Thanks again Sinann and Tara.
Do understand what you were trying to say Tara, and in light of that am making a presumption he would have possibly been taking his wife to meet his family in Templemore. The reason I asked about name prefix and religion is that Patrick being R.C and Rachel not, I was wondering, if they settled in his home town or the wider County, might they have encountered a problem with baptisms of any children? I don't know how big/little Templemore is, number and denominations of churches etc., but I presume these establishments will hold the only records, ergo the key to my tracing any descendants.
Just read your latest posts Tara - yes Rachel is part of my family. Her father was John Pocock (an agricultural labourer) and mother Jane (nee Rolfe). Rachel was one of 5 children. They were part of the travelling community, and just like all the Patricks and Michaels I have encountered with the Cormacks/McCormacks, the Pococks seemed to like using the same family christian names, so you end up with about 6 Annes all born in the same area within a couple of years!
With Rachels' name being outside of their 'norm' I thought she might be one of the easier ones to follow. How wrong could I be?
Is Slaters like a Kellys Directory?
thanks again
corndolly