Castle Bay barracks left me unsure. Castle Bar army barracks kept suggesting Co Mayo also many irish constabulary barracks were know as the barracks. At some point I entered Castle Bay barracks nr Ballylongford Aghavallen Kerry into Google images and got pages of images but not a real connection, the results selected more by castle than any other word I continued going for civil location records, ie by civil parish or even a church tax with records by civil parish there are only two Bambury entries in the twenty six counties,
http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?surname=bambury&firstname=&county=&parish=&townland=&search=SearchBambury John Ballyline Aghavallen Kerry 1824
Bambury Thos Ballyline Aghavallen Kerry 1824 Only two and these two made me look again and again as a starting point
Caution is needed with the Tithes as they are renowned for being selective and incomplete Don’t move on until you look up the entry which is at least one line and just sometimes a map. Thos Bambury turns out to be the entry immediately underneath John Bambury who has 12 arable and 18 acres of mountain side and bog. Thos entry is difficult to read, it starts as Thos Bambery and Partners its 45 acres of class 3 pasture? and 24 acres of mountainside and bog That’s quite a patch.. Its also the first time I have encountered this phrase Partners in the Tithes books.
[There is a famous graveyard in Aghavallen however apparently there are no Bambury graves as listed by Find A Grave database]
after the tithes the next record that is another census substitute is Griffiths Valuation useing the civil parish in 1851 I have mentioned this before
http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php the quick index and so useful
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/ has much more detail including maps showing with lick the boundaries of the homestead. Then you go onto their map see the place, slide anob changing form 1851 map to modern. The noting verything possible like road names open google maps go to sateliite and then street view and you can see today what the place looks like. Great fun and useful
Bambury John Ballyline East Aghavallen Kerry map ref 2
Bambury Margaret Well Rd. Ballymacasey Aghavallen Kerry map ref 13 9
Bambury John Coolnagraigue Aghavallen Kerry map ref 5
Bambury Edmond Lislaughtin Aghavallen Kerry map ref 9
Bambury Daniel Tullahennel South Aghavallen Kerry map ref 5
Finally you can move to the census the parish now becomes part of administration district names
Census see
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ieNote: The Civil Parish of Aghavallen ceased to be used for census purposes in the mid nineteenth century when District Electoral Divisions (DEDs) were introduced.
Aghavallen comprises the entire DEDs of:
Astee (Astee East and West, Ballynoneen, Carrigane, Cloonaman, Curraghderrig, Glanawillin, Kilcolman, Killeton, Kylatallin, Larha, Letter, Sliss townlands)
Carrig (Aghanagran Lower; Middle and Upper, Carrig Island, Carrigafoyle, Gortard, Martara, Rusheen, Rusheen Park townlands. This DED also includes most of Ballylongford town.
Lislaughtin (Ballyline East and West, Ballymacasy, Bunnaruddee, Coolnagraigue, Dromalivaun, Gurteenacloona, Leanamore, Lislaughtin, Shrone townlands. The DED also includes the Will Road and Main Street areas of Ballylongford Town.
and part of
Lisselton DED (Tullahennel North and South townlands),
there are 56 Bambury listed in the 1901 census living in Co Kerry
these reduce to 41 when districts that contained part of Aghavallen
they reduce to 4 when comparing to Ballyline as listed in the Tithes.
the census 1901 gives them as one household
2 in Ballyline East (Leislaughtin, Kerry)
Bambury John b ~1831 70 Male Head of Family Roman Catholic Co Kerry Farmer Read and write Irish and English Married -
Bambury Margaret 70 Female Wife Roman Catholic Co Kerry - Read and write Irish and English Married -
children
Bambury Mary 22 Female Daughter Roman Catholic Co Kerry Farmers Daughter Read and write English Not Married -
Bambury George 21 Male Son Roman Catholic Co Kerry Farmers Son Read and write English Not Married -
surprisingly I can find no trace of them in 1911. did George emigrate etc I stop here .
Andrea I notice you have George Bambury on Genes Reunited, and I noticed another tree holder Anne has an unknown Bambury in Ireland Kerry b 1700. Over to others who can help and the church records if in existence.
Good luck
