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help please with this Irish town/county name
« on: Thursday 18 May 17 11:30 BST (UK) »
Hi I wonder has anyone come across this area in their research or can make better sense of it than me, the other people in the household were all stated as being from Dublin so this lady is not I am assuming it is outside Dublin? thanks in anticipation
O'Brien, Dublin, Kavanagh, Dublin, Owens, Dublin and Wales, Gibbs, London and Kent, Hill, London and Cork, Goldfinch, London and Kent, Connelly, Dublin

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Re: help please with this Irish town/county name
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 18 May 17 11:46 BST (UK) »
Is it not part of an address "Postown"?

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Re: help please with this Irish town/county name
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 18 May 17 12:11 BST (UK) »
What sort of record is it from and what country?
Could it be a place in the area the record is from?

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Re: help please with this Irish town/county name
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 18 May 17 12:20 BST (UK) »
Is it not part of an address "Postown"?

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Hi no it is under where born on the 1901 census its a hard one isn't it?
O'Brien, Dublin, Kavanagh, Dublin, Owens, Dublin and Wales, Gibbs, London and Kent, Hill, London and Cork, Goldfinch, London and Kent, Connelly, Dublin


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« Reply #4 on: Thursday 18 May 17 12:21 BST (UK) »
What sort of record is it from and what country?
Could it be a place in the area the record is from?

Its an extract from the Irish 1901I'm not sure if I am allowed to post the editied piece here from the return?
O'Brien, Dublin, Kavanagh, Dublin, Owens, Dublin and Wales, Gibbs, London and Kent, Hill, London and Cork, Goldfinch, London and Kent, Connelly, Dublin

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Re: help please with this Irish town/county name
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 18 May 17 12:23 BST (UK) »
Above looks like County Kildare

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« Reply #6 on: Thursday 18 May 17 12:25 BST (UK) »
O'Brien, Dublin, Kavanagh, Dublin, Owens, Dublin and Wales, Gibbs, London and Kent, Hill, London and Cork, Goldfinch, London and Kent, Connelly, Dublin

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« Reply #7 on: Thursday 18 May 17 12:27 BST (UK) »
Above looks like County Kildare
above?
Oh I see what you mena yes the head of the house states County Kildare as birthplace and the children on it are both Dublin City it is the wife I am having difficulty with, thanks
O'Brien, Dublin, Kavanagh, Dublin, Owens, Dublin and Wales, Gibbs, London and Kent, Hill, London and Cork, Goldfinch, London and Kent, Connelly, Dublin

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« Reply #8 on: Thursday 18 May 17 12:30 BST (UK) »
Hi I wonder has anyone come across this area in their research or can make better sense of it than me, the other people in the household were all stated as being from Dublin so this lady is not I am assuming it is outside Dublin? thanks in anticipation
it looks like Postown but no town exists with that name?
O'Brien, Dublin, Kavanagh, Dublin, Owens, Dublin and Wales, Gibbs, London and Kent, Hill, London and Cork, Goldfinch, London and Kent, Connelly, Dublin