Mounteen in Gowran

[DMR]

I am from Australia and researching my ancestors in Ireland. This is my first possible finding of ancestors in Ireland.

I think I may have found a marriage for my gg grandparents and subsequent baptisms for the couple's children. The Catholic marriage occurred in June 1845 in the Gowran parish. Find My Past has the address of the bride as Mounteen. The actual record lists both the groom and bride's names then the placename 'Mounteen' It then lists the witnesses names followed by 'Wihigan'. Are these the names of towns? If so where in Kilkenny are they? Would they actually be the places the couple and then the witnesses lived?

The baptisms include one in 1847 with the placename 'Blauchville? Town and 1850 Cleart?

I would love it anyone can tell me more about these places.

Would the marriage & baptisms have been performed in a church? If so, any idea which ones? I would love to find out more about these also.

Kind Regards,

DMR

[hallmark]

If RC then registers online, free

http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0978

[hallmark]

Marriages 1845..

http://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000635322#page/180/mode/1up

Sorry, realized afterwards, you said RC!!  :-))

[Sinann]

Now you have the detail you can find the marriage here.
http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0978
Also at the bottom of that page use the link to Irish Ancestors.
https://www.johngrenham.com/records/rc_church.php?churchid=0978&parish=Gowran
From there the Click here for a listing of place names etc.
Click on each Civil parish name in turn to find the townland in question.

[Sinann]

I would suggest Dungarvin Civil Parish.
Moanteenmore and Wihigan is in fact Neighan

Although looking at the original it does seem to have a tall letter in the centre, a h or t perhaps.

[Sinann]

Blanchville or Blanchvillestown. In Blanchvilleskill Civil Parish.

[hallmark]

here is one with Mounteen...

http://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000635322#page/180/mode/1up

[Sinann]

 W one is witnesses. It's got the long s near the end. So used to SS for sponsors I didn't notice until I zoomed out a bit that it's at the end of each entry.

[Sinann]

Need to see an example of it but I wouldn't be surprised if Cleart turned out to be Scart.