differences in the way Irish records are kept etc.  

Many Thanks

Jenny Elizabeth

[Donni]

You could try the Edgeworthstown Parish Scrapbook website, it has some old photos and info/history on Edgeworthstown/Mostrim, the webmaster is from the area and very much into genealogy and history his email is included in the Contact section of the site:

http://www.mostrim.org/

[Jenny Elizabeth]

Hello Donni

Thanks for this information.  I will have a look - I am sure my mother-in-law would be very interested to see it too.  Since I sent this message she went home to Ireland and brought back a book about the area with details of all the local families including the Fogarty family.    For anyone with connections with this part of Ireland this would be a fascinating read.

Thanks again

Jenny Elizabeth